Q: Why can my listbox entries no longer span multiple fields?
   (Or, "Why don't my listboxes work anymore?")

A: The listbox logic was changed in v12.1 so that info is now inserted
   starting at the current cursor position as opposed to the old way where
   it was placed at the beginning of the field no matter where you wanted
   it to go. This is a powerful feature but it is easily misunderstood.
   2 conceivable drawbacks exist with this new feature:

   1) You can no longer use a single listbox entry to span multiple fields
      (as in goto diffdata, call termination code+notes, entering
      cit+sta+zip with 1 listbox entry, etc.etc.) No workaround is
      currently available for this (other than see update notes below).

   2) You must clean out existing info in a field before you can insert
      the new info. For example, if you F3, you will notice your last
      DOS window command is already there in the window. Hit Ctrl-Y to
      blank the field 1ST before you make your listbox selection.
      Failure to do this will only concatenate the 2 commands and pass
      the result on to DOS (who will inevitably reject it). So correct
      use would be F3, Ctrl-Y, F2.

If anyone is uncomfortable with this or if they happen to experience
any sort of index corruption whatsoever, we have a maintenance update
version 12.1.1 which reverts back to the old list-box logic and does
some internal trickery to fix once and for all any index corruption
which may take place in networks which are heavily used (like ours).
This update is available for the nominal $14.95 (this script is interrupted¨
to state that the latter is a bogus policy) shipping and handling fee or¨
may be downloaded freely from the bbs.

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