data edit in a popup screen

[daN baueR]

Is it still just me or where does this manual mention adding an
"update" tag? Thanks again. This is from the online manual.

Dan


POPUP



Syntax:

       Then: POPUP(row,col) f,s



Displays screen "s" of lookup file "f" at "(row,col)". If position is
omitted, popup will be centered. If - (hyphen) is used for the
filename, then the screen must be in the current file and no lookup is
needed. A POPUP must be taken down (cleared from the screen) with the
CLEARP command.



Version Ref: 4.0



Description:

Pops up a specified screen, from the lookup file, to display the
record specified by the lookup. The lookup file screen will be sized
for display in the popup screen by eliminating unused space to the
right and bottom of the screen. The location of the upper left corner
of the popup screen can be specified (optional) If no location is
specified, the popup screen will be centered on the current screen.



There are two ways you can use a pop-up screen: 1) to view and update
a record in the lookup file; 2) to view and update a record in the
current file. In either case, a popup will not remain on the screen
unless it is forced to do so. It will simply display and immediately
clear too fast for the user to see. In order to keep a popup visible,
you must use another filePro command. Usually, the command SHOW "@" is
placed immediately after a POPUP which will keep it on the screen
until the user presses <RETURN >.



Pop-up Screen From a Lookup File

       Then: popup("r","c") lookup,screen

"r" (optional) is the row coordinate of the upper left corner of the
popup screen

"c" (optional) is the column coordinate of the upper left corner of
the popup screen

"lookup" is the assigned name of the lookup specifying the file and
record to display in the popup screen

"screen" is the name or number of the screen in the lookup file to
display in the popup screen.



Pop-up Screen From the Current File

       Then: popup("r","c") -,screen

"r" (optional) is the row coordinate of the upper left corner of the
popup screen
"c" (optional) is the column coordinate of the upper left corner of
the popup screen
A dash (-), used in place of a lookup name. This will displays the
current record of the current file on a screen in the current file. No
LOOKUP is needed in this case.



Only one popup screen can be displayed at a time. Putting up a second
popup screen will cause the first to be taken down. (See the CLEARP
command below for clearing a popup screen.) If you use a popup screen
in conjunction with a browse lookup, they must be taken down in the
reverse order.



Pop-up Screen and Passwords

Even though a password is assigned to a screen when defining a screen,
since it’s decided at design time when to use a POPUP screen, the
screen password is ignored. Use INPUTPW or other means to control
access to POPUP screens when included in your lookups.