Re: reverse video in screen form

Posted in 1992

Walt Hultgren {rmy} — Mon, 13 Jan 92 20:50:21 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Path: emory!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ukma!widener!dsinc!das13!dave From: dave@das13.snide.com (Dave Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Message-ID: <1599@das13.snide.com> Date: 13 Jan 92 23:34:30 GMT References: <1992Jan13.072009.10494@ipars.cts.com> Organization: Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA In article <1992Jan13.072009.10494@ipars.cts.com>, scotto@ipars.cts.com (Scott O'Connell) writes: > I designed a screen form with SQL using the reverse attribute for each > field. When you first display the form each of the fields are shown > with reverse video. > When I use the form from 4GL the reverse video isn't shown until I > either enter the field (during a query) or display to a field. > Is there any way to make the 4GL act like the SQL wrt initial display? Although I haven't tried this... why can't you do a DISPLAY "" TO fieldname ATTRIBUTE(REVERSE) for every field that should be reversed when you first setup the screen? DAS -- David A. Snyder @ Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA Current Release is db4glgen-3.3 UUCP: ..!uunet!das13!dave INTERNET: Dave.Snyder@snide.com