Edit Form Help Functions; Action Forms - NEC 2400 Integration Manual

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Edit Form Help Functions

Edit forms allow you to actively access help screens. To access the help screen,
press
MODE
display. The SID retains any information you may have entered on the edit form
and places the edit form with your information back on the display when you exit
the help screen. You do not lose any information. Most help screens appear as
shown in Figure 2-7., although certain edit forms add or delete options.
EDIT
Figure 2-7. Help Screen Options Accessed From an Edit Form
The following list shows you each available option and explains the action of
each option shown on the help screen.
Overtype
Insert
Clear
Undo

Action Forms

Action Forms provide you with a window or a view into the integration application.
With action forms, you can monitor the application activity, review event logs, or
check statistical information. Figure 2-8. shows a sample action form, the
Statistics View form.
Calls:
Figure 2-8. The Statistic View Action Form
Action forms operate in a dynamic or real-time mode. The screen changes with
each transaction processed by the SID. When you finish observing an action
form, you can press
to access any available help options for the action form. Although not all action
forms have help options, by pressing
to look at the information presented on the action form.
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at any edit form. The SID places the help screen on the LCD
1-Overtype
4-Undo
The option places the editor into a mode that allows you to
enter new characters over existing characters.
The option changes the editor into a mode that allows you to
insert new characters between existing characters.
The option erases all characters in the field.
The option replaces any new information typed in the field with
information from the stored configuration.
STATISTICS VIEW
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to return to the main menu. You also can
FUNC
2-Insert 3-Clear
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you usually can find optional ways
MODE
press
MODE