PDL and Qshow question

[John MacLerran]

Hello Fellow Listers,

I have a question about PDL / Qshow behavior. I'm running on an HP3000
w/PH729c5, but I've also tried this in PH819c2, and it's the same.

In PDL, I can assign Values to be edited in a field, and assign a
caption to each of the values. Those captions will then appear in a
selectbox when using one on a field in Qdesign. However, when I Show the
element in Qshow, those captions don't appear. The captions also do not
display when I do a ?? in the field in Quick. Is this normal behavior?
Is it sensible behavior? It seems to me that those captions should
appear somewhere on a dictionary listing.

I'm trying not to have to type stuff in multiple locations in the PDL
source.

PDL example:
 Element AI-RECON-STATUS                  CHARACTER Size 2             &

   Heading     "RECON^STATUS"                                          &

   label   'Check Status'                                              &

   help    "The recon status for this check. '??' for help."           &

   Description "The status of the check    "                           &

               "     V = Void    "                                     &

               "     O = Open (Outstanding)    "                       &

               "     C = Cleared (by the bank)    "                    &

               "     S = Stop payment    "                             &

               "     K = Manual clear    "                             &

               "     X = Zero clear    "                               &

   Values  "V" Cap     "V = Void"                                      &

           "O" Cap     "O = Open (OUTSTANDING)"                        &

           "C" Cap     "C = Cleared (by the bank)"                     &

           "S" Cap     "S = Stop payment"                              &

           "K" Cap     "K = Manual clear"                              &

           "X" Cap     "X = Zero clear"                                &

   Upshift


Qshow example:
> show ele AI-RECON-STATUS detail

04/27/1999                Accounting Information
Page    1
                        E L E M E N T   D E T A I L
                           For DICTIONARY:  phd
    Element:            AI-RECON-STATUS
    Type:               Character
    Size:               2
    Shift Input:        Upshift
    Item Defaults:      CHARACTER Size 2

    Help:               "The recon status for this check. '??' for
help."
    Heading:            "RECON^STATUS"
    Label:              "Check Status"
    Values:             "V"
                        "O"
                        "C"
                        "S"
                        "K"
                        "X"
    Description:
             The status of the check
                  V = Void
                  O = Open (Outstanding)
                  C = Cleared (by the bank)
                  S = Stop payment
                  K = Manual clear
                  X = Zero clear
    Records:            AI-CHECK-RECON

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  John MacLerran
  IT Systems Analyst                       email:   macljohn@isu.edu
  Idaho State University                             V(208) 236-2872
  http://www.isu.edu/~macljohn                       F(208) 236-3673
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