Up/Down Arrow Key prompts

[George]

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On Behalf Of Kenneth Brody
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51 PM
To: Bob @ MidCity Office
Cc: 'Filepro_List'
Subject: RE: Up/Down Arrow Key prompts

 
Quoting Bob @ MidCity Office (Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:14:32 -0400):

> George
>
> Thanks for the arrow tips, there very usefull to me. I used the "ra" with
> show(@ro, at co) to point at the current input field, for those users who
can't
> seem to follow the blinking cursor.
>
> @wef*
> Then: show(@ro, at co-"3") ra
>
> @wlf*
> Then: show(@ro, at co-"3") "  "
[...]

> Have you considered using inverse text?

> @wef*
        Then: gosub hilite ; end
> @wlf*
        Then: gosub lowlite ; end
[...]
> hilite
        Then: show (@ro, at co) "\r" & fieldval(-, at fd) & "\r" ; end
> lowlite
        Then: show (@ro, at co) fieldval(-, at fd) ; end


I have tried it, but did not like it because I don't like having the reverse
video start or end at the same position as the first and last characters.
I did try (@ro, at co-"1")"\r "&fieldval(-, at fd)&" " and (@ro, at co-"1")&"
"&fieldval(-, at fd)&" " but it gets kind of messy on crowded screens and it
almost forces you to have the same text and background colors throughout the
screen.

PS - I think those should be "returns" on your hilite and lowlite routines.
:-)



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