Screen refresh

[flowersoft at compuserve.com]

A "mimetic" keypad is a keypad that is part of the keyboard.
Maybe the NumLock key was off. :)

-----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 Kenneth Brody
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 5:56 PM
To: Richard Kreiss
Cc: Filepro 2 List
Subject: Re: Screen refresh

On 6/30/2011 5:17 PM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> I was at a client's site today and I was asked to watch an order clerk
while she was entering orders.
>
> What was happening was no field information was being displayed. This is
both values entered or looked up information. All data entered is numerical
and is entered from the mimetic keypad. This is order details entered from
the header. All of the details are posted.

What's a "mimetic keyboard"?  (Sounds like something from "T-2".)

> This problem started about 2 months ago.

What changed 2 months ago?

> Any ideas as to why the field data is no longer being displayed or
fleetingly displayed?

Any time filePro needs to wait for user input, it will force a screen 
refresh, even if you have used VIDEO OFF in processing.  So, unless the user

is typing so quickly that she is keeping ahead of filePro, I have no idea 
why the screen wouldn't be updated.

-- 
Kenneth Brody
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