Re: 4gl question

Rajesh_Kapur@spartanstores.com wrote: > > We have a 4gl application where all user enterable fields are coded as > follows. > > BEFORE FIELD > DISPLAY m_field to s_field attribute(reverse) > AFTER FIELD > DISPLAY m_field to s_field attribute(normal) > > This has the effect of doing reverse video on the current field as the user > moves from one field to another. This works fine when running the > application on RS-6000, AIX 3.2, Informix 5.05 UC1, 4gl 4.11 UC2. When we > ported this application to AIX 4.3, Informix 7.24 UC1, 4gl 6.04 UC2, the > fields do not get reverse video as the user moves from one field to > another. Has anyone faced this problem before? What could be wrong? In addition to Mark's thought on termcap... I wonder if Informix 4GL now redisplays the field as the INPUT statement enters it? That would clobber any DISPLAYs to the field that changed the attributes. A way to test this would be to use a terminal emulator and set it to copy to file as you enter a field. Inspect the resulting spew of characters to determine what Informix is doing. I have resorted to this technique when trying to optimize the termcap entries. I was surprised at the amount of apparently redundant screen redrawing that goes on. -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 --- If all else fails, read the instructions AND the release notes. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. --- Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.org.uk/