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Cursor position in table control

Former Member — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:36:38 GMT

Hi. I've added a new field to a table control generated for a table view in SM30.

The new field is part of the key, and is now the 4th out of 5 key fields, and there are 6 more fields in the table control.

The new field works fine, however the cursor keeps jumping to the new field instead of the first field.

I've put a SET CURSOR statement in the PBO of the screen, but it does not work.

I could re-build the screen easily enough but does anyone know how to get round this without doing that?

Thanks for your help,

Dave.

Re: Cursor position in table control

faisalatsap — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:53:11 GMT

Hi, David

Use GET CURSOR in PAI and SET CURSOR in PBO, hope this will wrok.

Kind Regards,

Faisal

Re: Cursor position in table control

Former Member — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:56:22 GMT

After you added the field to the table, did you change the table maintenance dialogue?

Rob

Re: Cursor position in table control

Former Member — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:11:45 GMT

Hi. Sorry for delay in response. Yes, I have updated the table maintenance dialog, that is where I am having problems.

When I go to SM30 my new field is there, but the cursor jumps to the new field on entry to SM30 and when adding new lines. It should go to the first field in the table, my new field is in the middle.

I have done "SET CURSOR FIELD line 1" in the PBO, but it does not work. Do I need to GET CURSOR in PAI for the PBO to work?

Why does it go to the new field though? Is there a sequence somewhere that can be changed? I have checked in the screen builder and can not see anything except display sequence, which is fine, my field is displaying in the right place, it is just the cursor that is wrong.

Thanks a lot,

Dave.

Re: Cursor position in table control

Former Member — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:24:18 GMT

When you changed the table maintenance dialogue, which reason(s) for change did you select?

Rob

Re: Cursor position in table control

Former Member — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:47:52 GMT

Hi. Where do you put a reason for change? I just changed the screen from the function group in SE80.

Regards,

Dave.

Re: Cursor position in table control

Former Member — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:01:55 GMT

So, I guess this is the source of your problem. Go to the table maintenance generator in SE11 and press the change button on the top left. It will give you a popup where you give your reason(s) for change.

You will probably lose any screen changes you made directly through SE80 though (a good reason not to make them in the first place).

Rob

Re: Cursor position in table control

Former Member — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:05:33 GMT

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Re: Cursor position in table control

Former Member — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:53:38 GMT

Hi. I started from SE11. I changed the actual table, then I changed the view in SE11, then I went to SE80 and changed the screen.

I have actually just fixed the problem, for some reason the text field on the screen did not start with a * like all the others, so it was actually called the same as the input/output field, however it allowed that without errors.

That must have been throwing it out. I renamed the field to have a * at the beginning and it is now fine without the need for a SET CURSOR statement.

Thanks for your help.

Regards,

Dave.