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

In <5j8aqd$a25@panix2.panix.com>, Michael Hoffman wrote: }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? Michael, I think you are "missing something", try the following in your form. { Detail: [a27 ] 1st 40 [a27 ] 2nd 40 [a27 ] 3rd 40 [a27 ] 4th 40 [a27 ] 5th 40 [a27 ] 6th 40 [a27 ] & last 15 ( Which makes 255) } table x attributes a27 = x.detail, wordwrap compress,....; Note : User should use Ctrl+N to enter a new-line, not Return-Key (which will take them to the next-field). -- Have a nice day Felix K. Mathews fmathews@systems.dhl.com