Qdesign question -- Multiple fields occupying the same location.

[Robert Mills]

Hi all,

Thought that I would throw out a question as it was so quiet on the list
today ;).

I have two character*1 fields defined in the PHD with value and caption
strings. The field-1 has 4 pairs of entries and the field-2 has 11 pairs of
entries. On my screen I have used the SelectBox option on the Field
statement so that the user can choose from a list of available options.

The value selected on field-1 should control what is displayed in field-2.

For example:

  field-1 has the values A, B, C, and D.
  field-2 has the values 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.

  Selecting A should only display 1, 2, 3 and 11, B should only display 1,
4, 5, and 9, etc.

My attempt to resolve this was to redefine field-2 in the PHD several times.
Each of the redefining fields had its own value and caption strings. I then
added the redefining fields to the program in place of the original field-2.
An IF 'field-1' = "x"' option was added to each of the redefining fields to
force the correct field to be prompted for. See example:

Field field-1                Id At , 52                            &
                             Label "Type" At , 55                  &
                             Data At , 60                          &
                             SelectBox From , 60                   &
                             Required

Title "Mode"                 At , 62

Field field-2-r1             Id Same                               &
                             NoLabel                               &
                             Data At , 67                          &
                             SelectBox From , 20                   &
                             Required                              &
                             If field-1 = "A"
Field field-2-r2             Id Same                               &
                             NoLabel                               &
                             Data At , 68                          &
                             SelectBox From , 20                   &
                             Required                              &
                             If field-1 = "B"
Field field-2-r3             Id Same                               &
                             NoLabel                               &
                             Data At , 69                          &
                             SelectBox From , 20                   &
                             Required                              &
                             If field-1 = "C"
Field field-2-r4             Id Same                               &
                             NoLabel                               &
                             Data At , 70                          &
                             SelectBox From , 20                   &
                             Required                              &
                             If field-1 = "D" 

It works ... BUT it looks amateurish. Not something that I would like to
give the users. As you can see, the data for the redefined field-2's take up
four spaces on the screen. This is because Qdesign objects if you overlap
existing fields. What I would like is to be able to have the 'Mode' data one
space after its label whichever field-2-rN was used.

Any ideas??

Regards,

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