Double duty screens

[Johan Koelewijn]

Hello,

In our applications we use conditional compile for creating
"double duty screens". In the menu structure is checked who the user is, and
which screen is started.
1 source, multiple compiled screens.

Johan Koelewijn
Van Dijk Delft BV
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: John Pearce <jpearce@rmi.net>
Aan: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu <powerh-l@lists.swau.edu>
Datum: vrijdag 10 september 1999 2:57
Onderwerp: Double duty screens


>I'm doing maintenance on a system written about 1990.  To provide certain
>users the ability to view data but not to change it,  a dozen or so screens
>were duplicated then all the procedure code deleted and the activities
>statement changed to only allow find mode.  I need some ideas on making one
>version of these screens perform double duty.  For certain user classes,
>the screen should allow retrieval without update and allow other user
>classes to enter and update, too.
>
>It seems like the only solution is to write a preupdate procedure that
>checks the user's class and issues an error if update is not allowed.
>While this approach will work, I'd prefer to issue an error message when
>the user tries to update a field.   I don't want to write an input
>procedure for each field on the screen either.  Is there an easy solution
>for this?  Any other ideas beside the preupdate or input procedures?  FWIW,
>this is PH8.19C4 on MPE/ix 5.5 PP 6.
>
>Thanks.
>
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>John Pearce  <jpearce@rmi.net>       | Bethesda Management Company
>Speaking for only myself             | Colorado Springs, CO  USA
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