Browse Lookup Message (Scott Walker)

[Kenneth Brody]

On 3/17/2016 3:21 PM, Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list wrote:
> Jose,
>
> Many of us did this years ago before the browse lookup was available.  If I
> recall, there was a routine called "zoom" but it did not use arrays.  We
> filled a screen with dummy fields and then used getnext or getprev to allow
> scrolling.

It's in an old SmallTalk, or The Guru, as I recall.

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> That is the one problem with a browse lookup.  Without user intervention,
> the data viewed is static.  I would love to see one more variable added to
> the browse structure, something like a tim="5000", "timeit",  The first
> value would be how long an interval(milliseconds) and the second the
> subroutine to execute at the start of the interval.  That is where the
> programmer controls the action.  There could be a timer there and after so
> much time with nothing happening, the browse could be closed.  If there was
> an intervening action, the clock could be reset.  Of course if your using
> arrays, one can do this.

Using "show=pkeep" and PUSHKEY, this can be done without much coding.

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Kenneth Brody