Re: ON KEY with EXIT INPUT: loosing field data

> I am designing an application that uses function keys to move from > screen to screen. I have successfully used ON KEY to EXIT INPUT when a > function key is pressed. > > However, I have run into the problem described in the INPUT manual page. > The ON KEY command expects to return to the current field. Because my > ON KEY contains an EXIT INPUT statement, any data changes in the current > field are discarded when the EXIT INPUT is done. > > The manual says that I can do a NEXT FIELD to another field to keep the > changed data. I tried that, but it only works if the cursor actually > lands in the new field. Doing a NEXT FIELD and then a BEFORE FIELD > containing an EXIT INPUT does not save field changes. The problem is I > can not actually land in another field because the function key press is > supposed to take me to another form. ... ... Have a look at the get_fldbuf() function. akent@cix.compulink.co.uk (Andy Kent) ------------------------------------------------ Freelance Informix Database Specialist, Redland, Bristol, England