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Version: 1.4
Author: Mike Lampson
Submitted By: Digital Equipment Corporation
Operating System: VAX/VMS V4.7-5.5
Source Language: DCL, VAX BASIC
Keywords: ALL IN 1, Tools - Applications Development, Utilities - VMS
Software Requirements: FMS recommended

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Abstract: This utility's purpose is to convert FMS Form Description files which have been generated via the FMS/DESCRIPTION command to ALL IN 1 template (boilerplate) files. This allows an ALL IN 1 application programmer to either convert existing forms into boilerplates or use the FMS editor as a boilerplate layout tool. Form Description files created in any manner may or may not generate output as expected. If a Form Description has been created in another manner, simply create the FMS Form by using the form lanquage trans- lator via FMS/TRANSLATE command. Then recreate the Form Description file.

If you have forms in standard FMS files or form libraries that you wish to process, you can use the FMS_TO_BLP_DEMO. COM command procedure to do the necessary preprocessing and invokation of BLPGENERATE for you.

This utility will also recognize default field attributes. Please aware that this is not the same as field highlighting attributes, which are not supported.

This version of the BLPGENERATE utility supports FMS V2.3 or greater and works with ALL-IN-1 V2.3 through V3.0. Forms used for input may be 254 lines long and 80 or 132 columns wide. The changes and fixes in V1.4 add a /FIXED_LENGTH qualifier to set (or limit) field sizes.

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Last Update: Fri Sep 13 13:51:51 1996