1. Design Overlay

Note, that InterForm400® comes with a graphical designer. See Appendix O on page 461 and onwards to see how to install and use it.

In this menu overlay definitions and manipulation with spool data are defined.

Design InterForm 400 overlay

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Overlay name

__________ F4=List

 

F3=Exit

F4=Prompt

F12=Cancel

F13=Set

view/print parameters

 

Overlay names can be up to 10 characters long. The first character must be a letter A-Z. No blanks or special characters can be used in the name; ONLY "_" (underscore) is permitted.

Selecting an existing overlay

Press F4 to get a list of existing overlays to select from or type the name of the overlay.

You may be refused access with the message ‘Overlay in use by user XXX in designer job NNN’ a Graphical Designer job is editing the same overlay. If you are sure, that this other job can be stopped you can do so by selecting option ‘80. Administering InterForm400' and ‘52. Work with Designer job overlay locks’. Stop the job with option 4- Remove.

Creating a new overlay

Type in a name of the overlay you want to create and press Enter

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