Trapping an Update

[Boaz Bezborodko]

On 12/5/2010 1:16 PM, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> On 12/5/2010 11:30 AM, Boaz Bezborodko wrote:
>> On 12/4/2010 7:55 PM, Kenneth Brody wrote:
>>> On 12/3/2010 11:00 PM, Boaz Bezborodko wrote:
>>>> I'm sure that many of you probably already have this as a tool in your
>>>> toolbox, but I figured I'd just share a simple way I used to trap an
>>>> Update in a specific screen.
>>> [...]
>>>> Obviously totaling from within the record was not a good idea and I
>>>> wanted to have this done from within @entsel which wouldn't lock the
>>>> record. But I didn't want to change the look and feel of the program
>>>> which entailed that people hit "U" to start the process. I was 
>>>> thinking
>>>> of trapping "U" with an @keyU, but that meant that I would have to 
>>>> have
>>>> a different line to jump to each of the other screens someone might 
>>>> want
>>>> to update.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what you mean by that last statement regarding @keyU.
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>> Ken,
>> I've tried trapping @keyU and then executing UPDATE to go into update 
>> mode,
>> but that didn't work right.
>
> Well, given that you are already in update mode, I'm not sure what you 
> expected UPDATE to to.  (The docs also say it's only for automatic 
> processing.)
>
>> I like the "DOKEY" suggestion and thanks for bringing it up since I had
>> missed that one.
>
> Or, given that you're already in update mode, just use SCREEN.
>
> [...]
>

I  hadn't thought of that.  Thanks.

Boaz