Re: Field filled in

[Alan Shore <AlanShore@xxxxxxxx>]

THAT'S RIGHT. The user cannot do anything at that point. That's what I am
trying to capture, and let the program take over.
Is there anyway for the program to recognize this situation?

Alan

midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 09/01/2006 03:28:22 PM:

> What does happen in that scenario?  My memory says that the user can not
> push the characters to the right once the field is full.  That is the
> case even if the rest of the field is blanks.  In other words, even if
> you could do what you wanted, it wouldn't work anyway because your user
> could never get that far.   But my memory fogs with time, so I may have
> this all wrong.
>
>
>
> Alan Shore wrote:
> > In my example the user goes back to the same field and INSERTS extra
text
> > into that field, pushing some pre-existing text to the right.
Eventually
> > the right most character cannot go any further, but the cursor is NOT
at
> > the right most character. Hence CHECK(ER) will NOT work (or at least it
> > doesn't on mine test sample)
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 09/01/2006 03:03:33 PM:
> >
> > > Ok, then what do you want to do under what circumstances? The
CHECK(ER)
> > > would return to the program and you can check anything out that you
want
> > > about the last character, or ANY character.... ???
> > >
> > > "is there a way for the program to realize that the last character is
> > > NOT blank. "
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Shore
> > > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 2:03 PM
> > > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > > Subject: RE: Field filled in
> > >
> > > Thanks for your reply Dave. I think what you are talking about is
> > > CHECK(ER).
> > > I do use this, however if you re-read my example, the cursor is NOT at
> > > the end of the field. That's my predicament.
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> > > midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 09/01/2006 02:27:16 PM:
> > >
> > > > Actually, there is a possibility of making the block oriented data
> > > > stream work something like what you want. It's been a long time, but
> > > > there is something you can put into DDS that tells the system to do
an
> > > > auto-Enter type of action. If you were to put that on each field, as
> > > > the user went from field to field, the display would return to the
> > > program.
> > > > You would then determine what field was entered, if it was correct or
> > > > not, and re-write the screen with the cursor placed where you wanted
> > > > it to be.
> > > >
> > > > Don't know if it's practical, but I have used it in the past.
> > > > Primarily on the last record of a subfile used in heads down entry.
> > > > When the user hit the last field, the screen would automatically
> > > > refresh and the user would be able to continue entry with no
> > > > hesitation - OR - keying over information already entered...
> > > >
> > > > Spoz that could stir up a bee's nest maybe... :-)
> > > >
> > > > Dave
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