Re: how do i exit pop up window without escaping

Check the FAQ. There is a solution. There are also other resources that have similar menuing facilities. We allways use input array for similar purposes and have also implemented multi selection lists with letters for the selection (letters are better than numbers as numbers would limit you to 10 single key selections). keeley.granite@pixie.co.za (Stafford Wright) wrote: :I would be delirious if anyone could help me with the following: : :I am writing a menu system and am trying to use a display array :statement to write to a window using data from a menu table. The :problem is if the array is large then one would have use ones arrow :keys too extensively to get to the right option before being able to :hit escape. : :What I would like is some way that the display array could just :display the menu options and then exit out of the display without one :having to hit escape and the user could then enter a number option :manually outside the display.. : :Thanks : :Stafford Wright : Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org