when field processing

[John Esak]

>
> John Esak wrote:
>
> A very good explanation, though I do have a couple of quibbles...
>
> [...]
> > So, just retrieving the
> > record and pressing "U" to update it, you've run it through
> automatic twice
> > and @entsel twice...
>
> While automatic will be run twice (once when the record is initially read
> and displayed, and again when it is re-read to enter update mode), @ENTSEL
> will only be run once, when the record is displayed.  It won't be
> run again
> upon pressing "U" to enter update.

Yes, of course, sorry, but I should have gone on to explain what carries on
even after that... once you've pressed U and then eventually ESCAPE/ESCAPE,
the INPUT table runs and then the auto table runs a third time and then the
@entsel runs its second time. So, what I meant to say was... when retrieving
an and updating an existing record in clerk, the auto table runs three
times, input as many times as control is passed back and forth between the
user and the processing table, and @entsel runs twice. Now, that's
completely clear as mud. :-)

JE