Options

If you open a form (by double clicking it, or right clicking and choosing options, or selecting it and giving an enter ), the following screen appears:

The following options can be set:

Option:

Description:

Value:

Name

The name of the form.

<Text>.

Description

Description of the form.

<Text>.

Online System

The Online System setting determines the form behaviour. The default form behaviour can be changed by selecting a different system from the drop-down menu.
The default system is based on the Application Origin setting in the Application options.
For applications with an Ibm Application Origin the default online system is CicsBms.


Changing the Online System setting can result in unpredictable behaviour. It is advised to only change this setting after consulting AMT customer support.

CicsBms/ImsMfs.

Automatic tabbing

If enabled, the cursor is set automatically to the next field when a field is totally filled.

Enabled/disabled.

Tab order based on left-top

If enabled, when an end user hits the TAB to shift to a next layout control, the tab order will be based on the screen position (left-top to bottom-right).

If disabled, the order will be based on the tabnumber setting for the concerned layout controls.

Enabled/disabled.

Encrypt form data

If enabled, the data in the form will be encrypted.

Enabled/disabled.

SDF form attributes

(Online system ASeriesSdf only)

To use SDF form attributes in a form, they can be enabled by checking the corresponding attribute.

At this moment the 'Flag Group' and 'Data only' attributes are supported.

Specify: Reserved for future implementation.
Data Only: If enabled, only the input data on the form will be sent upon transmit.
Flag Groups: If this option is enabled, all field attribute flags will be grouped together in the form data buffer.
Page Number: Reserved for future implementation.

Enabled/disabled.