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If not Grids, Then What??
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12/05/2006 11:09:25
Mike Yearwood
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Forms & Form designer
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
SAMBA Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01121257
Message ID:
01121353
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>I bet he meant it in the positive sense. In other words, they are dancing from joy <g>

Nope.

>
>>Isn't that similar to what you said? Nav on grid, subform to edit
>>
>>
>>Your comment
>>I recently saw a commercial MRP that used a grid for data entry. The user hated scrolling sideways trying to keep all the field contents in their head. I'll use grids for display, delete, but will recommend using a subform for data entry. If only VMP could do that natively.
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>>
>>
>>>Hi Bob
>>>
>>>>The way a lot of people handle this is to call a form with that single record
>>>>that can be launched from a rightclick or other keystroke from the grid. This way, you can use the grid for navigation, when you find the record pop open the form, edit/validate/save and return right back into the grid where you left off.
>>>
>>>That's what I call making the user do the hokey-pokey dance. :)
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