Putting a dclerk user directly on indexB

[Joe Chasan]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 12:36:58PM -0500, Mike Schwartz wrote:
>     filePro 5.0.14 on SCO Open Server 5.0.6
> 
>     A user has requested that I take them straight into the index B (part
> number) prompt when they go into their inventory file.  The XiB option on
> dclerk *almost* does what they want.  Unfortunately, after they find the
> first record by part number, they usually need to return to the Choose
> Record Operation menu, rather than be locked into the B index.  
> 
>     Is there any PF system variable that will do this?
> 
>      Right now, I have to make separate inquire operations on several of my
> menus so that the users can go into the same file by using different
> indexes.  In addition, I always have to make a choice of "Choose Record
> Operation". 

what about something like:
declare local did_once(1,yesno,g
@menu:  if:  did_once ne "Y"
     :then: did_once="Y"; pushkey "4b"
     :  if: 
     :then: end
 
> I think I'm going to make a wish-list item similar to the "Press F7 for
> last index entry" that says, "Press F8 to return to the Choose
> Operation Menu".
> 
>    Before I submit this to the wish list, would this break too many menus
> for the rest of the people on this list?  I know there must be menus where
> some of you don't want the users to get out of a certain index for security
> reasons.

i would think it would break a lot, yes, but if implemented only via
some new flag that sets it only for that operation - e.g. -xibx (for 
index B, exit to I/U/A menu afterward), i can't see the harm.

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