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GRID losing focus in AcuCobol ver 8.1.3

  • January 24, 2015
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I am using Acu 8.1.3 (Linux OS) on bo thweb-thin client and local thin-client. 
  - cell in grid is defined numeric; data-type is numeric
When invoking the cobol program, I  encounter this problem when I enter the grid,

This occurs only when I use a lookup program within a cell, i.e. customer master lookup (calling a different program).

The cursor does not go back to the grid, I have to click on a cell in the grid.  Then this behavior happens:
 I cannot enter numbers in the cells that are defined numeric;
As a workaround I exit the grid, then go back to the cell.
Only thru this am I allowed to enter number. I am able to continue
with the rest of the cells without any problem.

Can anyone help me pls?

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    Andreas Weinand
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    • Andreas Weinand
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    • January 26, 2015

    I am using Acu 8.1.3 (Linux OS) on bo thweb-thin client and local thin-client. 
      - cell in grid is defined numeric; data-type is numeric
    When invoking the cobol program, I  encounter this problem when I enter the grid,

    This occurs only when I use a lookup program within a cell, i.e. customer master lookup (calling a different program).

    The cursor does not go back to the grid, I have to click on a cell in the grid.  Then this behavior happens:
     I cannot enter numbers in the cells that are defined numeric;
    As a workaround I exit the grid, then go back to the cell.
    Only thru this am I allowed to enter number. I am able to continue
    with the rest of the cells without any problem.

    Can anyone help me pls?

    Hi dufox,

    1. Give your grid an id

    2. After your lookup code

    MOVE 4                    TO ACCEPTFLAG.

    MOVE my-grid-id           TO CONTROL-ID.

    This should force the cursor to the grid.

    Please let me know if this was of any help.

    Stephen Hjerpe
    • Stephen Hjerpe
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    • January 26, 2015

    I am using Acu 8.1.3 (Linux OS) on bo thweb-thin client and local thin-client. 
      - cell in grid is defined numeric; data-type is numeric
    When invoking the cobol program, I  encounter this problem when I enter the grid,

    This occurs only when I use a lookup program within a cell, i.e. customer master lookup (calling a different program).

    The cursor does not go back to the grid, I have to click on a cell in the grid.  Then this behavior happens:
     I cannot enter numbers in the cells that are defined numeric;
    As a workaround I exit the grid, then go back to the cell.
    Only thru this am I allowed to enter number. I am able to continue
    with the rest of the cells without any problem.

    Can anyone help me pls?

    When you state you call the lookup program, are you doing so through a HOT-KEY? If so, that type of action would not work in V 8.1.3. For version 9.1, this enhancement was made

    SUBJECT: HOT-KEY support for Grid control

    Change Number:  ECN-4058

    If you aren't using a HOT-KEY, I found this ECN:

    SUBJECT: Thin Client: Odd Grid behavior after returning from a called program

    Change Number:  ECN-4062

    When running with thin client, if an event occurs during an ACCEPT statement

    and the active control is a grid control, then if the event procedure causes

    another ACCEPT statement to execute, when the nested ACCEPT terminates it can

    leave the system in a particular state such that the grid control is

    unresponsive to the next attempt to enter data.

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