Introduction to Form Rules and Object Rules

Form and object rules determine how application programs access data through the Select and Drill Around functions.

Form rules define data access by the Select (F4) function key or button and the Drill Around (F5) function key or button. Form rules also work with key numbers to define how data appears on the form when one field is specified, and specify data needed for transaction processing that does not appear on the form.

Object rules define which data files and records are accessed by the Drill Around feature.

For information on	See this section
The purpose and format of the form rules file.	Form Rules
The purpose and format of the object rules file.	Object Rules
How to compile form and object rules files.	Compiling Form and Object Rules