Re: ON KEY (ACCEPT)

In <199410130707.KAA02944@moscvax.demos.su> "Andrey Yu. Grachyov" <andy@tern.msk.su> writes: >> interesting bug. When I use the ON KEY (ACCEPT) To test if the data in the >> INPUT is ok, It does not apply the current edited field, if im in one. >I am sure that is a feature, not a bug :-) . I use the following statement >in order to solve the problem: > AFTER CONSTRUCT (or AFTER INPUT or ON KEY (ACCEPT) etc) > LET my_var.field1 = get_fldbuf(field1) Yes, I've been "bitten" by that "feature" too. I find it extremely annoying, to be honest. To me, when you do an accept, it should take the data that's on the screen and dump it into your variables. That's what the users THINK is going to happen. Having to manually get them all is (a) a pain in the ass (b) error- prone, and (c) defeats some of the purpose of having a "4"gl, it's a reversion to 3gl techniques. My advice to Informix, to stay competitive, is to take the list of feature suggestions Jonathan Leffler has (I'd suspect this is on it) and *implement* them. It's a damn fine list, coming right from the heart of their user community. I.e., listen to your customers, before Oracle, Sybase, etc. do! -- Andrew Burt aburt@du.edu "But if he was dying he wouldn't bother to carve "Aaaaargh", he'd just say it."