Re: is a bug; is not a bug; is a bug (formerly termcap and terminfo)

>From: stylish1@aol.com (Stylish1) >Subject: is a bug; is not a bug; is a bug (formerly termcap and terminfo) >Date: 8 Dec 1994 19:30:55 -0500 >X-Informix-List-Id: <news.10193> >Thanks to all the people who sent their copies of wy50 and IBM3151 >termcaps to me. I was very happy to find out everyone is using the same >termcaps I was. And confused because everyone said " we're not having any >problems". >The long and the short is that what Informix Technical Support and IBM >both swore was an Informix Termcap problem for the last 2 months was >actually a 4GL bug. >Description: Start with a screen field with a Picture ATTRIBUTE, Do an >INPUT on the field fail some validation routines and use the ERROR >statement, then use the NEXT FIELD statement to make the user *try again*. > The first new character will not be displayed in the field (although it >will be there after leaving the field). Sometimes the first character >will be displayed *somewhere else* on the screen and sometimes just >disappears. This also happens with *certain* combinations of ATTRIBTUTES >and VERIFY. >the Informix Bug Number is: 31890 Actually, the bug is number B31980. Bug 31890 does not apply to 4GL, though the description is tempting -- DISPLAY DOESN'T WORK. Information from PTS: Bug B30531 -- Product: 4GL -- Date: 06/29/94 DURING INPUT STATEMENT THE FIRST NUMBER ENTERED WILL APPEAR ON THE FIRST LINE INSTEAD OF IN THE FIELD The INPUT statement correctly places the cursor in the designated field and waits for input. The first number entered in the field appears on the first line of the screen, not in the field. When the ACCEPT key is pressed, the correct value is placed in the variable. Bug B31980 -- Product: 4GL -- Date: 08/16/94 -- DUP of B30531 PICTURE ATTRIBUTE DOES NOT WORK WITH VERIFY ATTRIBUTE IN I-4GL 4.11.UC3. WHEN TRYING TO VERIFY, THE 1ST CHARACTER IS DISPLAYED AT TOP OF SCREEN. Form has a picture and verify attribute. When the user enters the field the second time to enter the verification, the 1st character displays at the top of the screen instead of in the field position. B31980 is a DUP of bug B30531, and B30531 was fixed in 4.12.UE1, and will be in 4.13.UC1 and 6.01.UC1 available soon. Yours being pedantically accurate (I hope), Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h>