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- APPLICATIONS MAKER - HELP FOR STRING TYPES
-
- In programming languages a STRING is defined as an array of
- characters. STRINGS can hold words or sentences. The data you are
- reading now is of type STRING.
-
- The STRING ITEMS can be of six types: ENTRY, READ, AUTO-FILL, MENU,
- KEY and STATIC.
-
- ENTRY: With the ENTRY type your user enters the string.
-
- READ: With the READ type the string is read into item from a
- relational file. Before data can be read in the target record must
- be found in the file on the basis of KEYS, covered later in this
- screen.
-
- AUTO-FILL: With the AUTO-FILL type the string is filled with an
- entry made during setup, the computer time or the record number of
- the currently loaded record in one of your files.
-
- 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.
-
- KEY: String is used as basis of identification of a record in a
- relational file. Help for KEYS is available by selecting the KEY
- type then pressing H again.
-
- STATIC: With the STATIC type the item is left alone. It is usually
- the target of a string formula.