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- From: tps@jptcs.COM (Tim Sailer)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix
- Subject: Re: Fixes to Informix-4gl
- Message-ID: <67@jptcs.COM>
- Date: 19 Dec 92 22:38:06 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.191735.5559@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Organization: JPT Computer Solutions
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- carl.t.mosley (mvctm@cbnews.cb.att.com) wrote:
- :
- : How about an improved DISPLAY ARRAY where the user can, for example,
- : press the letter "N" and the array will automatically scroll to the
- : row(s) beginning with "N"? If I am using DISPLAY ARRAY for some sort of
- : "browse" function or a "pick list" I would like to allow a user to quickly
- : skip around in the array to find what they are looking for. It is not
- : a good situation when I have a screen record of 10 rows and the array
- : being displayed has 200 choices and the user has to press "page ahead"
- : 20 times to get to the end of the list...
-
- Someone has already wrote that kind of function.... it's a little raw,
- but it works. If there is any interest, I'll post or email it if I can
- get the authors permission...
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- Tim Sailer
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