Form Designer complaints
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A couple of complaints/recommendations for Sbase and the forms designer.
The define transaction entry order is a pain in the neck. Why does the
stupid thing have to reset the order everytime I add a fields? I can
understand if I deleted a field (as long as it didn't change the relative
order) but it seems ridiculous. Why not just add new fields to the end?
Everytime I turn around the stupid thing is changing the order. Another
irritating bug is the numbers don't display properly in all fields causing
even more confusion.
Finally when doing data entry on the form the font sbase uses is chopped
of when entering data but once I hit return it looks fine… why?
Oh and I figured out my problem with the SER function. Unfortunately
browsing through the readme gave me the impression I need to do more. My
fix was to include the FILENAME that I wanted to attach a serial number to
instead of using the implied "".
Shannon
Shannon,
you would be better off using SER(Fieldname) instead of the filename. This
is better dealt with by Superbase if you reorganize to another filename.
Ciao, Neil
Aha!!!
That's what I get for not paying complete attention to the ReadMe file. I
didn't know the SER function would accept a field name. BTW it'd be nice
if on some of the requesters where they have buttons for '+-*/ LIKE OR
etc' to be able to also call up a window with a list of functions and the
template for them.
I'm going to where my manual out.
I wish the requestors had modifyable buttons. If I want to offer a choice
between two different functions I can't.
-mark=
Depending on what you want to do, the DIALOG commands in the 1.2 version
might give you what you need. The other possiblility would be to do it in
AREXX using some of the available libraries which let AREXX access things
like Windows and menus, etc.
Ciao, Neil
This functionality is built into the new Windows version. When an Amiga
version with it will come out is anybody's guess.
Ciao, Neil