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    From roderick@argon.org@21:1/5 to Doug Lawry on Thu Feb 6 08:57:29 2020
    I know it's 15 years later and this is the ultimate necropost.

    Here in 2020 I'm having the same problem with tabs in wordwrap fields in a 4gl form (but for me it happens in both insert and overwrite modes). Did anybody ever come up with anything regarding it? I'm using 4gl version 7.51.FC1XD.

    Thanks!

    Roderick Schertler

    On Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 9:36:19 AM UTC-5, Doug Lawry wrote:
    HP-UX B.11.11 / INFORMIX-4GL 7.30.HC6

    We have found a 4GL bug in which actual tab characters can be inserted into a screen field and subsequently into the database. It only happens under exactly
    the following conditions:

    1) The field is multi-line (defined as WORDWRAP on the form)
    2) Character insertion mode is active (Ctrl-A key)
    3) Tab is pressed

    There are 88 forms affected, so I really want a generic fix so I don't have to
    put in a work-around in all the 4GL modules. Any ideas?

    Also posted to: classics@iiug.org

    --
    Regards,
    Doug Lawry
    www.douglawry.webhop.org

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  • From roderick@argon.org@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 6 10:50:09 2020
    Mostly answering my question as stated I found this on page 4-186 of the 4gl reference manual (version 7.32, 4gl statements > statement descriptions > input multiple-segment fields):

    TAB enters a TAB character in insert mode and moves the cursor to the next
    tab stop. This action can cause following text to jump right to align at a
    tab stop. In typeover mode, this key moves the cursor to the next tab stop
    that falls on an intentional character, going to the next field segment if
    required.

    What I was really looking for was a way to override this behavior. "on key (tab)" works in other fields but not the word-wrapped one.

    - Roderick

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