Pathmaker Reference Manual

Pseudofield Partial Screen
Pathmaker Screens
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Pseudofield Partial
Screen
Use the Pseudofield Partial screen of the Screen Painter to define and modify
pseudofields on a requester application screen.
Pseudofields are invisible screen elements used with a function key and the
pseudofield @CURSOR-POSITION to start some operation in the application.
The following pseudofields can be displayed on the application screen:
@ADVISORY Displays an informational message from the application.
@CURRENT-PAGE Displays the page number in the current requester's screen.
@DATE Displays the current date, according to the system clock.
@LOGICAL-TERMINAL Displays the logical terminal name.
@PAGE-COUNT Displays the number of pages in the requester's screen.
@TIME Displays the current time, according to the system clock.
The following pseudofields are not displayed on the application screen:
@CURSOR-FIELD Sends information at the cursor field location to a service.
@CURSOR-POSITION Sends information at the cursor position to a service.
@PHYSICAL-TERMINAL Sends physical terminal information to a service.
You can use all the pseudofields except @ADVISORY in IPC definitions. You do not
need to include @ADVISORY in an IPC definition because the Pathmaker product
automatically includes a structure for advisory messages.
You can move the @ADVISORY field by using the block operation, but you cannot add
or delete this field.
The following screen example shows you what a Pseudofield Partial screen might look
like before you enter data to define or modify a pseudofield on an application screen.