CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 An Introduction to VAX RALLY Applications 1.1 Menus 1.2 Forms and Reports 1.3 Commands 1.4 User Assistance Messages 2 Basic RALLY Concepts 2.1 Records 2.2 Groups 2.3 Lists of Values 2.4 Usage Modes 2.5 Macros 2.6 Subprocesses 2.7 Tasks 2.8 Windows 3 Gaining Access to RALLY Applications 3.1 Running RALLY Applications from the DCL Level 3.2 Running RALLY Applications from TEAMDATA 3.3 Running RALLY from ALL-IN-1 3.4 Running RALLY from an Application Program 4 Using Menus 4.1 Making Selections from a Menu 4.1.1 Moving the Cursor to Your Choice 4.1.2 Entering Your Choice in the Menu Response Area 4.2 Movement Between Menus 4.2.1 Movement from Higher Level to Lower Level Menus 4.2.2 Movement from Lower Level to Higher Level Menus 5 Using Help and Other Messages 5.1 RALLY-Supplied Help 5.1.1 General Help 5.1.2 Help on RALLY Commands 5.1.3 Finding Specific Information in a Help Message 5.2 Application Specific Help 5.3 Legends 5.4 Error Messages 5.4.1 Reading Error Messages 5.4.2 Recovering from Error Messages 6 Using Form/Reports 6.1 Entering a Form/Report 6.2 Exiting a Form/Report 6.3 Moving Within a Form/Report 6.3.1 Moving from Field to Field 6.3.2 Moving from Record to Record 6.3.3 Movement Between Groups in a Form/Report 6.4 Using Lists of Values 6.4.1 Moving from a Field to a LOV 6.4.2 Moving Within a LOV 6.4.3 Selecting a Value from a LOV 6.4.4 Looking at Values in a LOV Without Making a Selection 6.5 Entering and Editing Data on a Form/Report 6.5.1 Entering Data 6.5.2 Deleting Data 6.5.3 Saving and Recalling Records 6.5.4 Saving and Restoring Field Values 6.5.5 Editing Data 6.6 Retrieving Data with Form/Reports 6.7 Using Form/Reports to Query the Data Source 6.7.1 Using Simple Queries Based on Equality 6.7.2 Using the Extended Query Operators 6.7.3 Mixing Simple and Extended Query Restrictions 6.7.4 Recalling Queries 6.8 Printing or Writing Form/Reports 6.8.1 Printing or Writing Screen Displays 6.8.2 Printing or Writing Pages 6.8.3 Printing or Writing Portions of Form/Reports 6.8.4 Printing or Writing Entire Form/Reports 7 Additional Topics 7.1 Working with Tasks 7.1.1 Bringing Up Special Tasks 7.1.2 Moving Between Tasks 7.2 Working with Windows 7.2.1 Making a Window Fill the Screen Display 7.2.2 Increasing the Size of a Window 7.2.3 Decreasing the Size of a Window 7.2.4 Moving a Window 7.2.5 Restoring a Window to a Previous Size and Location 7.2.6 Scrolling Within a Window 7.3 Working with RALLY Macros 7.3.1 Defining Macros 7.3.2 Using Numbered Macros 7.3.3 Saving Numbered Macros 7.3.4 Reading a Numbered Macro File 7.3.5 Creating Named Macros from Numbered Macros 7.3.6 Using Named Macros 7.3.7 Creating Numbered Macros from Named Macros 7.4 Interrupting Work on an Application 7.4.1 DCL 7.4.2 VAX TEAMDATA 7.4.3 ALL-IN-1 7.4.4 Application Program A Commands and Their Predefined Keys FIGURES 1-1 RALLY Applications Allow Many Users to Work with Many Sources of Data 1-2 Simplified View of a RALLY Application 1-3 Vertical Style Menu from a RALLY Application 1-4 Horizontal Style Menu from a RALLY Application 1-5 Data Entry Form 1-6 Report Generated by a RALLY Application 1-7 General Help Message in RALLY Applications 1-8 Legend from a RALLY Application 1-9 Error Message from a RALLY Application 2-1 Form/Report with a Parent Group and a Child Group 2-2 Form/Report with a List of Values 2-3 Screen Display of a RALLY Application with Three Windows 3-1 Gaining Access to a RALLY Application 3-2 A TEAMDATA Main Folder with a RALLY Application 3-3 ALL-IN-1 Menu with Choices Leading to RALLY Applications 4-1 Hierarchical Arrangement of Menus in an Application 4-2 Cursor Movement Menu Showing a Highlighted Choice 4-3 Menu Showing Selection by Abbreviated Word Choice 4-4 Menu Showing Selection by Number 4-5 Menu Showing Selection by Letter 5-1 General Help Message in Most RALLY Applications 5-2 RALLY Command Line 5-3 Main Menu of the RALLY Command Help System 5-4 Legend from a RALLY Application 5-5 Error Message from a RALLY Application 6-1 Form/Report with the Cursor in the First Group 6-2 Form/Report with the Cursor in the Second Group 6-3 Form/Report with the Cursor in a List of Values 6-4 Form/Report Set Up for a Simple Query 6-5 Form/Report Showing Results of a Simple Query 6-6 Form/Report Showing Results of an Extended Query TABLES 6-1 Extended Query Operators 6-2 Printing and Writing Form/Reports 6-3 WPS and EDT Key Definitions for Print Commands A-1 RALLY Commands That Have WPS Predefined Keys A-2 RALLY Commands That Have EDT Predefined Keys