Hiding formats

[Richard Kreiss]

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> 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 Bruce Easton
> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 4:23 PM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Hiding formats
> 
> Reading the recent discussion regarding "Auto Exit" and qualifiers brought
to
> mind again the need to hide formats of various kinds. Menu
flags/processing
> can address this to a degree, but what we have for indexes would be great
if it
> was extended to other formats.
> Specifically, I would always like an application user to be able to load
an
> output format [for print form], a browse format, or a selection set, but
would
> like to be able to only restrict them from saving changes to formats or
loading
> ones that were marked to be hidden (a la indexes).
> For qualifiers it would be nice to restrict users from selecting ones that
have
> been marked to be hidden (when -md is in play).  Screen formats already
have
> an advantage in this regard historically since the developer has been able
to
> hide screens by naming them as something outside of 0-9.

Bruce, with selection sets, one can always write protect them.  The can be
used, changed for one operations only.  This is especially handy when one
set up a selection set and only wants the user to enter values.  Of course
on can also do this with -v processing.

Richard