Inputpw_Input

Laura Brody laura at hvcomputer.com
Mon Apr 3 12:31:01 PDT 2006


On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:10:29 -0400, <nancypeloso at netscape.net> wrote:

> I wrote the list a few weeks ago about getting help with filepro on linux. I called Sue Rubin and
>   received Andy Bergs name. If anyone wants to know how to have the menus look like Unix and be
>  able to use the Delete key instead of Ctrl_C he has the answer.
>
>   I am rewriting from Menueze or MenuMaster to Filepro menus for the Linux system. Andy could not
>   help me with the following so I am asking your help. When I use a -v processing table and use input(10,30)
>   to place the input statement on line 10, it places it on line 23. The second input(12,30) came up half way
>   on the screen but the first letter was on a separate line. What I am trying to achieve is the same look and feel of Menueze, which kept the request on the screen and allowed a show of the edit so the person knew how to enter it.

	I am going to guess that you didn't put double-quotes around
the row and column numbers, so filePro is using the contents of
fields 10 and 30 for the positions.

	Try this:

input ("10","30") dt(10,mdyy/) "Beginning Invoice Date (mm/dd/yyyy)"

>   Andy suggested using inputpw but that doesn't leave the last input on the screen.
>
>  Example:
>
>  Beginning Invoice Date (mm/dd/yyyy)
>  Ending Invoice Date (mm/dd/yyyy)
>
>  Thanks,
>  Nancy Peloso_Westlake Village, Ca.
>
>
>
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