Kbase 13761: Differences between 7.2 and 7.3 browse appearance & behavior
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
10/05/1998 |
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Differences between 7.2 and 7.3 browse appearance & behavior
Due to changes in the implementation of the browse from 7.2 to 7.3,
many users find that they must review all existing browse definitions
for possible modifications in order to fit properly on the screen.
The browse is now somewhat platform-specific in order to reflect the
native look and feel of each platform. Most of these changes affect
character-mode deployment more than other deployment platforms.
The 7.3 browse widget is significantly different from the browse
widget used under 7.2. The browse widget was rearchitected to improve
its overall appearance and for future enhancements to functionality.
As a result, the SPACE(n) function no longer affects the column
spacing in the DEFINE BROWSE statement. The width of each column is
determined strictly by the FORMAT associated with the field being
displayed. The FORMAT phrase can be modified on the DEFINE BROWSE
statement. The SPACE(n) function will now be appended to the field's
format AND an additional separation space will be inserted between
each field in the browse. There is currently no way to eliminate the
separator space in order to fully concatenate fields in a browse.
Also, there now is always a separation between fields on all four
sides. This affects both horizontal and vertical spacing of the
browse. The width of the column separator may vary across platforms.
Each field should be conceived as a cell, similar to a spreadsheet,
with separators (visible or not) between each cell. This cell-based
implementation also causes the highlight bar to be broken up within
the row. That is, each cell is highlighted but the separators are not.
Many of these changes were required to allow future enhancements which
will enable the browse fields to be updatable in place.
Progress Software Technical Support Note # 13761