[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [open-cobol-list] creating navigation "words" in screen section?
From: |
Kevin Monceaux |
Subject: |
Re: [open-cobol-list] creating navigation "words" in screen section? |
Date: |
Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:01:57 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 06:00:45PM -0400, Patrick wrote:
> I think I am near a solution. I think this can be done by reading the
> cursor position.
I think that's supposed to be available via a variable designated by CURSOR
IS in the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph. Unfortunately, the OpenCOBOL
programmer's guide states:
While the SCREEN CONTROL and EVENT STATUS clauses are clearly noted at
compilation time as being unsupported, the CURSOR IS clause is not;
currently, however, it appears to be non-functional at runtime.
In a message to the list a couple of years ago I wrote:
While on the subject of the SCREEN SECTION, the ChangeLog indicates that
preliminary support for CURSOR IS was added in 2006. If I add a CURSOR
IS clause to my SPECIAL-NAMES the other special name I have defined, CRT
STATUS, stops working. Is there a trick to using CURSOR IS, or has it
not made it past the preliminary support stage in five years?
I never got an answer. Now I can't even find CURSOR IS mentioned in the
ChangeLog at all.
--
Kevin
http://www.RawFedDogs.net
http://Lassie.RawFedDogs.net
http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org
Bruceville, TX
What's the definition of a legacy system? One that works!
Errare humanum est, ignoscere caninum.