Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]> writes:

> In every case I've been forced to turn it off within a day because I run
> into things that just don't work with destructive backspace turned on.
>
> I don't know if this is some deficiency in Reflection (or me) that could
be
> corrected, but I've never been able to get it to work.

Make it 16 to 4.

I use MiniSoft and I've set two options on whenever I've installed it:
destructive backspace and type-ahead.  90% of the time when someone hits
backspace they are correcting a mistake of usually more than a misspelling.
Or they are trying to change what was typed previously to a completely new
value.  All of our users are locked into View applications, where
destructive backspace effectively "clears" the field.  Besides, with View
applications you can use the PC "editing keys" (like arrows, delete, and
insert) to modify stuff like xuperbly to superbly.

Now, Wirt, about that type-ahead feature....

Jim Phillips                           Information Systems Manager
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Phone: 330-527-2124                         P. O. Box 285
Fax:   330-527-2123                           10513 Freedom Street
Web:   http://www.tolwire.com          Garrettsville, OH  44231

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