Re: 4GL Q: Popup window from within Construct statement

dave@das13.snide.com (Dave Snyder) writes: >In article <Aug.4.16.30.33.1993.8162@gauss.rutgers.edu> manmetha@gauss.rutgers.edu (Rajesh Malhotra) writes: >} >} I am creating the where clause of a select using construct, >} but when the cursor goes to a particular field, I want to throw up >} a window and let the user select one of the available values. How >} would I do this from within construct? >} >} From within INPUT ARRAY, I can do this using the ON KEY and >} the INFIELD() function, figure out which field the cursor is on, and >} throw up a Window and let the user pick one value from a list. >} >Assuming you are using Informix-4GL 4.10 or higher, you do the EXACT >same thing. Yes, but with an input statement, the value of the item which the user selects from a pop-up window can be assigned to the associated input field. With Construct, there doesn't seem to be a way to do anything with a value returned from a pop-up. --Glen -- Glen Gordon | Internet: ggordon@agsm.ucla.edu Computing Services | Bitnet : ggordon@uclagsm.bitnet Anderson Graduate School of Management | AT&Tnet : (310) 206-6590 University of California, Los Angeles | Fax : (310) 206-2002