Defining a Transfer Menu

A transfer menu provides transfers to other programs. You can define a transfer menu for a form. When you run the form, you can access the Transfer menu by pressing Xfer (F8).

Transfer menus also let you transfer data from one form to another. To transfer data between forms, you define a Transfer menu for the program or form, then define the key numbers for the form fields whose data you want to transfer.

The Transfer menu defines which forms you can transfer to from the active form. Key numbers tell the program which field data to transfer to the new form. For the program to transfer field data from one form to another, the key numbers for that field must be the same on both forms. For more information, see the Key Numbers field description in Online Field Attributes.

Note: You can define Transfer menus only for online or inquiry programs.
Note: In addition to the steps below, you can also add a transfer menu from the Format form.

To define a transfer menu

  1. On the Program Definition form, select the program to which you want to add a transfer menu, press Define (F6), and choose Paint Program.
  2. On the Database Structure-Program Structure form, select the form to which you want to add a transfer menu, press Define (F6), and choose Transfers.

    The Transfer menu appears. The Transfer menu title defaults from the form or program title.

    To add or delete form IDs or text on the Transfer menu, see Defining Transfers.

  3. Press OK twice to save the Transfer menu.
  4. Press Exit to return to the form from which you accessed the Transfer menu.