Easychap is called THE SCI EASY REPORT PREPARATION PROGRAM.

The purpose of program Easychap is to create a a Chaprola program (the Chaprola source module (.CS) that is then compiled to produce a Chaprola program (.PR)) This program is intended to produce a report, suitable for printing, that in precisely the same format as is displayed for the data records in programs SCIENTRY and CGIENTRY.

This makes it possible to print using preprinted forms.

This Chaprola program source module is produced through the use of the TEXT (.TXT) file that generated the screen display file (.DI). The only additional information that must be supplied is a recitation of the three characters that were used in generating the screen displays to mark the alpha data fields, the numeric data fields, and the special character chosen to draw the ruling character set boxes used in the displays.

To execute Program Easychap after the >>? prompt type

 
>>? RUN EASYCHAP

Program Easychap responds

  THE SCI EASY REPORT PREPARATION PROGRAM
   ENTER:
    1. THE INPUT-TEXT FILE NAME,
    2. THE OUTPUT-CHAPROLA FILE NAME,
    3. THE A FIELD DESIGNATOR CHARACTER
    4. THE N FIELD DESIGNATOR CHARACTER
    5. THE GRAPHICS CHARACTER
  ?

 

the OUTPUT CHAPROLA FILE is the name of the file which will contain a Chaprola program (.CS) to produce a report from a data file that is in the layout which has been described in the .TXT file,

the A FIELD DESIGNATOR CHARACTER is the character used in the text file to designate which fields are alpha-numeric,

the N FIELD DESIGNATOR CHARACTER is the character used in the text file to designate which fields are numeric,

the GRAPHICS CHARACTER is the character used in generating the ruling character set in the screen displays shown by programs SCIENTRY and CGIENTRY.

This makes it possible to print using preprinted forms. Also, the information is presented in a manner that is identical to what the data record looks like when it is being read by programs SCIENTRY and CGIENTRY.

The proper syntax for calling (executing) program Easychap is:

 
  >>? RUN EASYFORM
      ? [fnprefix.TXT] [+fnprefix.CS] [A field designator] [N field designator]
        [graphics character]