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I'd go with the textbox approach. We've done it in several different cases and in each we've been able to make the decision that the green-screen notes were "Secondary" to the browser based ones and as such we've avoided the need to word-wrap. We figure that the humans are smart enough to word wrap on their own. However, word wrapping isn't all that hard. -Walden ------------ Walden H Leverich III President Tech Software (516) 627-3800 x11 (208) 692-3308 eFax WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.TechSoftInc.com Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur. (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.) -----Original Message----- From: Tom Jedrzejewicz @ San Pedro [mailto:TJedrzejewicz@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 2:52 PM To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Easy400Group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [WEB400] Maintaining "Notes" in an application Folks -- My apologies in advance to those of you who see this on both the Easy400 and the Web400 lists. A traditional green screen appication has Notes implemented using a database file and a fixed length text field, say 60 characters. The notes are maintained sequentially for the relevant item (say an order) using a subfile program. We are all probably familiar with such a program. We would like to have a CGI program for adding notes and maintaining some of the other information. However, I am in a quandary about how to structure the notes. The green screen program need to be able to view the notes properly after they are added by the CGI program. --> I could mimic the subfile, and have multiple text input fields. I don't like this very much, because it goes against the normal web look and feel. --> I could have a single text area, and figure out how to break it up into 60 character chunks. The breaks would need to be like a word-wrap to properly read on a green-screen. Hopefully, this is a silly question and there is an easy solution. Any thoughts/ideas/code samples would be appreciated! Thanks! Tom Jedrzejewicz tjedrzejewicz@xxxxxxxxxxxx THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, downloading, storing or forwarding of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately via email and delete the message from your computer files and/or data base. Thank you. _______________________________________________ This is the Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries (WEB400) mailing list To post a message email: WEB400@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/web400 or email: WEB400-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/web400.
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