Field behind browse lookup not be refreshed

[Richard Kreiss]

Top post:

If his problem was where he put the display command, he is not the only one.  I have on occasion done this and it drive me crazy until I realize what I have done.

Too bad the syntax check can't pick this up as an error.

Richard Kreiss

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Filepro-list [mailto:filepro-list-
> bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth Brody
> via Filepro-list
> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 10:37 AM
> To: William J. McEachran <bill.mceachran at gmail.com>; filepro-
> list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Field behind browse lookup not be refreshed
> 
> On 10/23/2015 9:55 AM, William J. McEachran via Filepro-list wrote:
> > Forwarding this to the list for Scott Walker.
> >
> > Fp 5.0
> >
> > I have a browse lookup.  I pick a record from the browse lookup and
> > take an amount from the looked up record and add it to a total field.
> >
> > That total field is on the screen that the browse lookup covers.  When
> > I take down the browse with a clearb, the total field on the screen
> > beneath it has not been updated.
> >
> > If I look at the value of that field with the debugger, it has been updated.
> >
> > If I put that field at the bottom of the screen (where it will not be
> > covered by the browse lookup) it is updated.
> >
> > I’ve tried to put in a explicit “display” command after the browse is
> > taken down, but no luck.
> 
> Any chance you already have a "display" in processing *before* the "clearb"?
> 
> You can also force a full screen refresh after the clearb with:
> 
>      display (@sn)
> 
> --
> Kenneth Brody
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