field_buffer does not return contents of field ?

[Felix Natter]

hi,

I wrote a form-program to scan coefficients, and it seems that
field_buffer(FIELD*,int) does not return the current buffer-contents
until REQ_NEXT_FIELD (tab) is processed ?

the form looks like this:
0___ 0___ 0___ 0___
0___ 0___ 0___ 0___
0___ 0___ 0___ 10__

If I tab through until the last field, enter "10" and then quit the program,
it will read "0" (the preset value for all fields) from that field.

Is that true and is there a way to get the current contents of a field ?

thanks,

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Felix Natter