Re: when user presses ENTER key in Display screen How to detect it in an RPG program?

On 9/1/05, dkahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <dkahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Shijith could have made the assumption that if the indicators assigned to
> the function keys were all off then Enter had been used. But he didn't do
> that. He thought there ought to be a way to test for it explicitly, so he
> came here and found the answer he was looking for. I can't see anything in
> this thread that leads me to believe his programs will be of a poor
> quality. I've known plenty of programmers in the West who weren't aware
> they could test the AID byte.
> 
> I think it's a mistake to think you can rely on superior programming
> ability to beat off competition from Indian software houses. Programmers 
> in
> India are just as clever as programmers anywhere else.
> 
> --
> Dave...


>Similarly 
> >> I guess <<
> F2 - F24 has a unique indicator
This was my clue.

Perhaps you didn't mean it this way, Dave; American English or slang 
sometimes renders "clever" as a negative connotation. On the assumption that 
your intention was to say that "Programmers in India are just as smart & 
effective as programmers anywhere else", I would beg to differ. It is true 
that India has people who are talented and, indeed, Shijith may well be of 
extremely high intellect, but let me just ask everyone this: Given my 
assumption of Shijith's relative inexperience in RPG development, how many 
American companies would hire him/her at the rate they are paying Satyam? 
Based on the ads I've seen, you can't even get your foot in the door anymore 
unless you have at least two years of programming experience. Answer that, 
and I'll continue the discussion.

- Dan