INTOUCH^® 4GL
Application Development Guide

Contents

Chapter 1
1	Controlling the Screen Appearance
1.1	INTOUCH Screen Frame
1.2	Clearing the Screen
1.2.1	Boxes and Screen Frames
1.3	Saving and Restoring the Screen
1.3.1	Saving and Restoring Screen Areas
1.3.2	Other ASK/SET WINDOW Statements
1.4	Formatting the Screen
1.4.1	Setting the Margin
1.4.2	Setting Print Zones
Chapter 2
2	Customizing User Input
2.1	Input Options
2.2	Using Fill-in Fields
2.3	Using Free Formatted Areas
Chapter 3
3	Creating Menus
3.1	Menu Composition
3.2	Hints for Creating Menus
3.3	Using Menus
3.4	Menu Examples
3.5	Menu Directives
3.6	Defaulting to a Menu Item
3.7	Returning to a Menu Item
3.8	Assigning Values to Menu Items
Chapter 4
4	Using Messages and Delays
4.1	Message Types
4.2	Controlling Message Placement
4.3	Using DELAY
Chapter 5
5	Checking Input Responses
5.1	Checking _REPLY
5.2	Checking the _TERMINATOR
5.3	Checking for _BACK and _EXIT
5.4	Changing Key Values
5.5	Supported Keys, Keystroke Combinations
Chapter 6
6	Working with INTOUCH Data Structures
6.1	Creating Structures
6.2	Opening and Closing Structures
6.3	Referencing Structure Data
6.4	Examples Using Structures
Chapter 7
7	Working with Files
7.1	Opening and Closing Files
7.2	Storing and Reading File Data
7.3	Positioning File Records
Chapter 8
8	Working with Data
8.1	Formatting Data
8.2	Editing Data
8.3	Extracting Data
8.4	Changing/Replacing Characters/Strings
8.5	Converting Data
Chapter 9
9	Logic Flow and Routines
9.1	Conditional Statements
9.2	Looped Logic
9.3	Routines
9.3.1	Calling Routines
9.3.2	REPEAT, EXIT Routines
9.4	PASSing OpenVMS Commands
Chapter 10
10	Working in the INTOUCH Environment
10.1	Switching between INTOUCH and OpenVMS
10.1.1	Running OpenVMS Commands from INTOUCH
10.2	Recalling Previous Commands
10.3	The [Tab] Key
10.3.1	Command Completion
10.3.2	Command Abbreviations
10.3.3	Correcting Misspelled Words
10.4	Using the INTOUCH Editor
10.5	About the INTOUCH Editor
10.6	INTOUCH File Names
10.7	INTOUCH Procedures
10.8	END, STOP, HALT, GO Statements
Chapter 11
11	Debugging Techniques
11.1	Enabling the Debug System
11.2	Setting a Break point to Check Variables
11.2.1	Checking Variables
11.3	STATS and TRACE Features
11.4	Modifying Code at Runtime
Chapter 12
12	Creating Help Text and Using the HELP System
12.1	Creating the Help Text File
12.2	The Help Maintenance Procedures
12.2.1	ADD - Add Topics
12.2.1.1	Related Topics
12.2.2	EDIT - EDIT Topics
12.2.3	RENAME - Change Topic Names
12.2.4	INQUIRE - Look at Topics
12.2.5	DELETE - Delete Topics
12.2.6	CREATE - Create a New Help Text File
12.2.7	NEXT - Next Help File to Maintain
12.2.8	PRINT - Print a HELP.LIS
12.2.9	SHOW - Display a List of Topics
12.2.10	RELATED - Display a List of Related Topics
12.3	Using the Help System in Programs
12.3.1	Help Topics in Program Source Code
Appendix A
Appendix A	Sample Program
Appendix B
Appendix B	User Notes
Index
Index
Examples
1-1	INTOUCH Screen Frame
9-1	Example of a Routine
12-1	Help Maintenance Procedures