Re: 4GL form won't fit on a screen

Path: emory!swrinde!mips!apple!motcsd!starnet!pmahler From: pmahler@StarConn.com (Paul Mahler) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Message-ID: <1991Oct5.171602.13440@StarConn.com> Date: 5 Oct 91 17:16:02 GMT References: <1991Oct2.233348.27406@vexcel.com> Organization: Starnet-Public Access UNIX-Los Altos,CA 415-949-3133, login:info alanb@vexcel.com (Alan Baxter) writes: >I want to use a screen form in 4GL for manipulating reseau calibration >reports in a photogrammetric database. The problem is that a reasonably >formatted form won't fit on one screen. >What's a good way to handle this? It doesn't look like the screen array >was designed for the case where one row won't fit on a screen. Should I >distribute the calibration values over multiple screens and have the >user use a menu to move between screens? Is there a better or more >standard way to handle this? >Alan Baxter (303)444-0094 >VEXCEL Corporation alanb@vexcel.com >2477 55th St. <uucp>!ncar!vexcel!alanb >Boulder, CO 80301 I4-gl won't handle a multi-page form. You can break the form into pieces and manage each screen from your 4-gl program. The problem with this is that the input array statement won't allow you to use part of a program array for display purposes. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Mahler internet: pmahler@StarConn.com Consultant 1800 Market St. #257 voice: 415.327.6737