Pathmaker Programming Guide

Operator Display and Error Messages
How to Operate a DB Requester Application
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Operator Display and
Error Messages
The application displays messages in the message area of the screen. For example,
when the application is ready for an operation to be performed, the following message
is displayed:
Ready for Input
After an initial read operation for a box is performed, one of the following messages
appears on the screen:
Message Appears After This Operation:
Approx Key key-name READ FIRST,
READ NEXT,
READ APPROXIMATE
Exact Key key-name READ EXACT
Generic Key key-name READ GENERIC
Each time an operation is successfully completed, one of the following messages is
displayed:
Record deleted OK
Delete undone OK
Record inserted OK
Update undone OK
Record read OK
Items inserted: nnn
Record updated OK
Items deleted: nnn
Insert undone OK
Items updated: nnn
The application displays any error messages in the message area of the screen. The
message remains until a function key is pressed.