Using @menu Problem

[Kenneth Brody]

Harold wrote:
> Kenneth Brody wrote:
>> Harold wrote:
>> [...]
>>> The problem is that when I use @menu the program fails when it hits 
>>> the line of code that has "screen 1,20."  When the program hits that 
>>> line, the cursor goes to the center bottom of the screen, in the 
>>> "Enter Selection >" area and is hung up.
>> [...]
>>
>> You are not in update mode when in @MENU processing.  You need to go 
>> into update mode first, and take it from there.  While there are 
>> numerous ways to do this, an easy way is to have your @MENU processing 
>> do PUSHKEY "U" and END, and then continue what you want to do in 
>> @UPDATE processing.
>>
> 
> Hi Ken,
> 
> Thanks for your reply.
> 
> I tried what you suggested and put in "pushkey "u";end."  It worked, but 
> up popped Enter "Index Search Data" that I am trying to avoid.  I want 
> to have the screen show an input popup, such as:
> 
> input popup ("5","5") na "To Add A New Shipmate Enter 3 OR 4 Letters Of 
> Last Name"
> 
> How do I not use the filepro input popups?

I'm not sure what you mean by "filePro input popups", nor what you mean by 
"it worked" when your code is clearly still not doing what you wanted.  But 
if you are getting the "index search data" dialog, then it sounds as if you 
are no longer doing the lookup-dash within your @MENU processing.

-- 
Kenneth Brody