VISTA Plus for MPE User's Guide

Chapter 3

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Window Management

The VISTA Functions Window Management feature can be used to divide a report into columns

and view selected columns on one screen. This lets you see only the sections you are interested in

without having to scroll left and right. VISTA Administrators can define window settings for each

report using the VISTAMNT program. When windows are predefined, they automatically display

when a report is viewed. See the VISTA Plus Administrator’s Guide for more on VISTAMNT.

While viewing a section of a report in a window, VISTA allows horizontal scrolling (via the left

and right arrow keys) in the current window. To identify the active window, its top bar is in inverse

video. In addition to scrolling left and right in a window, VISTA allows you to scroll forward and

backward through a report. When scrolling through a report, the windows remain on the screen.

Window Management Function Keys

This section provides information on the Window Management function keys. These keys are

displayed after selecting Window Management from the VISTA functions menu.

Create Window

This option splits the current window, and a new window appears. The

columns in the new window are created by subtracting window length from

the report size. If the current window is 40 characters and the record size is

132 bytes, the new window is 20 characters wide, containing bytes 112 - 132.

Select Window

This option selects the next window to be the current window. To identify the

current window, an inverse video bar is displayed over the window.

Margin Left

This option moves the margin of the current window to the left. When the

margin is moved, the size of the window increases and displays more data.

Margin Right

This option moves the left margin of the current window to the right. When

the margin is moved, the size of the current window decreases.

Save Windows

This option saves window configuration to the report so that subsequent

viewers have windows predefined.

Clear Windows

This option removes all windows that have been created.

Previous Keys

This option displays the View window’s second set of function keys.