a puzzler

[Kenneth Brody]

Robert Haussmann wrote:
[...]
> > I haven't read any further yet, but my guess at this point is
> > that the field was already on the screen (perhaps protected)
> > further down.
> >
> 
> Doh!  That's exactly right!  The field was already at the
> bottom of the screen (not protected).
> 
> I haven't tested it yet, but now I've been wondering--if the
> cursor path was such that the instance at the bottom of the
> screen got updated, would the update "stick" (e.g., are the
> fields read from left-->right and top-->bottom?

As I recall, it's in cursor path order.  (Or left-right/top-bottom
order if no explicit cursor path is given.)

And, as anyone who has tried modifying unprotected lookups knows,
"last one wins".

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