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Enter, Browse, or Update Data
to ADD a NEW record: hit 'Ins' key
to ACCESS an EXISTING record: hit ─┘ to OPEN window
and enter desired RECORD NUMBER
BROWSE use PgDn (Prev) PgUp (Next) Home (First) End (Last)
toggling the keys sets CASE
Lower Upper Caps As Entered
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║ to insert data from LAST record, use the F1 KEY ║
║ to UNDO all changes to RECORD, use the F2 KEY ║
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move the update BAR 'DOWN' using 'Enter' key or key
move the update BAR 'UP' using key
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if the KEY field, or a SORTED field, the RED update bar will
SKIP over the field, to OVERRIDE, use the Up Arrow key
CAUTION: changing a SORTED field may cause an OUT OF ORDER condition
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║ KEY is shown on each record's BROWSE card ║
║ If KEY blank 1st 30 characters of the record is displayed ║
║ If KEY blank AND FILE INDEXED, SORT fields are displayed ║
║ If KEY non blank, contents of KEY will be displayed ║
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to get prev SCREEN, hit PgUp key
to get next SCREEN, hit PgDn key
move cursor to 'LEFT' using - key
move cursor to 'RIGHT' using - key
use END key to TRUNCATE field, HOME key to RESET cursor
to insert data into field, use Ins key, data... Enter
to insert special characters, hold ALT key while pressing
decimal representation, for example, alt 251 = √
to delete data from field, use Del key, Del key... Enter
to EXIT record, hit the 'Esc' key
the same COMP macros can be used in both EXEC and FILE tasks
in FILE: enter '=' at a KeyName to EXECUTE MACRO
To blank a field: KEY = BLANK
To make all words LOWERCASE: KEY = LOWER
To make all words UPPERCASE: KEY = UPPER
To make first letter of each word CAPS: KEY = CAPS
To DUPLICATE a field from the LAST record: KEY = LAST(KEY)
To CONCATenate up to 7 fields into one field stripping off
leading or trailing blanks NAME = CONCAT(FIRST,@,LAST)
To PARSE the leftmost word in a field to a target field
leaving remaining words FIRST = PARSE(NAME)
To write SYSTIME: TARGET should be TYP=C LEN=08 TIME = SYSTIME
To write SYSDATE: TARGET should be TYP=C LEN=16 DATE = SYSDATE
To write SYSDMIL: TARGET should be TYP=C LEN=21 DMIL = SYSDMIL
RECORD LINKED is a system KEY reflecting whether a
record was successfully linked (Y) or not (N)
RECORD STATUS is a system KEY reflecting whether the
record is 'ACTIVE' or INACTIVE'
placing an 'X' in RECORD STATUS flags record as 'INACTIVE'
a record with an 'X' in RECORD STATUS will be bypassed by LIST
@ is a system KEY that when used inserts a BLANK into
a CONCAT STRING
the character @ when inserted into a field is considered a
NULL character and will print a BLANK
To 'include' a file when LIST printing, enter a FILENAME
in @Include KEY FOR EXAMPLE: @Include form.let