Browse Lookup - Messages

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> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:26 PM
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> Subject: Browse Lookup - Messages
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> 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


Scott,

Take a look at the tip&tricks section of the forum.  I just post there my
routine for having a variable window open which would only show the number
of records to be displayed in the browse window.

This would eliminate the end of file message as there would be no blank
space after the last record.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting
rkreiss at gccconsulting.net