Re: Is there an undocumented get_key or similar ?

Huddleston, Joe (huddles@corp1.retail.com) wrote: : i don't know about version 4.0 of i4gl, verson 4.1 has the functions : fgl_lastkey() and fgl_keyval(), which work ideally for this purpose... : -joe- : (huddles@hasting.com) : ---------- : From: ilist : To: informix-list : Subject: Is there an undocumented get_key or similar ? : Date: Thursday, February 16, 1995 11:05AM : Hi, : I'm sure somebody out there must have encountered this one before... : Does anybody know of an Informix library function which returns the : value of a key pressed by the user ? : I am writing an application using Informix RDS v4.00 and I4GL v4.00 : Basically, I have a screen form with 140 input fields arranged in a : grid on the screen. I currently use INPUT ARRAY ... to allow the : user to enter values into the grid. However, movement around the : grid is very limited as Informix only allows the cursor to move to : either the next or previous array row (the grid is setup in Informix : as an array of 140 rows with 1 field on each row). Ideally, I would : like to allow the user to use the arrow keys to move in any direction : around the grid. Although this is probably not possible with the : INPUT ARRAY statement, I could write code which displays the relevant : grid square in highlight depending upon a key press from an invisible : input field elsewhere on the screen - if only I knew of some way to : check for the user having pressed an arrow key! There doesn't appear : to be a way of doing this with the standard ON KEY clause so I wondered : if Informix include an undocumented funtion which returns the value of : the key which has been pressed ? : Thank-you in advance for any helpful suggestions ... : Keith. : -- : *************** tech@compsys.demon.co.uk *************** : Tel: +44 (0)1482 803961 Fax: +44 (0)1482 804333 : ******************************************************** BTW, fgl_keyval, fgl_lastkey is well-documented in INFORMIX 4GL Supplement Manual for 4GL version 4.10. ############################################### # Calvin Chen calvin@nynexst.com # # NYNEX Science & Technology # # 500 Westchester Ave. White Plain, NY 10604 # # Tel: (914) 644 - 2144 # ############################################### IF happy THEN rich = TRUE END IF