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The Form and Menu Language

User access to FMLI commands

Users can execute some FMLI commands by selecting them from the Command Menu.

Default assignments of FMLI commands to the command menu

Command menu
cancel
cleanup
exit
frm-mgmt
goto
help
next-frm
prev-frm
refresh
unix-system
update

In addition, all FMLI commands can be executed from the command line. (Users can access the command line in an FMLI application by pressing <CTRL-j> or <CTRL-f> <c>.) FMLI commands that appear in the Command Menu or that are assigned to screen-labeled function keys should be explained in your user documentation. However, you should not document commands you do not want your users to use.

See ``Application level definition files'' for information about how you can add commands to and disable commands in the Command Menu and how you can redefine the action assigned to a screen-labeled function key.


NOTE: When you disable an FMLI command in the commands file, the command becomes unavailable not only to users, but to developers. That is, you cannot use that command in frame definition files or application level files. In particular, do not disable the exit command.

Some FMLI commands also map, directly or indirectly, to default screen-labeled function keys.

Default assignments of FMLI commands to function keys

Function
key
Menu
frame
Form
frame
Text
frame
Choices
menu
Command
menu
<F1> help help help help
<F2> mark* choices prevpage    
<F3> enter save nextpage enter  
<F4> prev-frm prev-frm prev-frm    
<F5> next-frm next-frm next-frm    
<F6> cancel cancel cancel cancel cancel
<F7> cmd-menu cmd-menu cmd-menu    
<F8> chg-keys** chg-keys** chg-keys** chg-keys** chg-keys**
<F16> chg-keys** chg-keys** chg-keys** chg-keys** chg-keys**


*
Function key <F2> is assigned the mark command only in multi-select menus. In single-select menus <F2> has no default assigned.

**
Function keys <F8> and <F16> will default to chg-keys only if any of keys <F9> through <F15> are defined by the developer.

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