Risp: Why does fgl_drawbox() draw a box made out of "x"s, "q"s, etc?

Paul, you are right. It IS a TERMCAP problem. In your VT100 definition, add this line: :gs=\\E(0:ge=\\E(B:gb=lmkjqx:\\ (also check $INFORMIXDIR/etc/termcap) In my case it works. Good luck Andrea De Angeli deangeli@sienanet.it ---------- } Da: Paul Roberts <proberts@lynx.informix.com> } A: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu } Oggetto: Why does fgl_drawbox() draw a box made out of "x"s, "q"s, etc? } Data: marted' 23 settembre 1997 1.13 } } } My 4GL program uses fgl_drawbox to draw some boxes on the screen. On my } HP workstation with TERM = hp they comes out fine } } +--------------------------+ } | and look like this | } +--------------------------+ } } My user runs the same application from his PC: he telnets to a unix box, } sets TERM = vt100 then runs the application } } lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk } x and his boxes look like this x } mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj } } Not unreasonably, he doesn't like this all that much. I suspect that I am } into the merry realm of TERMCAP, TERMINFO and other fun things about which } I am woefully uninformed. Can anyone give me a pointer towards that sort } of things I need to be looking at to have his screen display properly? } } Thanks... - Paul (not a spokesman)