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This window appears when you select Contents List at This Startpoint from the Basis of New Contents List Menu |
Note |
This window is preceded by a pop-up enquiry window which enables you to select the contents list you want to copy. |
Purpose |
This window lists the rows in the contents list you have chosen to copy. It enables you to specify the rows you want to copy, to change the description of copied rows, to specify whether or not you want to copy the constants, and to delete unwanted rows. |
Move through list |
You can move through the list using the cursor and <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys in the standard way. |
Copy row |
To copy a row to the new contents list, move the cursor to the required entry and press <Return>. The cursor moves through the prompts described below. When you press <Return> at the 'Constants' prompt, the row is copied and an asterisk appears in the 'Copied' column. |
Delete |
To delete a row from the new contents list, move the cursor to the required entry and press <F7>. You are asked for confirmation before the entry is deleted. |
The prompts on each line are:
Copy row |
(Display only.) The id of the row being copied. |
Record |
(Display only.) The id of the Global record the copied row is based on. |
New row |
(Display only.) The id for the row in the new contents list. This is the same as the Global record id. |
Description |
A description of up to 30 characters to enable you to identify the row. |
Seq |
(Display only.) The number displayed here indicates the sequence in which the startpoint processes the Global records. The sequence is fixed for each startpoint and cannot be changed. |
Example |
If you create a row for each of four records available at a startpoint, the sequence in which the startpoint processes each row is indicated by a number between 1 and 4. Sequence number 1 is processed before 2, 2 before 3, and so on. |
Constants |
(Y/N.) Enter Y if you want to copy the constants in the selected row as well as the Global data items. Enter N if you do not want to copy them. |
Copied |
(Display only.) An asterisk here indicates that the row has been copied to the new contents list. |
On completion |
The first time you complete your entries for a row, an asterisk appears in the 'Copied' column to indicate the row has been copied to the new contents list. If you press <Return> again Þ Columns for Row Window. |
On exit |