Cursor in a non-display field

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Say you have the following code written to hide a password as it’s being input. The problem occurs when a user is forced to reset his password. The REINPUT statment puts the cursor back at the #NEWPASSW field, but because it’s a non-display field, the user doesn’t see the cursor there. Any ideas of a work-around to somehow force the cursor to display?


MAP (AD=M IP=OFF)                                                       
RESET #ORG(A11) #USERNAME(A7) #INPASSW(A8) #NEWPASSW(A8)                
#USER-STATUS(A1) #MSG(A60)                                              
MAP (AD=M IP=OFF)                                                       
  02/25 'ACCESS CONTROL SIGN-ON'                                        
  04/02 'ORGANIZATION' 17T 'USER NAME' 29T 'PASSWORD' 40T 'NEW PASSWORD'
  05/02 #ORG 17T #USERNAME 29T #INPASSW (AD=N) 40T #NEWPASSW (AD=N)     
#USER-STATUS := 'R'                                                     
IF #USER-STATUS = 'R' AND #NEWPASSW = ' '                               
DO MOVE '604 - PASSWORD HAS BEEN RESET-NEW PASSWORD IS REQUIRED' TO #MSG
BACKOUT TRANSACTION                                                     
REINPUT #MSG MARK 4                                                     
DOEND                                                                   
END
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Dan,

this is a terminal emulator issue, I’m seeing the cursor fine in mine, for example.

Best regards,

   Wolfgang

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Thanks, Wolfgang. I’ll talk with our systems folks and see if there’s anything they can do about this issue.