Re: WebFacing problems

Hi Michael,

1) What if you put the command keys above the application area?  That way 
they would be able to always see them (but might have to scroll to see the 
bottom rows of the subfile?  Or, maybe use a tighter frame/header and 
smaller fonts to cram more on the existing screen.   How would you like to 
see this problem solved?

2) I suspect this is because a proportional font is being used.  There you 
will find that text is less wide than with the fixed pitch fonts of the 
5250.  Also you will note that with WF the positioning of the elements is 
based on their left-most column position.  So if you have something else 
on the screen that is taking up extra space in one or more columns between 
the start of the string and the start of the entry field it can move the 
apparent entry field position to the right.

Mike

Mike Hockings, P.Eng.
WebSphere Development Tools for AS/400  -  CODE/Designer & WebFacing !
IBM Canada Ltd. Laboratory 
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Greetings,

I'm having a couple of problems with two webfaced project that I'm working 
on, and thought maybe someone out there could help.  Both projects I am 
working with were created using WDSCi version 5.1.2.4.  Here are the two 
problems I am having.

1.  I am having a problem with the location of the command buttons that 
are being displayed on one particular page.  This particular page has a 
subfile and below the subfile is the command buttons.  This is actually 
two screens combined with the OVERLAY keyword.  These command buttons 
replace the use of the function keys in the green screen version (i.e. 
F3=Exit).  The problem is that when the program adds a record to the 
subfile, and the page is refreshed the size of the subfile increases, and 
eventually the command buttons get moved off of the viewing area.  The 
only way to see the command buttons is to use the scroll bar and scroll 
down to the bottom of the page.  What I would like to know is there a way 
to fix the problem?  The users are complaining that they have to hit the 
scroll bar to see the function keys and that it's annoying to them.

2.  This second problem is more of a cosmetic thing.  In another project 
there is a page where there is a constant that is 63 characters long 
followed by one space, and then a 10 character entry field.  When the 
webfaced project is created and run in the test environment the page shows 
the 63 character constant and then there is a big gap (looks like about 12 
or so character spaces) and then the 10 character entry field. There is 
nothing functionally wrong with it but, it just looks weird.   I've tried 
everything I can think of to reduce the gap between the constant and the 
entry field but have had no luck.  Has anyone else experienced this 
problem?  Is there a way to get around this problem, or is it just a quirk 
with webfacing?

Sorry for the long e-mail but, I wanted to make sure I explained my 
problem as detailed as possible.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Michael Soucy
michaelsoucy@xxxxxxxxxxx