Re: Conversion 3.0 forms to 4.5

Forms conversion can be done in following ways;

1. form 3.0 to forms 4.5 character mode
2. form 3.0 to forms 4.5 graphical mode with no mouse navigation
3. form 3.0 to forms 4.5 graphical mode with mouse navigation

first two are simple.
In case 3 the problems are:
1. in form 3.0 there was no mouse navigation, so developers used to write a lot on key-nextfield trigger, which was infact enter key or tab key. And forms allowed to use restricted procedures in these triggers, so developers tend to write navigation commands like go_item,go_block in these triggers.

With mouse navigation, user can navigate to any field without pressing key-nextfield which becomes key-next-item in forms 4.5. So you need to trace these fields and convert key-nextfield logic into other triggers.

You'll learn about those if you'll convert a dozen.

Best of luck.

In article <01bd5993$baa9d9c0$190a1401_at_johnstd.region.halifax.ns.ca>,   "Diane Johnston" <johnstd_at_nospam.region.halifax.ns.ca> wrote:
>
> I've been investigating the conversion process and reading web reports.
> From what i've read so far, the basic upgrade is Character mode to
> Character mode and "it is written" that the upgraded form in 4.5 "will
> behave exactly the same as your original one in a character-mode
> environment" also warning that you should test of course. My question is
> does that mean there is no mouse navigation?
>
> Is conversion really as painful as it sounds? :)
> --
> Diane Johnston johnstd_at_nospam.region.halifax.ns.ca
> (drop "nospam" when replying")
> "Abs of Steel, Buns of Cinnamon"
>
>

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