when field processing

[Jeremy Anderson]

Rick Henderson wrote:

> <>when save is executed, the input processing table runs from the top
> until it his an end.
>
> something like the following might work. r
>
>
> top if: @sn="ordchg";
> then: form "Psliprpt";end
> fin if:
> then: end
>
> @wefXX
> @wlfXX
>
Yes, from the STN Filepro manual, I had gathered the same thing.
What's confusing me, however, is that when I hit [esc], it never starts 
processing the input table at the top.  Instead, it appears to follow 
the @wlfXX processing, depending on the field I'm leaving, then goes to 
automatic processing.  I say this not from pure supposition, but from 
watching it in the debugger.  If I hit [esc] in field 67, then it 
processes @wlf67, goes to automatic processing, and then returns me to 
my record, having never executed the input table from the top.

I'm seeing this behavior on both 4.05 on NCR MP-RAS, and on 5.0.14 on Linux.

Is the "end" in the @wlfXX statement preventing it from processing the 
table from the beginning?

I'm calling dclerk with the following menu statement:
 /fp/dclerk MatUse -Sordchg

is the -S flag which is being passed to dclerk somehow interfering with 
my attempts?

I can't see anything in the prc.automatic table that would prevent the 
input table from being processed.

I'm just plain confused.


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Jeremy Anderson			      jeremy (at) plunketts.net
IT Manager, Plunkett's Pest Control   Author, Multitool Linux