CONTENTS


             1 Introduction.........................................     1

             2 Standards Followed...................................     1
             3 Tools Used...........................................     4

             4 Creating Your Initial Generic Application............    14

             5 Design Standards Followed............................    15
             6 Building Your Prototype - Step by Step...............    17

              6.1 Copying Generic Files.............................    17
              6.2 Renaming Files....................................    17
              6.3 Defining Initial Field Names......................    17
              6.4 Renaming Field Names..............................    18
              6.5 Rebuilding the Form Library.......................    20
              6.6 Defining ALL-IN-1 File Search Order...............    23

              6.7 Final Revisions & Cleanup.........................    23
             7 Scripts and Templates Used...........................    25

             8 Named Data for Main Menu, Index and Entry Form.......    32


          FIGURES
            1     CHANGE.COM........................................     6
            2     RENAME_FILES.COM..................................     9
            3     REBUILD_FORMS.COM.................................    11
            4     FMS_DUMPLIB.COM...................................    13
            5     APPL_CREATE.SCP...................................    25

            6     APPL_DELETE.SCP...................................    26
            7     APPL_DOWN.SCP.....................................    27
            8     APPL_PRINT.SCP....................................    27
            9     APPL_PRINT_BRIEF.SCP..............................    28


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            10    APPL_PRINT_FULL.SCP...............................    29
            10    APPL_UP.SCP.......................................    29
            12    APPLBRIEF.BLP.....................................    30

            13    APPLFULL.BLP......................................    30
            14    APPLHDRB.BLP......................................    30
            15    APPLHDRF.BLP......................................    31
            16    Form APPL_SYSMGR Named Data.......................    32
            16    Form APPL$INDEX Named Data........................    34
            18    Form APPL_ENTRY Named Data........................    39


          TABLES
            1     Brief description of my generic application
                  files.............................................     2
























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