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ScreenMan Form Editor


Invoking the Form Editor

To invoke the Form Editor, perform the following steps from the VA FileMan menu:

 
Select OPTION: OTHER OPTIONS  
Select OTHER OPTION: SCREENMAN  
Select SCREENMAN OPTION: ?
 Answer with SCREENMAN OPTION NUMBER, or NAME
Choose from:
   1               EDIT/CREATE A FORM
   2               RUN A FORM
   3               DELETE A FORM
   4               PURGE UNUSED BLOCKS

Select SCREENMAN OPTION: EDIT/CREATE A FORM
 

You are asked to select a file:

    EDIT/CREATE FORM FOR WHAT FILE:  

and a form:

    Select FORM:

At the "Select FORM:" prompt, you can either select an existing form to edit or create a new form by entering a new form name.

If you create a new form, the Form Editor automatically creates one page on that form. The new page is given a Page Number of 1, a Page Name of "Page 1", and a Page Coordinate of "1,1".

NOTE: You can also use the programmer mode utility ^DDGF to invoke the Form Editor.

 


Reviewed/Updated: March 4, 2007