Chapter 3-10: Inquiry Processes |
Inquiry Frame Specifications
Inquiry frame specifications define attributes and statements unique to frames that manipulate the keys from each record in a PCF. The inquiry frames overlay, shown below, is automatically generated after you select Enter
Inquiry Frames Overlay The inquiry process Frames overlay contains the following fields. Frame Class defines the type of frame with which you are working. Valid options are: Report-Start frames print once at the beginning of a report. To print on a separate page, the designer should set New Page After? in Inquiry Frame Additional Attributes for the last Report-Start frame. Page-Start frames print once at the beginning of each page of a report. They are primarily used for page headings and column headings. Standard images for both of these are optionally available. Refer to Standard Column Heading Image for additional information. Range-Start frames print immediately before the first record for which the value in a specific sort field (the range field) changes. They are primarily used for subheadings and lower-level column headings. Standard images for both of these are optionally available. Refer to Standard Column Heading Image for additional information. Record frames manipulate and print information read from the process control file. They comprise the body of a report. Record frames can be defined to scroll. Range-End frames print immediately after the last record in a series of records that have the same value in a specific sort field (the range field). They are primarily used for subtotals, and a standard subtotal image is optionally available. Page-End frames print once at the conclusion of each page of a report. Report-End frames print once at the conclusion of a report. To print on a separate page, the designer should set New Page Before? in Inquiry Frame Additional Attributes for the first Report-End frame. Key-Entry frames manipulate the keys from each record in a PCF. Seq No displays a sequence number that is defaulted by APPX and used to identify the frame. This default sequence number can be overridden, but must be unique within the frame class for the process. Sequence numbers determine the order of the frames in the process structure and may contain up to seven numeric characters. The first frame that is defined in add mode is assigned sequence number 100, and additional frames are assigned a number equal to the highest existing sequence number, plus 100. Description identifies this frame.The description is used for documentation purposes only. Size? Row/Col designates the number of rows and columns that compose the frame. The default is 21, 80. B4, displayed for all Inquiry frame classes except Key Entry, indicates the number of blank lines to be printed before executing this frame. For optional or repeating frames, it may be more appropriate to specify lines to skip at the image level in Inquiry Image Additional Attributes. The default is 0. Af, displayed for all Inquiry frame classes except Key Entry,indicates the number of blank lines to print subsequent to executing this frame.. For optional or repeating frames, it may be more appropriate to specify lines to skip at the image level in Inquiry Image Additional Attributes. The default is 0. Pos designates how many columns over from the left side of the image that the report will print. See Frame/Image Positioning in Getting Started for more information.
Mult? This field indicates that this output frame contains more than one image if checked 'yes' Options are indicators that are present whenever documentation (T), rules (R), additional attributes (AA), or automatic processes (AP) have been defined for this process. The following options as described in the corresponding sections are available on the inquiry Frames overlay: In addition, the menu bar provides the following pulldown menus: Toolbox - Same as the Process Toolbox Pulldown Menu. Jump to - Same as the Process Jump to Pulldown Menu. |
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from the Inquiry Processes screen.
. If 'no' 
is entered, you will be unable to add more than one entry at the image level. The default is 'no'.