home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
Clarion Help | 1992-07-02 | 11.3 KB | 285 lines |
- CTRL-ESC
- CTRL-ESC is imple-
- mented by holding
- down Ctrl and press-
- ing ESC.
- CPAUSE01 0
- EESC
- CCESC
- * * * The Message Composition Screen * * *
- This screen will permit you to select a pager (by user
- name) and compose a message that may be sent to that
- person. When all fields have been entered OR passed thru
- by pressing the enter key, a CONFIRM prompt will appear.
- If you press enter the system will attempt to send the
- message that appears on the screen. Pressing ESC or
- CTRL-ESC will either return you to the composition screen
- or terminate the procedure. If a send attempt is made,
- an entry will be made into the message file - if the page
- service is sucessfully contacted.
- CONFIRM
- When the confirm prompt appears, it
- indicates that you should check the
- enteries that you have made. If all
- is correct, press enter to continue
- processing. Pressing Ctrl-Esc will
- terminate the current function.
- * * * Control Codes * * *
- Control codes are characters sent
- to your computer by the Host to
- indicate what action your communi-
- cation program needs to take.
- ACK:
- - Ok, continue
- NAK:
- - Error, resend
- ESC:
- - The next char is a code
- RS :
- - Abandon current, do next
- EOT:
- - Hang up
- Device
- The device is the DOS device that will
- receive the printed report. The default
- printer is PRN. If you have a second
- printer hooked to your computer, you
- may need to use LPT2.
- The ESC Key
- On most keyboards the ESC
- Key is locate in the upper
- left hand corner. It
- usually is labelled Esc.
- TTABLE01
- * * * The Form * * *
- The form is the basic insert, delete and change mechanism
- and is usually entered via the table. In the case of insert
- and change, data is entered in the appropriate location
- according to screen display.
- As in the table there may be function key indications. See
- table help screen for selection instructions.
- Pressing ESC (or Cntrl ESC) will exit and cancel the screen
- actions.
- See Also:The Table
- FUNCTION KEYS
- Function keys are the keys
- labelled with an "F" and a number.
- They are used to implement special
- functions from the screen that
- your are on.
- TFORM01
- Group Setup
- Groups are identified by a two character code. When group
- transmission is selected, all pagers belonging to the
- selected group will be sent a message. If no pagers belong
- to the requested group NO error indication is given.
- A pager may belong to up to five groups. To avoid confusion
- chose character codes that are identifiable. While not
- critical - since a description is associated with each
- group - it may help in finding the correct item in a
- complex structure.
- See also:The Form
- LLONUM
- Hi Number
- For deletion or print-
- ing, this represents
- the highest number that
- will be processed.
- See Also:LONUM
- HHINUM
- Low Number
- For printing or deleting this
- represents the lowest message
- number that will be processed
- See Also:HINUM
- MENU01
- The Demo TAP Program
- This is a demo program showing batch communictions facility
- using the standard as set by theTAP/TNPP committee.
- For more information write or call:
- Data Processing Directions, Ltd.
- 1241 Walters Avenue
- Baltimore, MD 21239-2827
- 410/323-6752
- Press enter to continue
- * * * The Menu * * *
- The menu is the basic selection mechanism in this system.
- A selection can be made by pressing the first letter of
- the desired function or by moving the highlighted selection
- bar by using the arrow keys.
- Once the desired selection is made, pressing the enter (or
- return) key will start the requested action.
- * * * Message Data * * *
- This is where the message text is
- entered. There are four lines. Either
- enter text into, or leave blank and
- press enter until all four lines have
- been passed.
- SCOMPOS01
- Sending a Message Now or Later
- You may send the message that you have just
- written now - or you may wait until later
- to send it. If you elect to send it later,
- it will be saved in the message file as an
- "O" type (open) message.
- Selecting Send Message from the compose
- menu will send "O" type messages from the
- message file, marking them as "Y" for sent
- or "N" as not sent.
- EESC
- CCESC
- GCOMPOS01
- * * * The CONFORMATION Item * * *
- Check what you have entered. If this is what you wish to
- send, press enter. If you wish to return to the message
- preparation function press ESC. If you wish to abort the
- function and return to the prior menu, press CTRL-ESC.
- ESC/CTRL-ESC
- General Information
- GGRPFRM
- TFORM01
- * * * The Pager Form * * *
- The pager allowes you to associate a Name, Pager Id, and
- up to five groups for messaging capability.
- See Also:
- Groups
- The Form
- PSP2
- BSP3
- DSP6
- DSP6
- MSP7
- System Preferences
- These settings allow you to customize
- the program to your communication
- configuration.
- ID:Unique Identifier for the record
- if you have multiples, you will
- select the one to use when you
- send a message.
- Port: Choose a port 1 thru 4.
- BAUD: The selection of 1200 should
- yield good results.
- Date&Time: Enter "Y" if you want the
- date and time included in the
- message text.
- Service Phone:Begin this entry with
- DT if you are using tone service,
- DP if you have pulse service.
- Follow it with the number of your
- pager service.
- Modem Init String:Beginning with AT
- the codes sent to the modem.
- SSELTBL
- Preferance Selection Table
- This Selection Table permits you to
- select the dial up parameters that
- you wish to use.
- Number to Send
- You may elect to send LESS messages
- than you have on file. This could
- be desirable due to time considera-
- tions.
- Usually you should enter the number
- shown as messages available to send.
- TTABLE01
- * * * The Selection Table * * *
- A table can be use as a selection device as well as a
- change device. When a table "pop's up" in response to
- pressing enter or enter data into a field, you a viewing
- a selection table.
- Positioning the highlight bar on the desired item and
- pressing enter will cause the appropriate data to be
- entered into the data field that caused data selection
- See Also: The Table
- TSELTBL
- GCOMPOS01
- * * * Send Message to * * *
- You may enter a name, the first few charcters of a name or
- press enter to call up the Name/Pager selection table.
- When the selection table appears, you may select (by moving
- the highlight bar) the person you wish to send a message
- See Also
- Table Selection/General Information
- The port is a number that tells your
- software how to send data to the out-
- side world.
- Usually in ranges of one to four, one
- or two is the most common.
- The term baud indicates the speed
- at which data is sent to the out-
- side world.
- You will probably find that 300 or
- 1200 (1200 is preferred) will be
- the recommended setting. Your ser-
- vice provider should tell you the
- connect baud rate.
- Dial Command Strings
- DT and DP are prefixes to the tele-
- phone number that the modem will
- dial.
- Standing for "Dial Tone" and "Dial
- Pulse", they inform the modem of how
- your phone system works.
- The Modem Init String
- The modem init string contains the control
- sequences necessary to cause the modem to
- function properly for dialing and task
- initialization. It should include the AT code
- followed by the codes to set no echo (E), quite
- mode off (Q0), numeric result codes (V0) and
- extended result codes on (x4).
- CCTLCD
- * * * The Receive Stack * * *
- The receive stack is a list of messages received from the
- message host during the last transmission. It includes all
- control codes as well as any error messages or acknowledg-
- ments.
- If you have difficulty sending messages, this stack may
- assist you or your technician in determining the nature of
- the problem.
- MMENU01
- FFUNCKEY
- TSELTBL
- * * * The Table * * *
- The table presents a tabular view of your data and is
- usually entered via the MENU. In many cases you may select
- a highlighted item for update by pressing the enter key.
- A highlighted item may be deleted by pressing the Delete
- key. A new item may be inserted by pressing the insert
- key.
- In some cases you may notice Function Key instructions on
- the table screen. Pressing the indicated function key will
- cause that action to be performed. Function key notation
- example: F2:Exit action. In this case, pressing F2 would
- cause the current action to be terminated.
- See Also:The Selection Table
- CESC
- COMPOS01
- CONFIRM
- CTLCD
- DEVICE L
- ESC P
- FORM01
- FUNCKEY D
- GRPFRM 1
- HINUM
- LONUM
- MENU e
- MENU01
- MSG01
- NOWLAT
- PAUSE01
- PGFRM
- PREF01
- PRFSEL ;
- RESP01
- SELTBL @
- SENDTO01Y
- SP2
- SP3
- SP6 a$
- SP7 |%
- STACK
- TABLE01
-