Re: The Diabolical Cursor Part II: This Time He's Mad

Hi,

On 13 Apr 2000, Carey Evans wrote:

> DFU still isn't working for me, though STRSST works again.

Hmmm.  Could you give me the definition of a simple data file that will
duplicate this?  I assume it happens when you use the automatically
generated program?
 
> Something I notice having a look at the log is that all the data
> fields, including the one where the cursor should start, have bypass
> set.  Could tn5250 be noticing this after the cursor is positioned
> there, and moving it to the first (only) non-bypass field then?

The spec says that during the WRITE TO DISPLAY command the following logic
is used to determine cursor position:

if (keyboard is locked) then
   Leave the cursor where it is
else
   1) Honer any insert cursor order
   2) Move to the first non-bypass field
   3) Move to position 0,0

> > On the issue of FER behavior.  I ran a couple of simple tests with SDA,
> > and was unable to duplicate some of the problems that were mentioned on
> > the list.  If you experience problems with the current CVS code, please
> > let me know, and let me know what I need to duplicate it.  I can create
> > screens if necessary if I know what the field and database attributes are.
> 
> The problem I have is with fields that need to be filled completely.
> This is especially noticable with single-character fields in DFU.
> 0.15.8 fixed this a bit, since I can now tab out of the FER state, but
> pressing Field Exit incorrectly erases the last character in the
> field.

So what options would I select in SDA?  Is there an option to specify the
field must be completely filled?  Is this for numeric or alpha fields, or
both?

Mike

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