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Paul Bailey | 7 Mar 2012 17:56
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Re: subfiles in screen designer


Hi,

I didn't understand the other answers to your question, so perhaps I have misunderstood your question, but
on the RDP screen designer there is a groups of small icons just below the list of records. The one on the left
is named "Draw records transparent". The only effect this has had on my screen is to show the subfile
records or subfile control in a "greyed out" format while I am viewing the other type. This allows me to see
the column headings while dealing with subfile records, and vice versa.

Paul.

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Hi,

How can one work on the subfile record while visualising the control record or vice versa?
Meanwhile, it's back to SDA.
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Joe Pluta | 7 Mar 2012 21:44
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Re: subfiles in screen designer

On 3/7/2012 10:56 AM, Paul Bailey wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I didn't understand the other answers to your question, so perhaps I have misunderstood your question,
but on the RDP screen designer there is a groups of small icons just below the list of records. The one on the
left is named "Draw records transparent". The only effect this has had on my screen is to show the subfile
records or subfile control in a "greyed out" format while I am viewing the other type. This allows me to see
the column headings while dealing with subfile records, and vice versa.
>
>

This implies that you're designing screens rather than records, which is 
an intuitive leap that us green screen folks don't always make, since 
there is no equivalent function in SDA.  A screen in RDP is a group of 
related records (such as the subfile, subfile control and a footer 
record where I stick my command keys).  When you're editing the screen 
with those three, and if you have the Draw records transparent tool set, 
then you do indeed see the other records (I wish the name for that was 
"Show other records", but since I haven't made an RFE for it, I guess I 
don't wish it that much <smile>).

The nice thing is that you can then just click on the record names to 
switch between the various records.  The active record will be colored, 
the others will be grayed.  It makes it very easy to make changes in the 
subfile and then make the corresponding change (such as moving the 
heading) in the subfile control, or vice versa.

Joe
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