RE: DDS Display attributes

[Alan Shore <AlanShore@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for your reply Jerry
Nice idea of yours, and I have done this in the past (subfiles included)
unfortunately if you have heard the phrase
"Fitting 10 pounds of @#%^ into a 5 pound bag"
Then that definition fits the DDS screen to a T


Alan Shore
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midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/23/2009 02:07:39 PM:

> Alan,
>
> You haven't said Why you want to do this (i.e., variable HL/RI).
> Just a wag here, but maybe you have a composite field for which you
> want to indicate the portion(s) that may be in error or otherwise
> unacceptable.  If so (or something similar), since it isn't possible
> to HL/RI part of a field (without intervening spaces), you might
> display a second field under the first that uses asterisks to mark
> the portion of the field that you want to HL/RI.
>
> For example, if the field = 'ABCDEF; and you want to highlight 'CD',
> you might display:
>
> Field: ABCDEF
>                 **
>
> Anyway, I've done that sort of thing in the past for the situation
> I've described.  (Dashes also work as far as making a user aware of
> the situation.)  Of course, if the panel is chock full of stuff or
> this is a subfile, that's another issue.
>
> Jerry C. Adams
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>
> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Shore
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 12:44 PM
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> Subject: Re: DDS Display attributes
>
> AAAhhhh
> That I didn't know/realize - Rats
> I'll have to think about this
>
> Thanks for your reply sjl
>
>
> Alan Shore
> Programmer/Analyst, Distribution
> E:AShore@xxxxxxxxxxx
> P:(631) 200-5019
> C:(631) 880-8640
> "If you're going through Hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill
>
> midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/23/2009 01:31:16 PM:
>
> > Alan wrote:
> >   Thanks for your reply Booth
> >   If this gives me what I am looking for
> >   ULTRA-NEAT
> >
> >
> > Alan -
> >
> > As James mentioned, the attribute hex codes take up space, so your
field
> > will need to be longer than 40 bytes.
> >
> > Also be aware that if this is an input-capable field, that:
> > 1) As soon as someone types over the attribute value, the HI/RI will
> > disappear
> > 2) The attribute values will be stored in the database field along with
> the
> > data, unless you parse it out first...
> >
> > - sjl
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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