Field Definitions
'Tips for developers working within the Sysgem Enterprise Manager (SEM) environment'.
Defining Fields in a SEM Input Form
Finding your way around the SEM development Interface
This section describes the the different type of fields on an input form and how to create them in a SEM library.
Use the 
icon at the top of the page to add new fields to the form. Double click on the field entry and the following field definition form is shown:
- 1. Title
The "Title" field can be preceded by the characters "~b" (to make the text bold).
e.g.
~B Username
... produces....: 
If the field Type is going to be "- None -", then you can also use the "~o" prefix to fill the background with a grey fill colour and change the text colour to white.
e.g.
~o test123
... produces....: 
Use the "~f" prefix in conjunction with the "~o" prefix, i.e. "~f~o" to broaden the grey band and to extend it to the outer edge of the form. This is appropriate for the first line heading on a form.
e.g.
~f~o test123
... produces....: 
- 2. Comment
The comment field provides the text for a "Tooltip" when the cursor hovers over a Title field of an input form.
- 3. Code
The code field gives a two alpha-character unique code to the field. The code "SV" is reserved for the "Server" or "Agent" field. Scripts refer to the fields using this two character code, so for example the "Username" field may be given a code "UN" and a Perl script would access the content of this field via the variable: $INPUT_UN.
VMS DCL scripts would use the logical name: INPUT_UN, and UNIX Korn Shell scripts would refer to the variable as: ${INPUT_UN}.
- 4. Page
The input form can be divided into pages by using tabs along the top edge of the form. A field is allocated to a particular page by entering a page name in the "Page" field.
e.g.
... produces....: 
