show only browse

[Richard Kreiss]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of Fairlight
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 6:06 PM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: show only browse
> 
> When asked his whereabouts on Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 05:46:32PM -0400,
> Richard Kreiss took the fifth, drank it, and then slurred:
> >
> > At this point in time, the programming works and I really don't have
> > the time to see what is clearing the browse without a clearb.
> 
> Translation:
> 
> ``I have no idea why my code "works", but it seems to present the desired
> behaviour right now against a limited test data set, so I'll just assume
it's fine
> because I'm in a hurry and can't be arsed to make the effort to learn
-why- it
> does what it does.  But in the future when that lack of knowledge bites me
in
> the rear, I'll pay for today's impatience in time and money.''
> 
> That's not a personal attack.  That's a general interpretation.  I've
heard this
> swan song before--usually about 3-6 months before someone blows $3-10k
> tracking down a problem that's not fresh in anyone's mind by that point
and
> requires half a week or more of analysis, but which could have been fixed
> with about 2hrs more persistence by the programmer at development time.
> 
> Usually, when you don't know -why- something does what it does, or
> doesn't do what it should, there's an issue that will come back to bite
you.
> No code should ever go into production without -knowing- exactly why it
> works the way it does, IMNSHO.

Mark,

The final code being used is as Dennis and Ken suggested and works.

What I was saying was that I don't know why the browse closed when <enter>
was pressed in my original version.  I don't want to spend the time now to
figure this out why the browse closed with no CLEARB.

Final code:

Browse
SHOW "@"
Switchto sn  (browse closes)
END

Richard