Browse Lookup - Messages

[Ken Cole]

Scott,

Not that I have found but there may be a hereto unknown environment
variable like FPTURNOFFBROWSEPOPUPMESSAGES=on that does it. :)

Ken

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Scott Walker
<ScottWalker at ramsystemscorp.com> wrote:
> Doing a browse lookup from within processing, is there a way to turn off
> the "Beginning of File" and "End of File" that are displayed.  Maybe I'm
> missing something but it seems to me when you are controlling the browse
> lookup from processing, these messages are ugly, and kind of meaningless
> or confusing to the user.
>
> For example, when I am on the Order Header record, the user presses "I"
> to inquire the Line Items.  A browse lookup is called that shows:
>
> LI#    Part#           Description       Qty Ordered
>
>
> The five line items are displayed in the browse lookup window and at the
> bottom left had corner of the browse lookup window is shown "End of
> File".  What's that mean to the user?  Nothing.  If the user has the
> first line item highlighted in the browse window and they press the up
> arrow, "Beginning of File" is displayed in the upper left hand corner of
> the browse window.  I can live with that one because at least it only
> happens when the user does something stupid like pressing the up arrow
> with the first the first entry already highlighted.
>
> These messages mess up the aesthetics of the browse lookup window.  Is
> there a way to turn them off.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott
>
>
> Scott Walker
> RAM Systems Corp.
> ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com
> Ph: (704) 896-6549
>
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