Weirdness in screen program

Joe Boyle joeboyle_adt@hotmail.com
Tue, 11 May 2004 10:51:42 +0100


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<P>I think that display verbs are normally expected in the output proc rather than the edit proc ? or at&nbsp;worst placed in&nbsp;the process proc.</P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;From: "Peter Bateman" &lt;shediac92@hotmail.com&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;To: powerh-l@lists.sowder.com 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: RE: Weirdness in screen program 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 12:55:41 -0300 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Mark: 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;I just want to confirm that the DISPLAY verb was taken out 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;of the EDIT procedure for t'OBJECT_CODE. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Any verb that modifies FIELDTEXT i.e. DISPLAY, ACCEPT etc, 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;except LET. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;should not be used in an EDIT procedure because the verb 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;obliquely modifies the field that is&nbsp;&nbsp;being edited. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;e.g. Field X 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Field Y 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PROCEDURE EDIT Y 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DISPLAY X 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Y gets the value of X regardless of what the user entered 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;for Y! 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Sometimes, just to protect FIELDTEXT I save it in a temporary 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;if I am going to do sometime that would modify it. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;ie LET t'FIELDTEXT = FIELDTEXT 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;LET t'SIZE_FIELDTEXT = SIZE(FIELDTEXT) 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;; -- 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;DISPLAY Z 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;LET FIELDTEXT=t'FIELDTEXT[1:t'SIZE_FIELDTEXT] 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Regards, 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Peter 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
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