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- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.dbase-l
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!ktibv!rdb
- From: rdb@ktibv.uucp (The Graphical Gnome)
- Subject: Re: recognize current field n
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.132728.6021@ktibv.uucp>
- Organization: KTI BV
- References: <1992Nov17.4772.1856@dosgate>
- Distribution: bit
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 13:27:28 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- "tom frazer" <tom.frazer@canrem.com> writes:
-
- >To: VHASS%CAT700.gm@HAC2ARPA.HAC.COM
-
- >VV> How can I read the contents of a field after editing without moving
- >VV> to the next field ? Any suggetions ?
-
- > You can't. If you don't move off the get field the data isn't stored
- >into the memory variable. No matter what you do, your customer is going to
- >have to learn to use the system, this is just one part of it.
- > I just ran into the same thing, customer exitted the add screen before
- >moving off one of the GETs and lost the data, had to tell him to hit enter
- >to save the entered data to memory before calling up the exit popup menu.
-
- I do not know how well you are familiar with Clipper, but you can use
- the GET:buffer to do some tricks. I use it in a speed search routine,
- in which I use the buffer to seek in a database, WHILE a user is
- typing characters, so he/she doesn't have to type the whole word.
-
- By forcing a GET:assign(), the value is moved from the buffer to the
- var.
-
- If you want to know more, do not hasitate to mail.
-
-
- Happy Hacking The Graphical Gnome
-
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