Modifying a Map Using MAPC › Step 2: Add and Select Map Fields

Step 2: Add and Select Map Fields

When you defined the layout for XXXMAP in Step 5: Modify the map layout, you modified the placement of fields on the map by using the Layout screen. In this chapter, you will use the Layout screen to add new fields to the map layout and to select existing fields for modification.

From the Main Menu screen, proceed to the Layout screen entering 4 for the Screen prompt and pressing [Enter]:

    Add  Modify  Compile  Delete  Display  Switch
  _____________________________________________________________________________.

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    Map name . . . . . . . .    XXXMAP
    Map version  . . . . . .       1
    Dictionary name  . . . .    DEMO
    Dictionary node  . . . .    ________

    Screen . . . . . . . . . 4    1. General options
                                  2. Map-Level help text definition
                                  3. Associated records
                                  4. Layout
                                  5. Field definition

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 Command ===>
 Enter  F1=Help  F3=Exit  F10=Action

Layout Screen

The Layout screen for the map is displayed:

   ;FUNCTION: ;________

                              ;DEPARTMENT INFORMATION


   ;DEPARTMENT ID .......: ;____*
              ;NAME .....: ;____________________________________________________*
              ;HEAD ID ..: ;____*












   ;NEXT RESPONSE:  ;________*                                                  ;
   ______________________________________________________________________________

Note: The example above shows the entire map. On the Layout screen, the bottom of the map is hidden by the list of available function keys. Use [PF8] to see the hidden portion of the map.

When you first display the Layout screen for an existing map, each field on the map is preceded by a start-field character, as shown above. While using the Layout screen, you can select a field for editing by:

• Pressing [PF2] while on the field you want to select

  or

• Typing a select-field character (%) in place of the start-field character for the field.

You use the start-field and select-field characters based on the following guidelines:

• The start-field character (default is ; or {) defines the start of a field on the Layout screen.

  Note: On the screens shown in this manual, ; indicates a start-field character.

• The select-field character (default is %) defines the start of a field and simultaneously selects the field for editing.

You use the Layout screen to modify the layout of map XXXMAP and to select fields on the map for further editing:

Modifying the Map Layout

Make the indicated specifications:

• Begin the new DATE literal field with a start-field character (shown here as ;)
• Begin the DATE variable field with a select-field character (shown here as ;)
• Type a select-field character (or press [PF2]) over the start-field character for variable fields to select them for editing (DEPARTMENT ID variable field and HEAD ID variable field).
• Select the NEXT RESPONSE literal and variable fields for editing by using the select-field character or [PF2].

   ;FUNCTION: ;________
   ;date....: ;
                              ;DEPARTMENT INFORMATION


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






   %NEXT RESPONSE:  %________*



                                                                               ;
  ______________________________________________________________________________

After you press [Enter], MAPC redisplays the Layout screen so that you can inspect the screen. You can correct any errors on the Layout screen in either of the following ways:

• To change a few fields, type over the characters that you want to change and press [Enter] again.
• To erase the modifications that you just made, press the CLEAR key.

  In this chapter, pressing CLEAR on the Layout screen does not erase fields that you defined when you originally generated the map in Chapter 9, "Defining a Screen Display Using MAPC".