Those not interested in VPlus need read no furher.
Please excuse the bandwith.
 
They are late, I know but here are the minutes,
 somewhat rough, of the SIG UI/VPlus meeting at IPROF.
 
If you are going to HPWORLD and are interested,
come to the SIG UI/VPlus meeting on Wednesday at
8:00 AM in room C3.  Rooms change, so check the
location when you get there.
 
SIG UIF-VPLUS
IPROF '96
 
Approximately 30 attendees, 10 from HP
 
After about 10 years of no apparent work on VPlus by HP, 2/3 of the top 15
requested enhancements of the last 2 years are released or in beta test.
 
Intro. Go Round
 
        Newface
         Enhancements
        Future of VPlus - Reason to continue using.
         Information
        New features and Functionality
        Date handling
        DEL Tips
 
Enhancements:
 
        Scrollable Pick Lists
        16 Function Keys
        Expand maximum. Fields in form to 128
        Allow interactive renumber of fields
        Default the terminal type to 700/9x
        Support terminals with greater than 132 charters per
     row
        Perform arithmetic on Date fields
 
Major problems:
 
        VPlus manual has not been updated for many years, all enhancements are
described only in various Communicators.  There is a
 universal need for updated manuals.
 
        Batch Formspec commands are documented only in
     Communicators.
 
              Hi LI intrinsocs (currently in a separate
 manual) consume less overhead
then calling the VPlus intrinsics, although HI LO is still CM, the VPlus intrinsics are in both M and NM.
 
 
HP Up Date
 
Kumar from HP Bangalore did presentation:
 
        What is in 5.5/Beta - see Communicator
        5.5 Communicator contains VPlus documentation
                VBlock write/Read - Documented in migration
           manual
        Vturnoff/on - Documented in migration manual
 
Gary Briggs presented VPlus techniques he has developed
        ESCEX event code
 
Ken Sletten - Pop Up Windows/Scroll Lists
                Fread/FWrite
                Must refresh after use
 
Need updated manual for VPLUS and  HI LI, CD ROM or
Read Me File.
 
5 third party products for making VPlus look or work
more or less like windows.
 
 
 
 
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