Warnings for Mandatory Fields

[Tom Pellitieri]

Is there any way to get SB+ to provide a warning that a field is mandatory when you press F2?

I have a secondary screen linked to a function key (PD.I, Options=S) where the first field is mandatory.  If the field loses focus, I get the usual "mandatory" warning.  If I press F2 without entering a value, the screen just stays on the field. 

Effectively, when I press F2 it appears that nothing has happened, and that the screen is somehow "hung up".  I tried putting a test to display a warning in the Process After Screen Accept (PASA) slot, but nothing appears.

Any suggestions??

--Tom

[precisonline]

That's the way mandatory prompts work, unfortunately.  If you make it non-mandatory then you can use a process on the Proc After Screen Accept to check your mandatory prompts and handle them however you prefer.

[Tom Pellitieri]

Well.. at least it works... just seems awkward that SB+ wouldn't provide the "Mandatory" warning after screen accept.

--Tom

[precisonline]

Far be it for me to defend SB+, but I think the rationale was to try to make it easier for programmers to check for mandatory fields rather than having to code for it each time.  And because the baked in mandatory can be disabled, we geek-types can have it either way.  It does seem like a good idea to display a message rather than just beeping and going to the field tho...

Might be something to post to the Better-and-Better board on u2ug?