RE: Changing roll value based on SFLFOLD/SFLDROP

Ken,

Thanks for the insight about the F-Key not returning control to the program
when used for changing subfile modes.  Your code worked like a charm!

William

----- Original Message -----

> From: "Sims, Ken" <KSIMS@SOUTHERNWINE.com>
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Changing roll value based on SFLFOLD/SFLDROP
> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 14:40:54 -0400
> Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>
> Hi William -
>
> >I've attempted to use the SFLMODE keyword on the subfile
> >control to determine if I'm in "fold" or "drop" mode with
> >success, but when I try to set the SFLROLVAL keyword (I also
> >have it hidden and protected), I get nowhere.  The affect
> >of resetting the SFLROLVAL is "one screen too late", almost
> >as if the read doesn't occur after I press me F-key to
> >change the mode.
>
> The problem is that when the F-key is pressed to change modes, control is
> not returned to the program (unless the subfile is empty, in which case
> there really isn't anything for the program to do).
>
> What you need to do is to assign the F-key that the users use to
fold/unfold
> as a CF key.  Assign some other unused F-key as the SFLDROP/SFLFOLD F-key.
> You don't want the users to ever actually press that key.
>
> When a user presses the F-key that is now just a regular CF key, your
> program will get control.  It can change the SFLROLVAL value.  It also
will
> need to turn a indicator on or off to toggle the mode of the subfile
> manually.
>