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by James Coolbaugh,DUKE PRESS,total 444 pages
Table of Contents
DISPLAY FILES
Chapter1 General Screen Presentations
- How screens are processed
- The A specifications
- Defining data on the screen
- Record-format definitions
- Field definitions
- Defining data fields
- Using indicators
- Data and text attributes
- Cursor control
- Keyboard control
- Editing data
- Validity checking
- Response keywords
- Function keys
- Non-response indicator function keys
- Programming considerations for response indicators
- Using error messages
- Messages fields
- Using the print key
- Miscellaneous keywords
- Standards for coding display files
- Example programs
Chapter 2 Advanced screen presentations
- Advanced data processing
- controlling the cursor
- Using the PUTOVR technique
- Multiple-record formats
- Sharing a display files
- Using FRCDTA to improve performance
- Miscellaneous keywords
- Example program
Chapter 3 Subfile processing
- What is a SUBFILE?
- Defining a SUBFILE
- Processing a SUBFILE
- Other SUBFILE keywords
- Error messages and SUBFILE
- Other SUBFILE programming techniques
- Error message subfiles
- Example programs
Chapter 4 Programming DDS Windows
- What is a DDS Window?
- Creating Window
- Using Window
- Using SUBFILES within windows
- Using windows with multiple program
- The USRRSTDSP keyword
- The legacy of "ANTIQUE" windows
- Example programs
Chapter 5 Programming menu bars and choice fields
- Choice fields
- Menu bars
- Example programs
Chapter 6 Providing on-line help
- Help display
- Record-format help
- OV/400 help
- UIM help
Chapter 7 Data queues and display files
- Introduction to data queues
- Programming with Data Queues
- Example programs
Chapter 8 Additional DDS keywords and topics
- Floating-point keywords
- INDARA keyword
- DSPRL keyword
- Adjusting for multiple screen size
- Graphic display terminals
- Multiple-device input
- User-defined data streams
- LOGINP and LOGOUT keywords
- Alternate character sets
- Double-byte character sets
- Example programs
Chapter 9 Bar charts for dumb terminals
- The concept
- Horizontal bar charts
- Vertical bar charts
- Adding color to bar charts
- Example program
Chapter 10 Device time-out processing
- programming considerations
- Example programs
PRINTER FILES
Chapter 11 Introduction to DDS for printer files
- Advantages of externally defined printer files
- Coding DDS for printer files
- Using an Externally defined printer file
Chapter 12 Simple printer control
- Elementary printer file concepts
- line spacing
- How to handle paging and overflow
- Using indicators to control output
Chapter 13 Beyond text printing
- Physical printers
- NON-IPDS special DDS keywords
- IPDS printing
- AFPDS printing
- Alternate Character sets
- Double-byte character sets
- Sharing Printer files
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