browse lookup and -v processing

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Howard Wolowitz (Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:31:56 -0400):

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at bestweb.net>
[...]
> > Quoting John Esak (Sun, 30 Jul 2006 23:47:51 -0400):
> > [...]
> >> There is a much better way than -xa. I've put it up here a couple
> times.
> >> Do:
> >>
> >>     .../rclerk filename -s0   (or any existing screen)
> >>
> >> Then do everything in @once, when you're done, EXIT.  No need to
> clean
> >> up the -xa. Even works with a file that has NO records in it.
> >
> > And, if you're still in the Stone Age, living without @once, you can
> > also do this in @menu.  If you're in the Paleozoic Era, without @menu,
> > then it's time to upgrade.
>
> If I'm not mistaken I don't think you can allow the user to update a
> screen (for the selection criteria) from @menu or @once.  That's why I
> user -xa to sit on an empty record.

True.  If you need to be able to update a screen, then you need to be
sitting on a record.

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