RE: No 5250-based applications

Users can also turn off their green screen every time they hit enter, Ken.
This is where end user training comes in.  Although I wonder if you can't
even catch that keystroke with a simple Javascript.  But even if you can't,
I'm not going to program against a user doing an Alt-leftarrow.  I will
remove the Back button so they don't do it accidentally, but I'm not going
to worry about the "aggressively difficult" user.

Joe


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Sims, Ken
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 2:16 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: No 5250-based applications
>
>
> Hi James -
>
> >1) stopping the user from pressing the browser 'back' button.
> >
> >I'm no HTML guru, but I have written a couple of pages and know that you
> >could spawn a window for the 5250 like panel that does not contain the
> >'back' button.
> >
> >From what I observe about the browser I use, when it first is fired up
> >the 'back' button is disabled.  Whatever page you first display is the
> >only main page ever processed.  All functions would happen in a window.
> >
> >I know it's not a perfect solution, but it's the only one that I have
> >been able to come up with.
>
> The problem with your method is that even if the back button is not
> displayed, in both IE and Netscape you can use Alt and the
> left-arrow key to
> do the back function.  On every page after the first, Alt-left-arrow could
> be used to back up to the previous page.  You would have to close the
> current window and open a new window for each page to keep the
> back function
> disabled.
>
> Ken
> Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
> Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent
> the views of
> my employer or anyone in their right mind.
>
> +---
> | This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
> | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
> | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
> | To unsubscribe from this list send email to
> MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
> | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator:
> david@midrange.com
> +---
>

+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---