Checking for Edit Mode (AREV Specific)
At 21 JUN 2000 02:46:16PM Matt Sorrell wrote:
In an AMV group, the default cursor behaviour as you move from field to field is to retain the edit mode of the previous field. So, if you were in insert mode in field 1, you will be in insert mode in field 2. If you were in overwrite mode in field 1, you will be in overwrite mode in field 2.
My users have requested that on one particular window, inside an AMV group, that the cursor always revert to overwrite mode. At first I tried placing a pre-prompt command of F4, but this just toggles the cursor back and forth (naturally). I also tried looking at @ENVIRON.SET, but that didn't do anything for me either.
I have finally found a kludge that let's me do what I want, but I'm not sure how reliable it is. I call Get.Cursor, and then calculate the height of the cursor. If the height is 14, then we are in overwrite mode; if the height is 2, then we are in insert mode and I make a catalyst call of "F","F4" to change the cursor. This is all done in the pre-prompt for all of the fields in the AMV.
It appears to be working, but is definitely a kludge. I'm hoping someone has a more elegant solution.
BTW, this is ARev 3.02.
At 21 JUN 2000 05:07PM Jonathan Bird wrote:
On the first prompt of the MV group, ad a catalyst call of K with (INS}{F4} on the pre-prompt hook. It will do what you want.
J
At 22 JUN 2000 07:26AM Matt Sorrell wrote:
Jonathan,
Thank you very much!!!
Don't know why I didn't think of the Insert key; it makes perfect sense.
At 07 JUL 2000 09:17PM Rod Morris wrote:
In a pre-prompt process set SCRIBE.FLAGS TO 0. This will turn off the editor.