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Table of Contents
SCREEN DRIVER USERS MANUAL............................................................1
For Graphical User Interface Users...............................................................1
NORSE SYSTEMS INC...............................................................................1
I) Introduction..............................................................................................................4
A Few Key Concepts............................................................................................5
II) Navigating Menus....................................................................................................6
Group Labels........................................................................................................8
Selection Lines.....................................................................................................8
A) Selection Methods...............................................................................................8
Accessing ‘Help’..................................................................................................9
B) Command Mode – The Dot (.) command...........................................................11
C) Calculator – The Plus (+) Command..................................................................12
D) Ad Hoc Query Tool – The Minus (-) Command................................................13
E) Ticklers – The Asterisk (*) Command................................................................13
III)Operating Data Screens - The 'SCREEN' Method..................................................17
A Item Key Fields..................................................................................................22
1Old Items..........................................................................................................22
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2New Items.........................................................................................................29
B Entering Data Into Fields...................................................................................30
2Multi-line (Text) fields......................................................................................31
3Multi-line (List) fields.......................................................................................31
4Option Fields....................................................................................................32
C Fields with Browsers..........................................................................................32
D Spreadsheet-like windows..................................................................................33
E Using Links........................................................................................................35
1Sub-Windows...................................................................................................35
2Services............................................................................................................36
3Attachables.......................................................................................................36
F Accessing 'Help'.................................................................................................43
IV Argument Windows - The 'GetArgs' method.........................................................46
V Controlling Reports................................................................................................47
A Phrase Reporting................................................................................................47
First Case – Simple Report.................................................................................47
Second Case – A little more complicated, a little more powerful........................48
B File Selectors......................................................................................................49
C Reports with 'Forms'............................................................................................51
VI Manipulating 'Lists'...............................................................................................53
VII Output Presented in 'Text' windows......................................................................55
A 'File' Menu.........................................................................................................56
B 'Edit' Menu.........................................................................................................56