Re: Subfile "move to top" function

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

Booth,

 I still have the same somewhat artificial, but real limitation of 
not having control over how people's emulators are set up.  If it's 
not 132 position capable, I'll either get an error or, if I test for 
that condition, the functionality goes out the window.

 -mark

At 2/16/2011 03:21 PM, you wrote:
> Have you looked at the SFLSCROLL keyword?  That may be useful to you for
> your design.
>
> If real estate is an issue, have you considered a 132-column screen
> instead of 80-column?
>
>
>
> On 2/16/2011 1:39 PM, M. Lazarus wrote:
> >    Thanks all for the suggestions on how to handle different methods
> > of subfile positioning.
> >
> >    SFLRCDNBR(*TOP) was a contender, but I don't like some of the side
> > effects, such as when the cursor is in a record other than the first,
> > that line jumps to the top.  I only want that behavior when a
> > function key is pressed.  For this application, that behavior would
> > be very annoying.
> >
> >    Also, the cursor always jumps to the input field in the SFCTL
> > record, unless I explicitly position it at a specific subfile record,
> > which is also not desirable.
> >
> >    For this application, subfile scroll bars and mouse button usage in
> > DDS is not an option due to lack of screen real estate, lack of
> > universal support for these features on all emulators and the rest of
> > the application does not use these techniques, thereby giving an
> > inconsistent UI.  The audience consists of a broad range of end
> > users, with different shop standards and emulators.
> >
> >
> >    I think my approach will be as follows:
> >
> > -  Records will be loaded into arrays and updates to the DB will only
> > occur when the user requests it or when doing a Save&  Exit from the
> > application.  This should give me a performance advantage and make it
> > easier to manipulate the data.
> >
> > -  When a reposition of a record to the top is requested, reload the
> > subfile based on -nth record on the current screen and position to
> > that page/record.  So, given the following:
> >
> > SFL page size = 10.
> >
> > 35 records loaded.
> >
> > Cursor is on RRN 24 (aka page 3, record 4.)
> >
> > Pressing "F10=Position to top" will reload the subfile, beginning
> > with RRN4, thereby eliminating the first 3 records from the
> > SFL.   SFLRCDNBR(CURSOR) value will be 21, so the first record on SFL
> > page 3 will be what used to be RRN 24, with the cursor positioned to
> > that record.  A total of 32 records will be in the SFL at this point,
> > instead of the original 35.
> >
> > PageUp will follow the new paging until PageUp is pressed on the
> > first page.  At that point I will reload the SFL starting from RRN 1.
> >
> >
> >    I think my biggest challenge will be to make sure to keep the lines
> > in sync with the original data set, including multiple repositions by
> > the user.  I don't think that's such a big hurdle to overcome.
> >
> >    Any additional thoughts?
> >
> >
> >    -mark
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