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Examples

The following are examples of button definitions you can add to generated HTML skeletons.

• Generated button to simulate a user pressing F3 (as generated into JIT screens and HTML skeletons):

  <INPUT TYPE=”SUBMIT” NAME=”_K03” VALUE=”Exit”>
  

• Generated button to simulate a user pressing Enter (as generated into JIT screens and skeletons):

  <INPUT TYPE=”SUBMIT” NAME=”_KEN” VALUE=”Enter”>
  

• User-created button to simulate a user pressing the help key while positioned at offset 1202 (button display = ?):

  <INPUT TYPE=”SUBMIT” NAME=”_KHL1202” VALUE=”?”>
  

• User-created button to simulate a user pressing F4 (Prompt) while positioned at offset 845 (button display = …):

  <INPUT TYPE=”SUBMIT” NAME=”_K040845” VALUE=”...”>
  

As in the examples above, you can add command keys to generated skeletons to provide functionality that is not automatically generated (such as field-sensitive help). For instance, the following HTML code displays an input field (which only allows uppercase input), with both a Select button (to mimic existing F4-prompt functionality) and a ? button (to mimic field-sensitive help) alongside it:

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<INPUT TYPE=”TEXT” NAME=”_F0452U” VALUE=”” SIZE=”10”>&nbsp;<INPUT TYPE=”SUBMIT” NAME=”_K040452” VALUE=”Sel”>&nbsp;<INPUT TYPE=”SUBMIT” NAME=”_KHL0452” VALUE=”?”>

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The   is an HTML non-breaking space, allowing a small gap between the input field and each button. The previous code would display as:

Before adding additional buttons to HTML skeletons, ensure that the underlying processing exists-in the previous example for instance, ensure that the F4-prompt functionality is active for the field in question.

When a page is submitted to the IBM i, only the command key pressed is sent to the Web Option router, along with all the input fields. Therefore, an HTML page can contain definitions for buttons representing many different command keys, but only one is included in the input field data sent to the IBM i.