Opening A File On A Certain Record

Art Moore cowboy at pcanswersinc.com
Tue Mar 1 08:57:30 PST 2005


Using filePro 5.0.5 on a portable with XP professional.

I have half completed my goal of opening a certain file in update mode, on a
certain record, with the cursor on a particular character, in a certain
field.

I have used the SCREEN screen,field,offset command to position the cursor
where I want it to be.  I have done this by putting the SCREEN
screen,field,offset command in the automatic table (it is the only line in
that table).  The line in the auto table is:  SCREEN 1,1,"40"

My problem is getting to the particular record I want to be at.  Right now
my user menu command line reads:  \fp\rclerk fpimport -s1

This brings me to the Choose Record Operation.  Where I press ENTER to
choose RECORD NUMBER.  At ENTER RECORD NUMBER PROMPT I press ENTER again
since I want to be at record #1.  Lastly I press U for UPDATE.  The cursor
then goes to the correct field at the correct cursor location per the SCREEN
screen,field,offset command.

My question is how I avoid all of the steps in the above paragraph and from
just pressing the user menu option go directly to the right cursor position
(in this case position #40), in the right field (in this case field #1), in
the right record (in this case record #1).

Thank You In Advance,
Art Moore




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