@menu in clerk form behavior

[Richard D. Williams]

On 8/23/2012 9:23 AM, Scott Nelson wrote:
> I have an script that runs a fp process using a clerk to a virtual file
> with @menu to start the processing in the input table.  After adding a
> form command to print a page with the variables in the table, the form
> always prints without any variables, including the !@td field.
>
> Is this happening since I am not actually sitting on a record, but
> running the process with @menu?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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Hi Scott,

@menu will not work unless you are on a record.

Put a lookup - r=free -e in the @menu and move your stuff above the @menu.
With the help of a screen that has no updatable fields, you can just use 
a pushkey "U" to get it started.

Richard