[Bulk] Re: New Features - PREINPUT

[Deskin, Bob]

It wasn't really a case of stopping at Windows. It was something that
was added at the last minute because Windows needed a way to load the
new functions keys (note that function keys in QUICK for Windows are new
with the E release). This can already be done on other platforms using
terminal escape sequences. So we added escape sequences fired off using
INFO verbs. It works but it's not elegant.
 
We are looking at generalizing this but it's one of many.
 
Bob

	-----Original Message-----
	From: Pickering, John (NORBORD)
[mailto:John.Pickering at norbord.com] 
	Sent: June 7, 2007 3:20 PM
	To: Deskin, Bob; Ken Langendock; powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
	Subject: RE: [Bulk] Re: New Features - PREINPUT
	
	

	Bob announces ...

	>First let me say that there will be a PREPROMPT procedure in
the next release

	>(not the E release just coming out, the one after that). It
will execute (if written)

	>just before the prompt within the prompting verbs. I can't go
into more details at

	>this time, but I can say that Ken convinced me that this would
be a good thing

	>in discussions we had a few months ago. 

	> 

	>Plus it compliments another feature that we added to allow text
to be

	>loaded into function keys on Windows.

	 

	"text loaded into function keys" - but why stop at Windows?

	 

	Back in the really olden days when Cognos had an actual
enhancement request procedure I submitted the following request. Bob's
hint in the above is getting close.

	 

	Category:       Software

	Product:        Powerhouse

	Platform:       All

	 

	Title:          Allow input of data in conditional-command list.

	 

	Description:    Expand syntax of the conditional-command list to

	                allow for data to be entered via the command
list.

	                The effect would be the same as if the data had
been

	                entered by the screen operator.

	                Suggest syntax such as INPUT expression but will

	                settle for INPUT string for now.

	 

	Benefits:       Simulate user input with PUSH and with

	                PRE and POSTCOMMAND.

	                Load dfk's with other than Quick navigation
commands.

	 

	Examples:       >PUSH ID 01, INPUT "XX", UPDATE STAY

	                             -----------

	                >KEY 1 LEVEL 1 LABEL "Lookup" DATA INPUT "$"

	                                                   ---------

	 

	Comments:       This is a resubmission of a previous request,
last

	                submitted on 92/12/18.
 
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