Re: Construct on a int field

On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Abraham Perl - Application Developer wrote: > I have the following problem: > i construct on a int/smallint field, if the user enters characters in the > field and presses enter he gets an error "error in field". but the field > does not get cleared if he presses the interupt key then the program > terminates. > is there a simple solution to this problem Use ^D to clear the field. Use DEFER INTERRUPT in MAIN to prevent the program dying when the user interrupts it. Revise your code to check whether INT_FLAG has been set at salient points -- like just after every INPUT-type statement (CONSTRUCT, PROMPT, INPUT, INPUT ARRAY, DISPLAY ARRAY, etc). Yours, Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com) #include <witticism.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.60 -- http://www.perl.com/CPAN Informix IDN for D4GL & Linux -- http://www.informix.com/idn