Re: Mixing 4GL with Curses Screen Handling
Final note: I avoided cheating by finding out that I actually have a subwindow and it will position fine if I don't set any character attributes in the window struct delivered from _efwopen. I called "wattrset" before and it apparently trashes positioning (never trust a struct). Not being able to color mark text for cut-and-paste etc is rather a drawback. My workaround is to replace the text with underscores when marked, in effect hiding the text. Hopefully this will be enough for my users, or I will have to invent another wheel..
Have you looked at porting your 4GL app to Querix Lycia or 4Js Genero? This will give your users the full GUI/mouse experience almost immediately with very little work and allow you to improve the appearance and features going forward. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Anders Molander < anders.molander@learningwell.se> wrote: > Final note: I avoided cheating by finding out that I actually have a > subwindow and it will position fine if I don't set any character attributes > in the window struct delivered from _efwopen. I called "wattrset" before > and it apparently trashes positioning (never trust a struct). > > Not being able to color mark text for cut-and-paste etc is rather a > drawback. My workaround is to replace the text with underscores when > marked, in effect hiding the text. Hopefully this will be enough for my > users, or I will have to invent another wheel.. > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list >