Re: Screen Designer in RDP

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stuart Rowe wrote:
> I've messed with it quite a bit, trying to make some use of it, as it is
> quite a piece of work after all.  I've never used CODE/400 so I cannot
> compare to that.  Recently I had occasion to use the Screen Designer to
> (attempt to) design records in windows.  Totally unusable.  The screen would
> show correctly at first, but every field you attempt to move or alter ends
> up on line 1.  Always.
>   
There were problems with positioning inside of Windows.  Fixed in 7.6.

> Try changing the name of a screen variable in the properties view -- on my
> installation, the screen disappears and does not come back until you close
> the member and re-open it.  The source was still correct though.
>   
Works fine for me.
> And how come COLOR(WHT) is displayed correctly but DSPATR(HI) is not?
>   
Don't know.  I never noticed that, but it does the same thing on mine.
> And I also really miss the "order fields by I/O position" option from SDA.
>   
Me too.
> I just find it so generally clunky that I invariably get frustrated and end
> up using SDA every time.  So much faster.  Plus in SDA I can alter my
> screens with the conditioning indicators set, not just SEE it that way.  Try
> individually messing with 5 like-sized constants conditioned by indicators
> that overlay each other.  Not pretty.
>   
It's not particularly pretty in SDA, either.  In fact, at that point I 
use an output field.  If the screens are different enough that an output 
field doesn't work, I create a new record format.
> If you switch to the Screen Designer perspective, the window title changes
> to Screen Designer (Technology Preview).  Still.
>   
Not in 7.6.
> I have an up-to-date RDpower 7.5 installed, have not gotten the 7.6 yet.
>
> Stu
>   

Get 7.6.

Joe