Editing Quick Scrollable (multi-line) fields?

[Michael C. Lee]

Depending on the machine there are different things which work. I think <CTRL>
B is your best bet. Otherwise check your Powerhouse manuals for the right key.

Michael Lee
MCL Systems Inc.



John Maclerran wrote:

> Hi Listers!
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to use multi-line fields in Quick. I can
> define, display, and enter data into a long field that is defined as a
> scrollable multi-line field, but when I try to    modify data in the
> field, it out and I can't see what was there before. On other fields on
> the screen (non-scrollable), I press the up-arrow (not the up-caret, but
> the directional up arrow), and the data re-displays and allows edits.
> This field doesn't work like that. None of the directional keys (e.g.
> page-up, page down, etc.) have any effect.
>
> What do I need to do to make this work?
> The screen is running on an HP3000, using an indexed subfile for now. If
> I can get this to work, it'll become an Image dataset.
> My qdesign code is as follows:
>
> screen pmqshist
> file *pmhistfl
> title "PM History Maintenance" at 1,1 centered
> skip to 4
> align (1,5,15) (,25,40) (,50,65)
> skip
> field emp-id
> field project-nbr
> field date-h
> skip 2
> title "Narrative" at,35
> align (4,,8)
> skip
> ;
> ; this field is 4096 bytes long
> field long-narrative for 15,60
> build
>
> Any ideas would be much appreciated.
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