screens other than 0-9 (was: Re: Windows2003/IIS6issues...newandimproved ones.)

[Bruce Easton]

Bruce Easton just wrote:

> Richard Kreiss wrote:
> [..]
> >
> > There is little sense to giving access to everything when
> writing a custom
> > application especially when various programs either input or
> > output may need
> > to use different processing table to run properly.
> >
> [..]
> >
> > You can almost duplicate fp's own format.
> [..]
>
> I agree, Richard.  But in thinking of the case where there
> is no processing (probably rare, so this is just an argument
> for consistency for me), then I would think it would behoove
> filepro to show all screens from clerk whenever the screen
> dialog appears as a default.  For that rare creature that buys
> filepro off the shelf and creates screens, output formats, browse
> formats, browse lookups defined in the brwlook file, etc. with no
> processing - it appears that the only things that I can think of
> that are not accessible by default that they just were able to
> create are named screens and qualifier selection (but dpromenu
> could ship by default with -md).
>
> And, in this regard, even though we all have our ways to control
> access (and again any change would have to be accompanied by
> a flag to say keep it the way it is now), I view this historic
> inconsistency more as a limiting factor to an off-the-shelf filepro
> user - whoever that is. :)
>
> Bruce
>

But - filepro does say in the first page of its online manual:

'Multiple screens (named or numbered) are supported in filePro. When you
enter IUA from the Main Menu, filePro displays all the "numbered" screens
for your selection. (Named screens are reached through programming.)'


Bruce

Bruce Easton
STN, Inc.