Browse Lookup

[Rodgers Hemer]

On Jul 28, 2008, at 3:27 PM, Kenneth Brody wrote:

> Quoting Rodgers Hemer (Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:19:37 -0700):
>
>> SCO 6.0    filePro 5.0.14
>>
>> I am using a browse lookup in a header file to select records in a
>> detail file for editing.  Thirteen records appear on the browse  
>> screen
>> but the total records in the lookup could be several hundred.
>> Subsequent to saving the detail record, @BR is used to calculate the
>> number of pushkeys to move the selection highlight to the next record
>> in the browse window.  This works well until the user goes beyond the
>> thirteenth record as @BR will not go beyond the maximum lines in the
>> window.  So the highlighted record is a function of 13 and is within
>> the first 13 records in the browse.
>>
>> Does anyone have a suggestion on how to force the cursor highlight
>> beyond the first 13 records?
>
> Sounds like a job for "show=pkeep".
>
Ken:

I am using show=pkeep.  The applicable parts of the lookup statement  
are:

      lookup ipd = pslipd@  k=1  i=A  -npxm  b="(brw=17,4,-1  
show=pkeep  fill=asc,top)"

Rodgers Hemer