Re: Questions on informix Forms

The first part of Martin's statement is true... Informix-4GL will do it with no problems. However, the second part is not true if you let a code generator do the work for you. Download this file... ftp://ftp.mathcs.emory.edu/pub/informix/das/SHELL/db4glgen.sh Martin How wrote: } } In article <4p4t8o$cs8@niven.ksc.nasa.gov> turner@grumpy "Chris Turner" writes: } } I don't think you can do this with the standard perform tool. I think that the } comment section is hard compiled into the .frm object file. } } I4gl will do it with no problems, but more over head to write. } } > We would like to be able to conatenate a normal string and a tag and use } > the result as a comment on a form for error message purposes... } > } > example: } > } > instructions } > } > after editad editupdate of table.field_one } > if validate(table.field_one) != 1 } > begin } > comments bell "value " || table.field_one || "not valid" } > nextfield = tag_for_field_one } > end } > } > Now I don't know if this is possible to do in any version of informix, or } > if it is a matter of using an older copy, or if I just have some notation } > wrong, but any hints would be very welcome. DAS -- Dave Snyder @ Towers Perrin - Philadelphia, PA EMAIL: (h) dave@ece.vill.edu (w) snyded@towers.com WEB: http://www.ece.vill.edu/~dave/ (Now NETSCAPE enhanced!)