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- <Chapter 4: Define Form>
- If you want to increase or decrease the number of lines of text in
- the boxes of a chart, or to alter the labeling of these lines in the entry
- forms, or to change the default properties of boxes or of individual text
- lines, then you will need to use the DEFINE-FORM command in the top menu.
- When you invoke this command, a new menu is displayed. Using this menu you
- can change the number of lines per box and you can set the default
- properties. Also, a special entry form is displayed. The text fields in
- this form contain the strings used to label the lines in the entry forms
- for the individual boxes.
-
- For example, the default chart created when ORCHIS is first loaded
- has three lines per box, and these lines are labeled "Name", "Title" and
- "Comments" respectively. Invoking the DEFINE-FORM command will display the
- entry form illustrated in <[FIG03]>.
-
- <Section 4.1: Add Line>
- Use the ADD-LINE command to place additional text lines in the boxes
- of the current chart. When you invoke this command, a new field is added
- to the special entry form in the chart window. You are asked to select
- which field in this form is to be the new field. In this way, the new line
- can be added above, below, or in the middle of the existing text lines.
- The new field is initially blank. Select the new field with the cursor or
- by using the TAB key if you want to supply a label for that field in the
- entry forms for this chart.
-
- Note that all boxes in a given chart have the same number of text
- lines in their entry forms. When you use the ADD-LINE command, you are
- adding a new line to every box in the chart. Initially, this line will be
- blank. If you want to show fewer lines in some boxes than in others, you
- can use the HIDDEN-LINE property, which can be turned on and off for
- individual lines independently in the various boxes of the chart.
-
- <Section 4.2: Remove Line>
- Use the REMOVE-LINE command to delete text lines in the boxes of the
- current chart. When you invoke this command, you are prompted to select
- the field that you want to delete. Position the cursor in the chosen field
- and press the left mouse button or the keyboard ENTER key. The selected
- line will be deleted from every box in the chart. Once a line is removed,
- the deleted information cannot be recovered; therefore, ORCHIS requires a
- verification for each line removed by this command.
-
- <Section 4.3: Defaults>
- Use the DEFAULTS command to change the default values for the various
- properties of boxes and text lines. When you set a property value here, it
- will apply everywhere in the chart, except for those boxes in which it is
- overridden by an explicitly set property value.
-
- When you invoke the DEFAULTS command, a property sheet is displayed
- containing the default values for all box properties. You can then use the
- NEXT-LINE <[3.1]> and FORMER-LINE <[3.2]> commands (or the PGDN and PGUP
- keys) to display the default properties for the various text lines. (You
- can also bypass the DEFAULTS command and display any of these default
- property sheets directly by clicking on the appropriate [P]-button in the
- entry form for the DEFINE-FORM menu).
-
- Default sheets are manipulated in the same way as ordinary property
- sheets. For complete information on using property sheets see Chapter
- <[3]>.