Re: Difference between Field Plus Versus Field Plus

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 29/01/2009, at 11:19 AM, Doug Palme wrote:

>    We are having some problems and I am trying to determine what if  
> any
>    difference there is when a user hits the field plus key versus  
> field exit.

Depends on whether you are using a real terminal or an emulator. If  
an emulator to what function have those keys been been mapped?

Field Exit normally clears any data to the right of the cursor  
position and moves to the next field. Field+ normally clears any data  
to the right of the cursor, right-justifies the data, sets an  
positive sign, and moves to the next field.

From memory, real terminals tend to restrict Field+ use to numeric  
fields.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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