Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Tabbing to a DDS output field

I respectfully submit that it is easy to do.  If they're using tab to get to the field, then it won't be an issue.  If they're using field exit, then they're wiping out other fields; that seems unlikely.

But if you're ADAMANT about it, you can still handle it.  I really didn't want to go much further down this road, but you can put auto record advance on the field.  Then if they field exit, control will return to the program and you repopulate it and redisplay.  At most they'll see a quick blink.

There are ALWAYS ways around it.  My point is that you're going to throw out the baby with the bathwater for what I consider to be encouraging a bad behavior. And to be clear, the bad behaviro is not the field exit, but complaining about a non-issue.  You might even use this as an opportunity to open a dialog about what constitutes a problem and what is just perception.

This is as close as you're going to get.  The behavior is as requested (tab to a non-enterable field) and the one edge condition (clearing the field with field exit) is non-destructive.  To me that's an opportunity for communication, not a reason to throw out the solution.

Or not.  That's your call.


On 9/5/2019 2:14 PM, Alan Shore via MIDRANGE-L wrote:

Hi Evan
Just to make it easier for the user
The cursor ends up on the left hand side of the screen while the field I am talking about is ALL THE WAY OVER on the right hand side
(NOTE - THE upper case is me being sarcastic - and stupid. What can I tell you - Its been one of those days)

Really, its not such a big deal, but I thought that it would just be easy to do
Once I discovered what I wanted wasn't that easy - I became a dog with a bone, thinking that there MUST be a way
Looks like I was wrong

Alan Shore
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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan Harris
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2019 3:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Tabbing to a DDS output field

So why do they need to tab to the field?
Not questioning the requirement just curious about the thinking behind it.


On Fri, 6 Sep 2019, 03:29 Alan Shore via MIDRANGE-L, < midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Joe
This already is a work field - strictly used in the DDS screen
However, I do understand what you are saying - but I know the users
involved - I will get tickets saying that there is a problem with this
and that the field can be cleared

I may have to leave it the way it is and tell the users that they will
have to move the cursor to that position using the mouse or the
left/right/up/down keys

It would have been so much better/easier to have a method to tab over
to there without being able to change the value



Alan Shore
E-mail : ASHORE@xxxxxxxx
Phone [O] : (631) 200-5019
Phone [C] : (631) 880-8640
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Winston Churchill

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