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From: | Brian Tiffin |
Subject: | Re: [open-cobol-list] Skipping over labels in SCREEN SECTION. |
Date: | Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:05:34 -0400 |
User-agent: | Opera Mail/12.14 (Linux) |
Just getting started with Screen Section. The display I want includes label fields and data entry fields. I want the screen to skip over the label fields when I hit the tab key and only pause at the data entry fields. How is this accomplished? Do I use two screen sections, one overlaying the other? Is there a way to mark a field as read-only? Do I click on needed fields with the mouse? Do I ensure that the label fields are totally filled with a VALUE to start? Inquiring minds want to know.
John; when you describe SCREEN SECTION fields there are PICTURE ... USING field (read/write) FROM field (read only) TO field (write only)And I've found, that for the most part, OpenCOBOL does commonsensical things once laid out.
Gary's guide and his compiler control program OCic.cbl, contain very good examples of the SCREEN feature set.
Cheers, Brian
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