Re: Another one for the panel...

In article <1fh8ejINNc8f@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> dave.snyder@snide.com (Dave Snyder) writes: >Quoting Stuart Hemming... >} >} This one is for those of you who use windows (I4GL windows, not MS >} windows). >} >} Wouldn't it be nice to extend the OPTIONS keyword to accept the likes >} of: >} >} MENU LINE OFF >} PROMPT LINE OFF >} etc >} >} so that if you wanted to display a simple form you could do so in >} such a way that the displayed form looked like: >} >} >} +---------------------------------+ >} | SOME INPUT THING [ ] | >} +---------------------------------+ >} >} rather than: >} >} +---------------------------------+ >} | | >} | | >} | SOME INPUT THING [ ] | >} | | >} +---------------------------------+ >} >When you open your window, try the ATTRIBUTE "FORM LINE FIRST", this will >do what you want for the top of the form. I don't know what to do about the >bottom :-( One idea, as a workaround to your request, would be to use open window at x,y with a rows, b columns and then prompt for your input with a prompt answer variable of the appropriate length. You might even want to display the [ and ] to make it more apparent to the user where the beginning and end of the input field is. It's also nice to use this type of window, and then use a menu statement for a long thin menu in a window type effect. Hope it's of some help.... -- John -- /|| // // ,'/""\\' John Postma john@mks.com (519)884-2251 / ||/// //\\' `\\\\\\ Database Administrator, Mortice Kern Systems Inc. / |/ /_// \\\\___/ 35 King St. N., Waterloo, Ont., Can. N2J 2W9 o/ "Things are only impossible until they're not!" -- Capt Jean Luc Picard