Re: Pros & Cons

I'll be interested in the view of others.  I have been through the exercise of 
screen fields differing from file fields, and at the moment I am finding that 
naming the file and the screen fields the same to be really a lot clearer and 
simpler from every angle.   So much easier in fact that I am worried I have 
overlooked some great toadstool of a problem.

In <000a01be0128$9a1464e0$3264a8c0@magnuson>, on 10/26/98 
   at 03:35 PM, "Gerald Magnuson" <magnuson@ksni.net> said:


>But again, if these programs were properly designed (I.e. independent
>routines for
>each screen and its editing and updating) the "windowing" would be fine.

>My feeling is that you should have unique field names on the screen for
>clarity sake.
>More work up front, easier to maintain 3 months later.

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