At various points in a data entry program, messages regarding database access and updates will be displayed. You may set these up either as simple text messages with Yes or No responses or as pop-up menus offering choices. For example, the question:
Add this Customer record ? Yes
is equivalent to the following default menu:
No matching Customer record
Select action:
1 Insert
2 Search
8 Rekey
To set the default message style to menus, answer Yes to the question Ask questions with menus in the Program Summary .
You may wish to offer the user a confirm menu before the user's changes are updated to the database:
1 Save changes
2 Rekey changes
3 Abandon changes
To set up a confirm menu answer Yes to the question Confirm Updates? In the Procedure Overview.
This confirmation is suppressed if you have SAA or Windows user preferences, because the user will only leave a data entry procedure by pressing an OK button or the Enter key. With "traditional" user preferences the user can leave a dialog by just by tabbing off the last field by pressing Enter.
This is a standard procedure type which causes the menu below to be displayed. This is used for controlling Private Database updates.
1 Save changes
2 Abandon changes
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