Scrolling fields (was: RE: Desperate plea to FP Tech...)

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Lerebours, Jose (Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:04:11 -0600):

> Bill posted:
[...]
> > The main reason I've never implemented scrolling fields in my
> > accounting system's window handling routines is that I prefer
[...]
> Bill, you mean to say you know how to do this?  Could you please
> share this technique with us ???
>
> I have thought about it but it required so much programming work
> that I figured the work load did not justify the benefit.
>
> Using show+inkey throughout the screen is one way I figured might
> be possible ... but the inkey itself is so resource hungry that
> the application would feel overly bloated.

Is there a reason you would use INKEY rather than WAITKEY?

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