Re: Message line: Another approach?

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good points, and relevant imho.

As to the locked record issue; at the very least, why add to the 
problem?  Consider NOT locking on the read chain, rather wait until the 
update chain.  And yes, use a window for messages, with the options 
spelled out and immediately prominent & visible.

Additionally, on the subfile screen (usually on the upper right) I add 
an "Allow Edit" checkbox so that unintentional changes don't happen.  In 
a few instances I only display the checkbox to super users; casual users 
and managers are read-only.

On 1/31/2020 12:40 PM, Sam_L wrote:
> ...

> So, my suggestion for the user interface would be that when the 
> subfile program doing the 2=Change finds a record locked, it pops up a 
> window that says something like
>     "Record locked by (...)
>      Enter D to display read only. Or press enter to continue.".
> When the user responds you decide what to do.
>
> And in your update and display screens you might also want to add 
> "Update" or "Display" in the screen header.
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