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[Chris Mackenzie]

Hi,

Has anyone had this problem in v5.5 where user amends a field
but the input does not appear until the field is exited and
re-entered? Only happens on some fields not all.
This is a greenscreen app on vms 7.3

I test the same function in v5.0 and it works ok.

I tried playing with the palettes , changing colours,
intensity and reverse video to no avail.

There are no special display settings on the fields and in
some functions everything works fine.

I ran the function in the gui client and the field displays
as asterisks!

So, I did DISABLE(&#@NO-ECHO) FLD-BEF
and it works. Did it in the logon routine and
system seems ok now. I've searched and the value
is not being set and left to persist by our app.

Just wondered before I report it to support
if anyone else has had this?

[gkwalton]

Chris,

The symptoms point to the fields being hidden (security protected). If you hide a field in PROIV, the GUI client will display asterisks when you type, and green screen will display nothing at all.

I know where to find this "hidden flag" in Superlayer but not in native. Maybe somebody can point you in the right direction here as i doubt you are developing in Superlayer.

George.