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- Format (.fmt) File Template with POPUP field validation
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- Copyright (c) 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992 Borland International, Inc.
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- This template will support POPUPs for VALID clause field validations and
- context sensitive help for each field.
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- Example: In "ACCEPT value when" under "Edit options" enter,
- "POPUP" = "vendor->vendor_id ORDER vendor_id REQ SHADOW"
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- this will activate a popup if the data entered is invalid for
- that field and will also make the field REQUIRED.
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- Explanation of the POPUP string follows:
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- POPUP Indicates that a popup will be used for this field.
- vendor->vendor_id Indicates the .DBF to open and FIELD to use as validation.
- ORDER vendor_id Indicates which INDEX TAG to SEEK in.
- REQ Indicates the FIELD requires data (can't be empty).
- Leave REQ out if the field is NOT required. OPTIONAL!
- SHADOW Use shadowing effect on popups OPTIONAL!
- NOTE: The POPUP string must be entered with the quotes as in the example.
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- Explanation of the Context Sensitive Help file follows:
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- If you want to create your own help file, here is the structure that is required.
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- Structure for Help Database (.dbf):
- <first 6 chars. of the format file name>_H.dbf
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- Field Field Name Type Width Dec Tag
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- 1 FLD_NAME Character 10 Yes Field name to lookup on F1
- 2 FLD_HEADNG Character 25 No Heading to show user on window
- 3 FLD_HELP Memo 10 No Help text to show user
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- Total 46
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