Defining a Screen Display Using MAPC › Instructions › Step 6: Select fields for further definition

Step 6: Select fields for further definition

In Step 5, you modified the position of fields on your map and redefined some of the literal fields.

At this point, literal fields (for example, DEPARTMENT ID) are fully defined, although you can modify their definitions at any time.

Variable fields may not be fully defined. In this step, you will select fields for further definition. You will edit the field definitions in Steps 7 and 8.

Selecting Fields

While on the Layout screen, you can select fields for further definition. To do this, you press [PF2] once while the cursor is on the field you want to select. Pressing [PF2] marks a field for selection. (Alternatively, you can overtype the start-field character with a percent sign - %.)

Select XXXMAP Fields

The XXXMAP fields you need to further define are:

• The FUNCTION variable field
• The DEPARTMENT INFORMATION literal field
• The DEPARTMENT ID variable field
• The NAME variable field
• The HEAD ID variable field
• The message variable field

   ;FUNCTION: %________

                              %DEPARTMENT INFORMATION


   ;DEPARTMENT ID .......: %____*
              ;NAME .....: %______________________________________________*
              ;HEAD ID ..: %____*









   ;NEXT RESPONSE: ;_
_

Select the fields for further definition. Then press [PF5] to continue to the Literal Definition and Field Definition screens shown below. MAPC will bring up the appropriate Literal Definition or Field Definition screen depending on the fields you selected on the Layout screen. Pressing [PF5] will bring you to the next definition screen in order of your selection.

This chapter separates the discussion of variable and literal fields, but remember that MAPC will intermix the two.