HP 2624 Manual page 51

Designing and Using Forms
Table 5-1. Attributes by Field 'JYpe (Continued)
Field Valid Input
Type Characters
INTEGER
Digits, spaces
FILL
SIGNED Digits, minus sign,
DECIMAL plus sign, decin'l.sl
FILL
point, space
IMPLIED Digits, plus or
DECIMAL minus sign,
FILL decimal point,
space
NUMERIC Digits, space,
period, comma,
minus sign, plus
sign
REQUIRED/OPTIONAL ATTRIBUTE.
Fields may be
designated as "required" or "optional". As shown in figure
5-6, this attribute is specified by way of the field definition
menu. When the terminal operator presses either the
GIll
key or a user-defined function key that transmits a block of
data to the host computer, the terminal checks all
5-6
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Field Format
Automatic
Hestrictions
Field Editing
None Right justified;
leading spaces
-changed to zeros
No embedded spaces; Right justified;
only one decimal leading sign if
point; plus sign present) .is Jeft
(if present) must justified; leading
immediately precede
spaces changed to
most significant zeros
digit; minus sign
(if present) must
immediately precede
most significant
digit or immediately
follow least
significant digit
No embedded spaces; Right justifed;
only one decimal if there is no
point; plus sign
explicit decimal
(if present) must point, the implied
immediately precede decimal point is
most significant
inserted at the
digit; minus sign proper position;
(if present) must leading sign (if
immediately precede present) is left
(
most significant justified; leading
digit or immediately spaces changed to
follow least zeros
significant digit;
completed entry must
leave at least one
space for deci mal
point to be added
during field edit;
if explicit decimal
point is entered,
the number of digits
to the right of it
must NOT exceed the
number specified by the
Impl ied Dec Digl h
configuration field
None None
"required" fields to be sure that they contain data. If one is (
found to be empty, then the keyboard is "locked", the bell is
sounded, the cursor moves to the offending field, and an
error message appears at the bottom of the screen.
To
correct the situation, press _ and then enter suitable
data into the field.