Re: Query only form...Help!

From: Neil Greene <neil_at_kynug.org>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1993 13:20:50 GMT
Message-ID: <1993May17.132050.4623_at_kynug.org>


In article <1993May17.065242.21984_at_uws.EDU.AU> roleary_at_st.nepean.uws.edu.au (Rocqueforte OLeary) writes:
> G'day,
> I have a small problem with Forms V.3.0. I want to create a
> query only form for my users. Now, I call the form using
> call_query, which is fine, but when the users press [exit],
> the form drops out of query mode and into edit mode. Agh!!!
> I've made the fields non-updatable, but I'd rather have it
> where they press [exit] and they return to the menu (i.e.
> they don't get presented with the question "Do you wish to
> commit changes?"). Help with this would be much appreicated.
> Cheers,

I just created an initSearch form whoose key-startup trigger performs a call_query to our origional search form.

Works fine. The origional seach form is called in query only mode, exiting the search only version of the form accesses the exit form of the search form, which then dumps them back to sql*menu.

-- 
Neil Greene
President, Kentucky NeXT User Group, Inc.
Email: neil_at_kynug.org [NeXTMail]
Received on Mon May 17 1993 - 15:20:50 CEST

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