Re: Questions on informix Forms

In article <4p4t8o$cs8@niven.ksc.nasa.gov> turner@grumpy "Chris Turner" writes: I don't think you can do this with the standard perform tool. I think that the comment section is hard compiled into the .frm object file. I4gl will do it with no problems, but more over head to write. > We would like to be able to conatenate a normal string and a tag and use > the result as a comment on a form for error message purposes... > > example: > > instructions > > after editad editupdate of table.field_one > if validate(table.field_one) != 1 > begin > comments bell "value " || table.field_one || "not valid" > nextfield = tag_for_field_one > end > > Now I don't know if this is possible to do in any version of informix, or > if it is a matter of using an older copy, or if I just have some notation > wrong, but any hints would be very welcome. > > Chris (who is finally Chris and not Scott) > turner@grad.csee.usf.edu > -- Martin How