MEMO Question

[John Esak]

Hmmm,
Your question brings up some interesting points. I did a quick test of
@key... since it brings you into update mode... I just naturally assumed
that it would certainly change @ud. So I did:

	then: end
SkeyT  if:
	then: mesgbox @ub < @ud
	then: end

And oddly enough pressing the T key did *not* change the @ud to today's
date.

I would have thought that it *should* change to today's date.

So, this implies that the SHOW MEMO function has an implicit WRITE built
into it if your @ud is changing when you do that simple @key code.

There was a tiny bug... no more or less a gotcha... where the MEMO function
did not immediately write it's changes to the memo field.... and I think
they changed it to fix or at least modify this behavior?  So, if you are
testing on 5.6 maybe that change has given you this behavior which you don't
want.

All in all, and judging by the odd behavior of the @key *not* writing the
@ud date... I, at least, can't give you the seemingly obvious answer that
@key *always* updates the system maintained @ud field...  And now, I have a
question of my own.  Why not?  :-)

Since, we can't get past this one, it will be hard to get to the MEMO
question... but I'm afraid the answer is going to be you *can't* change how
it works.

Actually, I don't really think that an @key *should* update the system
maintained fields... not unless the record is actually updated. Heck, what
if your @key just browses into another file.... why should it update the SM
fields on the current record?  It shouldn't.  I was just making the
assumption that by virtue of entering "update" mode, this would trigger the
write when that state was left.... unless the state was "broken" out of....
I guess we have to wait for clarification, on this, and the MEMO question.

John


> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com]On
> Behalf Of Doug Luurs
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:42 AM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: MEMO Question
>
>
>  Question for you all ...	(SCO 6 / fp 5.6)
>
>     When using the MEMO Command :-
>
> @Key7    If:
> '##############################################################
>        Then: '#    Switch to Notes Screen
>          If:
>
>        Then: switchto  "7"
>
> 287  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
> -
>          If:
>
>        Then: memo 681 show("4","1","18","80")
>
> 288  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
> -
>          If:
>
>        Then: End
>
> This is Updating the @UD & @UB fields ?
>
> Or how would I program a switch to screen with a memo field and show the
> memo without it
> updating the @UD/@UB fields ?
>
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