Form Processing Commands

Each form definition starts with a series of form processing commands that determine the form actions available to a form's user. The user interface performs edits based on the form processing commands and the field type in the Transaction Data section. Some edits are controlled by a form processing command, some are controlled by the field type, and some are controlled by both. This section begins with the $FORM command that is the only required entry in the section.

Each record in a form definition file has a fixed format.

Position	Description
1	An asterisk (*) indicates this record is a comment. The form compiler prints comment records but does not process them. A dollar sign ($) indicates this record is a command.
2	The command name begins in position 2.
12	Some commands take parameters. When needed, parameters start in position 12.

An explanation of each command follows these tables. Although several of the commands in this section have default values (for example, $NEXTFCS or $ADDFCS), the standard is to include these commands in the form definition for clarity.