Date:         Tue, 24 Mar 1998 17:54:55 +0100
Reply-To:     heite@CANADAJAPANSWEDENpost1.tele.dk
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Karsten Heitmann <heite@CANADAJAPANSWEDENPOST1.TELE.DK>
Organization: Sadly disorganized
Subject:      SAS-Tip: SAS/AF - Placing cursor in field using the CURSOR
              function when frame is MAXIMIZED.
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Hi, all
 
It seems that positioning the cursor in a certain field doesn't work if
your frame is maximized. You can issue as many CURSOR OBJ1 statements as
you like without any luck. No matter WHAT you do it always positions
itself in the upper left corner. You may also have noticed that the
"workaround" is to make a ZOOM OFF command prior to issuing the CURSOR
statement. But that is ugly, isn't it ? And sometimes the bottom of your
frame is gone.
 
So here's the TIP:
 
Suppose I want to place the cursor in the first field in the frame:
 
INIT:
   call execcmdi('COMMAND BAR;COMMAND CLOSE);
   /* Why turning the command bar on and off suddently makes the cursor
move to the
      first widget in the frame is anybodys guess */
return;
 
You might notice a short flicker, but I'll choose that any day over the
ugly zooming-down business.
This places the cursor in the FIRST widget in the frame rather than in
the upper left corner. So for all those applications where this is the
desired cursor behaviour it should work.
 
Best regards,
Karsten Heitmann
 
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