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Function Keys - Summary Overview

Magic Function Keys

<F1> HELP - This displays the Maxim widows help.

<F2> CANCEL - Use this key if you want to abort what you were doing.

<F3> DELETE - Use this key to delete the current record displayed.

<F4> CREATE or INSERT a record. Puts the screen into Create Mode.

<F5> ZOOM- Zoom will open up another window.

<F6> WIDE - will display the full field.

Application Function Keys

<F8>

<F9>

Calls the program associated to the shift function for the screen

Associated Screens - Allows selection of an Associated Screen or locating another screen via a generated browse screen, or direct access to any screen within the application.

Note: <F8> is not available from the Context Menus.

When used from an application screen, will open the User Menu associated with the current screen, if available, or will open the Program Window 1. When used from the home screen, will open the Program Window 1.

Opens the Program Window 2 from anywhere in the application.

Opens the Program Window 1 from anywhere in the application.

Opens the Email window.

Displays a calendar and current time.

(See the sections on Function Keys in this document, for further information on the use of Function Keys).

The Mouse

All selection and dragging is done with the left mouse button. The right mouse button is used to invoke the context menu.

Other Mouse functions:

To ZOOM

Open WIDE field

Double Click

Point at ZOOM on Message Line and click.

Point at WIDE on Message Line and click.

Will close the screen. If the screen is a Table Selection screen, the key data from the line selected will be passed back to the calling screen

The Caret

The insertion point; the blinking marker on the screen indicating where you are in a Magic window. It marks the place where text appears when you are typing.

Combo Boxes

A combo box is a text box with an attached, integrated list.

To open the box either click on the down arrow on the right hand side, or <Alt + Down Arrow>.

You can select any of the choices by clicking on that choice. You can also use the Direction keys, or type the first character of the selection, or the underlined character, to position to your choice, and then press <Enter> to select that choice. Pressing <Esc> while in an open Combo Box, will close the box without making any change.

Parts Of A Magic Screen

Menu Bar Line

Is located at the top of the screen. Contains pull down menus that will perform screen or application functions if the menu line is highlighted.

To Select A Menu

Mouse

Keyboard

<ESC>

Point and click. You can drag the mouse caret down the menu and the selected menu item will be executed upon release of the mouse button.

<Alt> will open up the File Menu. Use the arrow keys to select other menu items. <Alt + O> will open up the Options Menu

To cancel a menu <Enter> to choose an item or Type the underscored character shown in the item name

To Cancel A Menu

Mouse

Keyboard

Click anywhere outside the menu.

Press <Esc> twice

Context Menus

The right mouse button is used to invoke the Context Menu.

The Context Menus contain a number of menu levels. Dragging the mouse caret down the menu opens the menu levels. The selected menu item will be executed upon release of the mouse button.

Keyboard

<Esc> to cancel a menu

<Enter>to choose an item or

Type the underscored character shown in the item name

Program Windows 1 and 2

Program Windows 1 and 2 allow users to define access to their commonly used programs.

Keyboard

<Esc> to cancel a menu

<Enter> on the line required or

<Double Click> on the line required or

Type the character shown in the first position (ie 1 to 9, A to Z).

Workspace

Is the rest of the Magic screen where Magic puts tables and application screens where you interact with the Magic Application. Sometimes various displays are layered in the Workspace. The window containing the blinking caret is the active window. The active window is usually front most in the Workspace.

Message Line

Is located at the bottom of the screen. Magic communicates messages to you here.

There are four sections to the line.

First Section

Second Section

Third Section

Fourth Section

Fifth Section

Contains the name of the application currently active, ie Runtime: Financials.

This is where Magic will put input error and warning messages.

Is the Operation Mode for the screen. See the section User Options in Interactive Screens for further information.

Will indicate if the field where the caret is positioned has Zoom capabilities. See the section Magic Function Keys descriptions for <F5> for further information.

Will indicate if the field where the caret is positioned has Wide capabilities. See the section Magic Function Keys descriptions for <F6> for further information.

Will indicate whether Insert mode is on or off. Press <Insert> to toggle between insert and overwrite modes.

Tool Bar

The display of the tool bar is optional.

To display the tool bar:

1.	Close the application

2.	Go to Settings/Environment/Line # 41 Display Tool bar

3.	Set to Yes to display the tool bar

NOTE: Displaying the tool bar will reduce the workspace area of the Magic screen resulting in Windows applying scroll bars.

The screen display settings may be able to be changed which may enable the Magic Window to be re-sized. The tool bar functions are available from the pull down menus of the menu bar line.

Directional Keys

The data display may be in one of two modes: Line Mode or Screen Mode.

In Line Mode, multiple records are displayed on the screen and the record's fields are arranged in columns so that the screen looks like a table.

In Screen Mode, the entire screen is used to display a single record whose fields are arranged around the screen.

To move the caret from record to record, use the directional keys as follows:

<PgDn>

<PgUp>

to move one record up (in line mode).

to move one record down (in line mode).

to display the next page.

to display the previous page.

move to the bottom of the visible page.

move to the top of the visible page.

move to the top of the table.

move to the bottom of the table.

activates the VCR Menu, enabling Line and Table movement functions.

If you are using a mouse, you can click a line (line mode) to highlight it.

When you move the caret from record to record, the changes on the screen depend on the display mode:

In Line Mode, while moving from record to record, the caret and the highlight move up and down.

In Screen Mode, while moving from record to record, all the field values displayed on the screen change.

To move the caret from one field to another within a record:

<Alt +>

<Enter>

move to the previous field.

move to the next field.

move to the end of the row.

move to the beginning of the row.

to move to the next field is only available in data entry screens and other Line Mode screens

If you are using a mouse, you can click a field to move the caret to it.

Field Editing

When first positioning on a field that contains existing data, the field will be highlighted. Pressing any key other than <Home>, <End>, <Tab>, <Shift + Tab>, <Enter>, or the <Arrow Keys> will either replace the existing data with spaces, or with the character entered.

To restore the previous value press (Alt + Backspace> or <F2> cancel.

The following keys (including the directional keys) are active within the field editor to execute the related functions:

<Home>

<End>

if your current screen is in Create Mode, you can duplicate data from the field of the previous record. In Line Mode, the data to be duplicated is from the line above. In Screen Mode, the data to be duplicated is from the previous screen.

to move the caret one character to the left within the field.

to move the caret one character to the right within the field.

to delete text to the left of the caret.

to delete text at the caret.

to toggle between Insert and Overwrite modes.

to move the caret to the beginning of the field.

to move the caret to the end of the field.

NOTE: While the field editor is active on an alphanumeric field that uses more than one line, you can use <Up Arrow> and <Down Arrow> to move between the lines within that field..

Operations on Numeric Fields

1.	In addition to field editing, you are able to perform calculations on the field itself.

Move the cursor to the numeric field, enter a number followed by a numeric operator (+, -, *, /) and leave the field.

The number you entered will be added to, subtracted from, multiplied by, or divided into the original numeric value in that field.

2.	Zooming from the field opens a Calculator window. The calculator sum field will be initiated with the original value in the numeric field.

To perform calculations enter an amount followed by a numeric operator. To accept the new sum fieldpress <Enter> , otherwise press <Esc>.

User Options In Interactive Screens

There are three interactive screen operation modes

Mode

Modify

Create

Keyboard

Purpose

Used to change data in existing records or to delete existing records using <F3>.

Used to enter new records.

After you type in data press <Down Arrow> (line mode) or <PgDn> (screen mode) to confirm the record you just entered and go on to enter a new record. Press <Up Arrow> (line mode) or <PgUp> (screen mode) to go back to the previous record and modify its data - Magic will automatically revert to Modify mode.

Magic will automatically revert to Create mode if using <PgDn> from the last record in the current data view (screen mode) or <Down Arrow> from the last record on the screen (line mode).

Query

Used to browse through the records and fields using the directional keys. You can not change a record in Query mode.

Query mode also allows you to automatically locate on a record by incremental positioning. To locate on a record, type an alpha string (for alphanumeric fields) or type a number (for numeric fields). Those fields available for incremental positioning have been painted red, to assist users identify the suitable fields. This feature is particularly useful when Zooming to a selection screen. Entering the first few characters of a code will automatically position you to enable simple selection of a table entry.

NOTE: Using Incremental Positioning.

After you have positioned to the required record, and prior to starting a new incremental positioning operation, Magic needs to be told that you have ended the current incremental positioning operation. The <F2> Cancel function, or using one of the Directional Keys, will cancel the current incremental positioning operation.

When positioning using a numeric field the caret will stay in the left most position of the field.

When positioning using an alphanumeric field the caret will position to the next character, the characters to the left of the caret being the characters entered for the positioning operation.

Magic will issue a warning beep when unable to position because the character entered is not found in the current position of the field.

Other options are available to users to locate and change the data view order of records by selecting Options from the Menu Bar. Note: All options may not be available to a screen.

Magic Function Keys

<F1>

<F2>

<F3>

<F4>

<F5>

<F6>

HELP

CANCEL

DELETE

CREATE or INSERT

ZOOM

WIDE

This displays the Maxim windows help.

Use this key if you want to abort what you were doing. If the screen is in Modify Mode, any fields changed will revert to what they were prior to you making the change. If the screen is in Create Mode you will be positioned back on the prior record.

NOTE: There may be situations where the <F2> function does not appear to work. This will be because you have gone past a point that the screen will not allow you to cancel. In this situation you will most probably have to delete the record.

Use this key to delete the current record displayed (screen mode) or the current record highlighted (line mode). You will be asked to confirm the DELETE Operation.

A record. Puts the screen into Create Mode.

Note: Some screens may not allow Create Mode even though the screen allows Modify Mode. Create Mode will not be available from screens that only allow Query Mode.

Zoom will open up another window, either to select a valid value from a table or to provide further information. Zooms will be available to provide Drill Down capabilities. Zoom will appear in the Message Line when a field provides a zoom capability. Clicking the mouse on Zoom on the message line will also initiate the zoom.

If Wide appears in the Message Line, it tells you that the field the caret is on is larger than displayed on the screen. <F6> will display the full field. Clicking the mouse on Wide on the message line will also initiate the wide.

Note: When entering data into a Wide field, the larger field will automatically open if more characters are entered than is available on the screen. You need to use <Esc> to exit from a Wide field.

Application Function Keys

<F8>

<F9>

<Ctrl + F9> .

Calls the program associated to the shift function for the screen.

Associated Screens - Available from application screens and allows selection of an Associated Screen or locating another screen via a generated browse screen, or direct access to any screen within the application.

When used from an application screen, will open the User Menu linked to the current screen if available, or will open the Program Window 1. When used from the home screen, will open the Program Window 1.

Opens the Program Window 2 from anywhere in the application.

Opens the Program Window 1 from anywhere in the application

Opens the Email window.

Displays a calendar and current time.

NOTE: When using <Shift + F1 to Shift + F8> or <F8>, <F9>, <Alt + F9>, <Ctrl + F9> you may receive the message 'Record was modified - restart is required'. The application is telling you that the data on your current screen had been changed, and before initiating the function program call, the application has written the changed data out to disk. Press the required function key again to initiate the required function.

You may also receive a similar message when returning to a screen after calling other programs. Magic is telling you that some data on the current record was changed by one of the other programs you had just escaped from.

<Esc> and <Enter> Keys

Pressing <Esc> will terminate a task and return the user to the previous task. <Esc> is not a cancel operation. Program logic is invoked from the field position of the caret to the end of the screen when <Esc> is pressed. Therefore you may receive an error message if a logic condition fails. Your action then is to correct the error or <F2> to cancel any changes made. Pressing <Esc> after the relevant action to clear the error will create or modify a record, and then terminate the task.

As a general rule <Esc> is used to terminate data entry tasks (modify and create modes). <Enter> is used to terminate inquiry tasks (inquiry mode).

<Enter> is used to select data from a scrolling list and to return it to the calling task. If <Esc> is used to terminate a scrolling list, no data is selected and control is returned to the immediate calling task.

For data entry screens and other line mode maintenance screens <Enter> will tab to the next field.

Locating Records

There are a number of ways to locate records:

From Tables In Modify Mode

1.	Using the Directional Keys, ie <PgDn>, <PgUp>.

2.	Access Options from the Menu Bar Line

3.	From the key field, ie Client Code, Zoom <F5> will call the appropriate browse screen from which a selection can be made <Enter>.

The calling screen will be refreshed with the new selection.

From Inquiry Screens

1.	Using the Directional Keys, ie <PgDn>, <PgUp>.

2.	Access Options from the Menu Bar Line

3.	From the key field that is painted white:

-	Use incremental positioning or

-	Zoom or <F5> to call the appropriate browse screen from which a selection can be made <Enter>.

The calling screen will be refreshed with the new selection.

Buttons

The button functions can be accessed in the following ways:

1.	Select and click with the mouse.

2.	Use Directional Keys to position the caret on the button and press <Enter> to initiate the button function.

NOTE: Use the <Left Arrow> to position the caret directly onto a button when sitting in the first field of a screen.

3.	<Alt + the underscored letter> will activate the button function.

Is accessed from any where within the application by using the <Ctrl + F9> function.

Users are advised within one minute of a message being received. The system will continue to advise the user of a message, until the user accesses the Messaging System and views the messages. A small message, with an audible beep, is displayed on the users screen advising of a message.

User Defined Windows

Users can defined their own windows that are activated by the <F9> and <Alt + F9> functions.

To establish your own personalised menus, select Windows / Maintain Windows from the Menu Bar Line or Go ROC / User | Housekeeping | Maintain Windows.

Link To Program

Menus other than the Program Window 1 (PW1) and the Program Window 2 (PW2) are linked to specific programs.

Report Output Control (ROC)

All significant reports are processed through a report queue. There is a queue for each work station. This queue determines when and how the reports are to be processed. The report queue functionality is determined by the type of Service used.