Re: Subfile "move to top" function

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Booth,

 It might.  I'll have to check with the project manager if that's an 
acceptable option.  Thanks for the suggestion.

 -mark

At 2/13/2011 05:36 PM, you wrote:
> A couple of thoughts:
>
> - MOUBTN()  is a useful keyword.
>
> - "SFLSCROLL (Subfile Scroll) keyword for display files
>
> You use this field-level keyword in the subfile-control record format to
> return the relative record number of the subfile record that is at the
> top of the subfile when control is given back to your program."
>
> Is that of any use in the process you desire, Mark?
>
> On 2/13/2011 4:06 PM, Joe Pluta wrote:
> > On 2/13/2011 3:49 PM, M. Lazarus wrote:
> >> Joe,
> >>
> >>     I usually want to keep the same paging, unless the user
> >> specifically requests it.  Otherwise it can be disconcerting when
> >> every action shifts the target line to the top of the page.  I guess
> >> I'll have to play with the *TOP version and see if it behaves acceptably.
> >>
> >>     -mark
> >
> > Okay, good luck.  I understand your wanting to keep the paging
> > normalized  I'm still a bit confused, though.  If the user switches the
> > top, won't that become the "new normal"?  At that point, if you then go
> > back to the old style SFLRCDNBR, you'll shift the perceived top, won't
> > you?  It seems to me that if you are going to allow the user to change
> > the base for the top, then you'll have to basically replicate the
> > SFLRCDNBR logic yourself.  Find out which record number of "top" +
> > "multiple of page size" is less than the record you wish to display, and
> > then put that in SFLRCDNBR.  Then position the cursor using either a
> > conditioned DSPATR(PC) or by absolute cursor positioning.
> >
> > Joe
>
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