browse lookup tip

[Richard Kreiss]

Not sure if this is a bug and I think this bit John Esak once.

Browse lookup to a credit header file from a library file.

Display Credit in descending order.

Credit value cr(6,.0)

Use credit header index A on credit #

On prior to executing the browse, cr is set to "2000" to skip any old
credits.

Problem, when told to display in Descending order, the cursor lands on the
lowest value displayed at the end of the file.  It then becomes necessary to
scroll back to get to the newest entry.

Create an auto index in descending order and one still has the same problem
no matter what order the browse is told to display the credits in.

Solution using the descending index is to set cr="999999" which is the
highest value possible,  Then everything works properly.

I will assume that the same applies if one is using a name field, set it to
"ZZZZZZ" to insure the reverse display is correct.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting
rkreiss at gccconsulting.net