Some Sort of Control From The Browse Screen

[Scott Walker]

Thanks for the methodology.  I'll give it a try.  Here's what I thought
might work:

Maybe I set up a variable Just_Came_From_Browse.  Then when the hit "B" for
browse I set Just_Came_From_Browse="Y".  Then I get to the actual browse
using pushkey.  Then when I press "U" to update on the browse format, I go
to the screen and on the first field I run WEF and look at the value of
Just_Came_From_Browse.  It it's "Y" then I do my special stuff, and use
Pushkey to record the screen and return to the Browse format.  If it's "N",
I do nothing.

Also, in case the user picks a record from the browse format by pressing
<enter> instead of "U", then @ENTSEL I will set Just_Came_From_Browse ="N".

Will this work.  What do the real fp brains think?  Of course, it limits me
to using on the "U" key to accomplish my task, and there is no way for me to
change the prompt, so it ain't slick...but will it work?  Also, I must have
the user menu set so that the user does not go to the Add/Inquire/Update
which would allow them to toggle the browse mode on & thus go directly to
the browse format.  I can only allow them to call up a record first, then
hit "B" to browse for my method to know that they went to the browse.

Regards,

Scott



-----Original Message-----
From: flowersoft at compuserve.com [mailto:flowersoft at compuserve.com] 
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:03 PM
To: 'Scott Walker'; 'filePro Mailing List'
Subject: RE: Some Sort of Control From The Browse Screen

If all you want is the ability to toggle a field on or off, like checking
off the items that have cleared in your checking account, then I think the
solution is fairly simple if you don't mind using "U" as your toggle key.
Let's say your main screen is 1 and the field you want to toggle on/off is
field 5.

Create a screen 9.  Screen 9 should be a screen with no fields on it, just a
blank screen.

The menu line: \fp\rclerk filename -s9 -xi -b
"your_browse_format_should_show_field 5"

Automatic processing:

	If: @sk="brky"
    Then: switchto 1; goto JUMP1
	If: @sn="9" and 5=""
    Then: 5="Y"; end
	If: @sn="9" and 5="Y"
    Then: 5=""; end
JUMP1 If:	...		'other processing if any
    Then:	...
	

Input processing:

@entsel  If: @sn="9"
	 Then: entsel=""; pushkey "b"; end
	   If: entsel="y"
	 Then: entsel=""; switchto 9; pushkey "b"; end
	   If:
	 Then: entsel="Y"
	   If:
	 Then: declare entsel(1,yesno,g)
	   If:
	 Then: ...		'other processing here if needed

All you have to tell your users is to press "U" to toggle field 5 from "" to
"Y" or from "Y" to ""
And if they need to look or update the record to hit <ctrl> + c or <del>del>
As soon as they finish looking or updating the record, they will be returned
to the browse screen
where they can keep pressing "U" to toggle field 5.


-----Original Message-----
From: filepro-list-bounces+flowersoft=compuserve.com at lists.celestial.com
[mailto:filepro-list-bounces+flowersoft=compuserve.com at lists.celestial.com]
On Behalf Of Scott Walker
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 4:12 PM
To: 'filePro Mailing List'
Subject: Some Sort of Control From The Browse Screen

Is there no way, no how, to get any programmable control of what happens
when the user is on a browse (the full file type of browse..not the lookup
browse).

 

I want to be highlighting a record and press a key (lets say "T") and have
it check off the highlighted record (as in checking off the items in your
check book that have cleared).  So programmatically when you pressed "T" on
the browse screen, the highlighted record would have the value of it's
"Cleared" field set to "Y" and the browse would be refreshed so the
"Cleared" field would now show "Y".

 

I'm pretty sure this can't be done but if anyone has a wild & crazy way
they've made it happen, I'd love to know.

 

I could even live with, when on the browse screen, press "U" and go into
update on the screen.  Maybe I could take over at that point, change the
Cleared field to "Y" and then record the screen and go back to the browse
screen.   But how would I tell that I had been on the browse and pressed
"U"?

 

 

Regards,

 

Scott

 

 

Scott Walker

RAM Systems Corp

(704) 896-6549

ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com

 

www.RAMSystemsCorp.com

 

 

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