Zitat Zitat von andreaspr@aon.at Beitrag anzeigen
diese lösung geht bei mir leider auch nicht, da ein F4 auf mehreren feldern ausgelöst werden kann.
Modus Änderung auf Englisch (nur fur diese Post weil jetzt wird es lang und ist es mir einfacher zu schreiben - ihr können trotzdem naturlich auf Deutsch antworten).

This topic of F4=Search is a pet gripe of mine when it come to most IBM i software. An example: with the Vendor ERP software we use, the user has to type in a '?' for each field they wish to search - then press F4.

The question to ask here is: What is easier for the user?

The F4 key, IMO (in my opinion), should only be used as the exception. If a panel is displayed with 100 fields and each one can be searched, that means I have to press F4 100 times to see what options I have available for each field.

Why not?:
  1. 1. When the user presses enter or F8 (or ENTER, or whatever your update key is), the program automagically do a F4 for every mandatory field (muss Feld) that is NOT filled (unauthorized fields are not searched). This way the user does not have to press F4 at all.
  2. 2. If the user presses F4, all blank fields are automagically F4'ed. This way the user only presses F4 once.


Now by the same token: error messages - another pet gripe of mine.

Some software packages (and it seems the new trend is to) display 1 error at a time. Why not display all the errors at one time? That way the user doesn't have to press F8 multiple times - only once. Fixes all (e.g. 30) errors and Basta!, fertisch, aus.

Your thoughts/comments would be interesting - so please feel free to comment.