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- From: holowczk@rwja.umdnj.edu (Richard Holowczak)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
- Subject: Re: Display hint/help message per re/entry of a field in SQL*Forms
- Message-ID: <1874@rwja.umdnj.edu>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 14:02:29 GMT
- References: <1jf5qdINNjg5@mojo.eng.umd.edu>
- Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway NJ
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- hyu@eng.umd.edu (Henry K. Yu) writes:
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- >When the operator tab into a field in SQL*Forms, s/he has to press [Help]
- >for the hint message to appear on the message line.
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- >Can a message be displayed automatically? On-new-field-instance works if
- >the field is new but not when the fields are re-cycled.
-
- >Thanks in advance,
- >hyu
-
-
- In Forms 2.3, you can designate a field with "Automatic Help" where
- the Help message from the Validation section displays alaong the bottom
- of the screen when you enter the field.
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- R.H.
-