Screen format, definition using DARC

Display or Print of DBMS Data in DARC-SMS the FILL Module. The purpose of the FILL module is to allow the display or print of DBMS data in screen formats (see Figures 5-6) and the print of DBMS data in paper formats (A4) on PostScript laser printers (see Figure 7), both being defined using the DARC-RDS2 (Report Definition System 2) module (see Figure 8). The set-up of the FILL module is performed through the customization of the FILL Communication Protocol. 

The purpose of the set-up is to give access from DARC-SMS to all the information contained in the DBMS tables, and this set-up is performed by the data base manager. From that point the next step is the definition of the screen formats and printer formats using the user-oriented DARC-RDS2 module. 

Figure 8. The definition of a screen format using DARC-RDS2.

Thus DISPLAY CN allows the user to have, within a DBMS application, the same screen display which is obtained in DARC-SMS, including flexible report definition, display of 1 to 6 structures per screen, the use of graphics buttons for format selection and creation of PostScript files for printing on laser printers (see Figure 10). 

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