re: answers cause questions

Booth wrote:
>
>3) I want to display a record with many fields on the screen.  Depending
>on why and who is displaying the screen, I want some, all, or none of the
>fields to be input capable.  Is it possible to have 2 lines something like
>this:
>     A    31                                                  CHGINPDFT(HI
>UL)
>     A  N31                                                  CHGINPDFT(PR)
>instead of coding every single field, or having two formats?
>
CHGINPDFT can not be indicator conditioned.  Instead, when you want to
protect all fields on the screen, try the following:

 * normal screen
A          R   NORMAL                     
...
 * protect screen
A          R   PROTECT                    PROTECT OVERLAY

When you want the fields unprotected, i.e. input capable:

C                 EXFMT    NORMAL

When you want the fields protected:

C                 WRITE    NORMAL
C                 EXFMT    PROTECT

This is an easy way to protect all fields on the screen.


Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
517-676-9700  Fax: 517-676-1006  EMAIL: cmassoglia@voyager.net


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