Pathmaker Reference Manual

Display Detail Screen
Pathmaker Screens
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require that the TAB key be pressed before the cursor advances to the
next field. Y is the default value.
You might want to set this to N for a key field or for the last field on a
page. If the requester is a DB requester, you might want to set this to N
for the last field in a box. Setting the field to N prevents the cursor from
tabbing forward when the current field is full and possibly changing the
access path of a search or overwriting data already entered at the top of
the screen.
Default
Enter Y if you want the Pathmaker software to use the default value (from the DDL or
NonStop SQL table definition) when creating this data field on the default screen for
the requester.
Enter N to specify that the default value is to be overridden and the value you enter is
to be used.
The Pathmaker product automatically changes the value of the corresponding Default
field from Y to N when you modify and update the Heading, Screen Picture, or Help
Text fields. You can change N to Y if you decide later to restore the field to its original
DDL value.
Heading
If the Headings field on the Requester Definition screen was set to HEAD, this field
displays the heading text from the data field's DDL or SQL DDL HEADING clause, if
heading text was specified. Otherwise, it displays the field name.
If the Headings field on the Requester Definition screen was set to NAME, this field
displays the field name from the data field's DDL or SQL DDL definition.
If the Headings field on the Requester Definition screen was set to NULL, this field is
empty.
To override the text displayed, enter new heading text. The Pathmaker product
automatically enters N in the Default column to the left of the Heading field.
If you have modified the application screen by using the Screen Painter, changes to
this field no longer affect the appearance of the application screen unless you discard
your Screen Painter edits and regenerate the default screen. For you to be able to
regenerate the default screen, the Create Default Screen field of the Requester
Definition screen must contain a Y.
Screen Picture
For fields specified using DDL, the Screen Picture field displays edit picture
information specified in the DDL EDIT-PIC clause. If the field has no EDIT-PIC clause,
it displays the screen picture from the DDL TYPE or PIC clause.
For columns specified using SQL DDL, the Screen Picture field displays edit picture
information specified in the Table Create statement.