Re: Input --- for the "Why Not?" Dept.

You're stuck -- it isn't available. It was on the list of nice-to-have's which didn't get done. CONSTRUCT doesn't provide the functionality you need; it only extends the input field to 78 characters, not 255. I'd guess you've got 2-digit years on your forms too, for lack of space. I'd get a new job before the year 2000 arrives, if I were you. Or arrange for more forms or otherwise get more space to display the data in. Such crowded forms are usually horrible to use. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> }From: mrh@panix.com (Michael Hoffman) }Date: 18 Apr 1997 13:25:33 -0400 }X-Informix-List-Id: <news.36832> } }Am I missing something, or is this another instance of Informix not being }able to do the most simplistic things: } }(This is using I4mix v. 5.04 on an HP 9000 running UX 10.01) } }I have a VERY full input form. The user wants no more than 2 forms, so I }have to squeeze as much info as I can in limited space. This has led to }many "pop up" windows (windows with display arrays that the user pages }through and selects the appropriate data) with smaller display areas. }Most of the information passed from the display arrays to the main form }gets truncated on the screen, but the real data is OK. } }My problem arose when the users decided they need to free-type into one of }these fields. The screen has no more room for more lines, and the field is }only 40 characters displayed. The user nees 255 characters!!! } }The field is defined as: }{ }Detail: [a27 ] }} }table }x }attributes }a27 = x.detail } }Table x defines detail as Varchar(255,1). } }When the user is entering data into teh Detail line, Informix cuts them off }at the end of the line. How can I get Informix to continue entering on a }"scrolling" line? } }I guess the "Why Not" comes into play because what I need is done by Informix }in "Construct" statements! If they built that ability into Construct, why not }include it in Input??? } }Michael Hoffman