On Wednesday, November 21, 2001, at 09:30 AM, Jim Phillips wrote:

> Shawn Gordon <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
>> A web page is just like block mode, the idea for data entry is that it
>> is supposed to be done fast.  A web page would work fine depending on
>> the amount of validation going on, some can be done in the web page,
>> especially with PHP, but if you want to do form level validation, then
>> you've got a server back and forth which can be time consuming.  So
>> it's
>> all in the design, but it is an acceptable way to go.
>
> It may be "an acceptable way to go", but a web page most definitely is
> not
> "just like block mode".  For one thing, most web pages are "stateless"
> (as
> are some other screen handlers from days gone by - DCL (I think?) on the
> Unisys comes to mind).  Most View programmers (that is, programmers who
> use
> View) are used to "stateful" screens where the application is in
> control at
> all times.
>
You can do a web page like that, there are all sorts of ways with php,
asp, jsp, activex, cold fusion.  A typical block mode screen doesn't
react until you hit enter, you can do it differently, but that is the
native behavior, just like a web page, you can do it differently with
various methods, but if you validate on every field, then the data entry
person has to look up a lot.
>
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