Class (Magic xpa 4.x)

Magic xpa automatically assigns Class 0 to the task’s main form. You can define additional Class 0 forms. Class 0 is reserved for interactive forms.

You can also define forms with a Class Number > 0. These forms are used for reports, I/O record layouts, and HTML output. If a task produced two reports you could assign the Class Number 1 to all of the forms of the first report, and assign the Class Number 2 to all of the forms of the second report. The actual class values are of no significance except to associate all header, detail, and footer forms within a single report, and to ensure that they are treated as a single unit in End of Page situations.

Magic xpa will automatically adjust the Form Units, Vertical Factor, and Horizontal Factor settings for any group of forms with the same class number, where Class > 0, so that all the related forms have the same settings, which will be the highest resolution defined in any one of the forms of that class.