Popup update issue

[Steve Wiltsie]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at bestweb.net>
To: "Steve Wiltsie" <swiltsie at micro-mui.com>
Cc: "filePro Mailing List" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: Popup update issue


> Quoting Steve Wiltsie (Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:16:12 -0500):
>
>> From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at bestweb.net>
>> > Quoting Steve Wiltsie (Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:26:36 -0500):
>> > [...]
>> >> > I have a fairly simple popup update process that is causing me a
>> >> > problem. The command 'popup update - ,"screen_name"' is working
>> fine.
>> >> > The calculations when leaving 3 of the 4 fields on the screen are
>> >> > working fine. Saving the data in a detail file when leaving the 4th
>> >> > field is working fine.
>> >> >
>> >> > My problem is that the 'clearp' command is removing the popup from
>> the
>> >> > screen but leaves the data in the position it was in when the popup
>> > [...]
>> >> Got it!!  I was missing an 'escape' when leaving the last field on
>> the
>> >> popup screen.  Now everything is clearing properly.  It was something
>> >> simple after all.
>> >
>> > I take it you mean that you had been doing a CLEARP while still in the
>> > popup?  Do you have another POPUP within that @wlf event?
>> >
>>
>> No, Ken.  It is the only one.  Actually, it is in a @whp* event.
>
> Okay.  There was an issue regarding using CLEARP followed by a POPUP
> UPDATE while you were within a POPUP UPDATE.  I forget the exact
> details at the moment, however.
>
> I don't recall there being any issue with simply using CLEARP while
> in the POPUP UPDATE.
>

Well, as I stated - adding the 'Escape' command fixed the problem.  I hadn't 
really thought about needing an 'Escape' because I was already successfully 
writing the data out to the detail file with a 'write' command.  But it is 
working just fine now.

Thanks,
Steve