INSTRUCTIONS section

The INSTRUCTIONS section can specify screen arrays, non-default screen records and field delimiters.

Syntax

INSTRUCTIONS
{ screen-record-defintion [;...] }
[ DELIMITERS AB [;] ]
[ DEFAULT SAMPLE = "string" ]
[END]

screen-record-definition is the definition of a screen record or screen array.
A and B define the opening and closing field delimiters for character based terminals.

The INSTRUCTIONS section is optional. If present, it must appear after the ATTRIBUTES section.

The END keyword is optional.

This section is mainly used to define screen records, to group fields using tables, tree views, scrollgrids or traditional static field arrays.

A screen record is a named group of form fields.

See Screen records for more details.

Use the DELIMITER keyword to specify the characters to be displayed as field delimiters on the screen.

This option is especially used for TUI mode applications.

The DEFAULT SAMPLE directive defines the default sample text for all fields.

DEFAULT SAMPLE = "MMM"

See SAMPLE attribute for more details.

INSTRUCTIONS
  SCREEN RECORD s_items[10]
    ( stock.*,
      items.quantity,
      FORMONLY.total_price )
  DELIMITERS "[]"
END