Re: HELP with 4GL windows

Wayne Harlech-Jones (wayne@jones.mac.alt.na) wrote: : Gary says: : > I am have got a problem regarding opening and closing of windows. : > : > I am opening a 4Gl window doing some input and closing it again. But : > it does not show up on the terminal. If I run the code through the debugger : > it steps through the open window command, but does not open the window : > on the screen. : > : > The .frm file exists, and the .4gi corresponds to the .4gl. : > : Gary, it might be an idea to include a piece of the code causing the : problem, but I had a similar experience. It turned out that the window was : being opened. What I didn't realise at first was that 4GL does not clear : the the new window so you can "see" the contents of the old window in the : space of the new window. You need to open the window and then do a "clear : window" (something like that, I'm at home and forget the correct sytax). : It is also useful to hae an "attribute border" when opening windows, so : that it is obvious something new has been displayed. : Hope this helps. : Yours : Wayne : |\\/\\/ayne : |Wayne Harlech-Jones : |Windhoek, Namibia, Africa : |wayne@jones.mac.alt.na Great to hear from somebody in Southern Africa I managed to figure the problem out. The form was to big for the window, and yet Informix was not returning an error message. I made the form a bit smaller and viola, it worked. I am from South Africa, working on contract here in New Zealand till mid 1996. I could kill for some decent Biltong and castle or two. Regards Gary Harvey