CONTINUE INPUT instruction

Syntax

CONTINUE INPUT

Usage

CONTINUE INPUT skips all subsequent statements in the current control block and gives the control back to the dialog. This instruction is useful when program control is nested within multiple conditional statements, and you want to return the control to the dialog.

INPUT BY NAME cust_rec.*
  ...
  ON ACTION process_order
    IF cust_rec.cust_status != "A" THEN
      ERROR "Customer status does not allow order processing"
      CONTINUE INPUT
    END IF
    CALL process_order()
  ...
END INPUT

If this instruction is called in a control block that is not AFTER INPUT, further control blocks might be executed depending on the context.

CONTINUE INPUT instructs the dialog to continue as if the code in the control block was terminated (it's a kind of GOTO end_of_control_block). However, when executed in AFTER INPUT, the focus returns to the most recently occupied field in the current form, giving the user another chance to enter data in that field. In this case the BEFORE FIELD of the current field will be invoked.

As alternative, use the NEXT FIELD control instruction to give the focus to a specific field and force the dialog to continue. However, unlike CONTINUE INPUT, the NEXT FIELD instruction will skip the further control blocks that are normally executed.

The CONTINUE INPUT instruction can only be used in a singular INPUT dialog, it cannot be used in a DIALOG / END DIALOG multiple dialog block.