No Duplicate in Quick

[Pickering, John (NORBORD)]

Please note that Georgia is asking for a way to disable the Quick duplicate
function (i.e. use of the underscore key) -- and NOT the behaviour which
lets Quick default a new record field value to that of the previous entry
(i.e. the field statement duplicate parameter). Just making the field
required will not do what Georgia wants.

Sorry, I can't think of a way to do this since the underscore is interpreted
by Quick before the input procedure (the earliest you can "interfere" with
user entries) and therefore the screen designer has no way of knowing how
fieldtext got its value, either by user entry or by the underscore duplicate
key.

Good question Georgia :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Deskin, Bob [mailto:Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM]
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 11:04 AM
To: Georgia Miller; PowerHouse Listserv
Subject: RE: No Duplicate in Quick


There isn't any NODUPLICATE option in QDESIGN, nor is there any SET
DUPLICATE. When the option was added, it was felt that in most cases,
only specific fields would normally be duplicated. Rather than have
another SET option, or a SCREEN option, or a FILE option, we opted for
requiring the developer to specify that DUPLICATE was desired. This is
the same as the REQUIRED and many other FIELD options.

Bob Deskin              
Senior Product Manager, Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc.
bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 7268 FAX: (613) 727-1178
3755 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 9707 Stn. T, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA

-----Original Message-----
From: powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com] On Behalf Of Georgia Miller
Sent: October 18, 2004 10:48 AM
To: PowerHouse Listserv
Subject: No Duplicate in Quick


In Quick is there a way to turn off the ability to use the duplicate
command (underline key) in just 2 fields on a screen.  I want the
duplicate to work normally for the rest of the fields, but not allow it
to be used in just 2 fields on the screen?  

I am using Powerhouse 8.19.C3 on an HP3000.

Georgia Miller
Great Falls Public Schools
Great Falls, MT