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- APPLICATIONS MAKER - HELP FOR NUMERIC TYPES
-
- The NUMERIC ITEMS hold numeric data, and can be of eight types:
- ENTRY, READ, AUTO-FILL, AUTO-INCREMENT, MENU, FORMULA, COMPUTATIONAL
- and STATIC.
-
- ENTRY: With the ENTRY type your user enters the number.
-
- READ: With the READ type the number is read into item from a
- relational file. Before data can be read a record must be found via
- the use of KEYS. Help for KEYS is available by declaring an item of
- type string, then selecting the KEY type and pressing H again.
-
- AUTO-FILL: With the AUTO-FILL type a value entered during setup is
- placed in the item.
-
- AUTO-INCREMENT: With the AUTO-INCREMENT type all records in the
- target datafile are read to determine the highest value stored in
- the targeted field and that value is incremented by a value entered
- at setup. The item is filled with the result.
-
- MENU: With the MENU type the program opens a window on the input
- screen and offers the user a choice of multiple, pre-defined entries.
- The entry displayed/chosen need not be the same as the value placed
- into the item.
-
- Menu definition files are originated with a word processor operating
- in the pure ascii mode. These files are named at the time of
- initialization.
-
- Each possible choice on the menu, of which there can be up to one
- hundred, should have TWO lines dedicated to it in the menu file. The
- first line can have up to 60 characters, and holds the text proffered
- to the user. The second line contains the string to be recorded in
- the item, and may be the size of the target item.
-
- The menu definition files MUST be recorded in the datafile of the
- MENU ITEM. If your menu item is recorded into file three then the
- program will attempt to open the file in the directory holding file
- three. If your menu file is not associated with a file then the
- program will look for it in the directory of the first file loaded.
-
- FORMULA: With the FORMULA type the field will have a numeric formula
- applied to it. The formulas all start with the value placed into
- the item, be it a keyboard entry, a read from a relational
- file or the content of another field, perhaps itself the product of
- a formula. When you are entering your formula your screen will show
- you how to do so, and your formula will be checked after entry.
-
- COMPUTATIONAL: The COMPUTATIONAL fields are left alone. They are
- usually the target of a numeric formula.
-