Use of Forms in an Application

The forms designed and used within Sage-ST ^TM applications offer a variety of capabilities to the developer and the user. By simultaneously pressing the <Alt/H> keys or pressing <F1>, you request and receive help with the use of the various keyed functions offered within the form. These include the following capabilities:

Key Functions in a Form

        
          Default key(s)
        
        
          Function
        
        Alt/H   This key combination displays help for the key functions available
        within the form.
        F1   The <F1> key requests help with the application. Help forms may
        be programmed within the THOR editor to be invoked related to
        specific fields within the form, or the form in general. If this has
        been done, these help or follow-on forms may be displayed by this
        key. To return to the original form, the <Enter> key is pressed.
        Enter   The <Enter> key returns from the current form. If you are
        within a help form series entered by using the <F1> key, you will
        return to the previous form.
        Tab   The <Tab> key moves from the current field to the next field on the form.
        Shift/Tab  The <Shift/Tab> key combination moves from the current field to the
        previous field on the form.
        Arrow Keys  The arrow keys move to the entry area of the current field left, right, above,
        or below the current cursor position. If there is no entry area for the current
        field in the position to move to, the cursor will move to the first character
        of the closest field that is positioned in the requested direction from the current
        cursor position.
        Backspace  The backspace key operates the same as the left arrow (see above).
        Home   The <Home> key positions in the first entry field on the form.
        Ins   The <Ins> key inserts a character in the entry field at the current cursor
        location.
        Del   The <Del> key deletes a character from the current entry field at the
        cursor location.
        Ctrl/End  The <Ctrl/End> key combination clears the current entry field from the
        cursor position to the end.
        Ctrl/Home  The <Ctrl/Home> key combination clears all entry fields on the form and
        positions at the first field.
        Ctrl/B   The <Ctrl/B> key combination is a toggle that converts the forms from
        color to two different black and white modes or the reverse. This is useful
        for those systems using the color graphics board with a black and white
        graphics monitor since some colors do not appear with acceptable clarity.
        Ctrl/K   The <Ctrl/K> key combination copies the current contents of the screen
        to the SCREEN.CPY file. This may be invoked as many times as desired, since
        the copy of the screen gets added to the end of this file and none of the prior
        contents are lost.
        Ctrl/R   The <Ctrl/R> key combination restores the current field to its original contents.
        This is only useful if you have not yet left the field. As soon as the cursor leaves
        the current field, that field's contents become permanent.
        Ctrl/F   The <Ctrl/F> key combination shows the name of the current form and the
        field in which the cursor is positioned.

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