Re: 4gl: need help on help

} Subject: 4gl: need help on help } From: jvl@dbserver.dwr.co.gov (Jean Van Loan) } To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu } Date: Tue, 27 Dec 1994 10:19:16 -0700 (MDT) } } To any programmers working this holiday week: } } When I run my program and hit the help key for } a menu choice, and then hit "resume" to get out } of help, the text "You have reached the end } of this help text...." has an unpleasantly } long after life in the error line. According } to the 4gl user guide, p.7-11, this } message should go away when the user hits } a key. } } Does anyone know how to get rid of this thing? } I tried putting error "" in assorted places, but } to no avail. 4gl seems to think that the importance } of this item warrants immortality. I don't } want my end-users to think that I caved in } on this point. } } Thanks for any tips... } } Jean } ------------------------------------------------------ } Jean Van Loan Colo. Div. Water Resources } jvl@dbserver.dwr.co.gov 1313 Sherman St. Rm. 821 } Denver, CO 80203 } Ph. 303-866-3585 ext.258 Fax: 303-866-3589 Happy new year, Jean! It appears that 4GL does not know that the line is still on the screen. The "smart" screen painting done by Informix will not rewrite areas of the screen that have not changed. So writing blanks to the error line will not have any effect if Informix thinks that blanks are already there! Does pressing ^R to refresh the screen eliminate the unwanted message? If so, I have some 4GL-callable code to access the ^R functionality. You could use this in place of your 'ERROR ""' lines, which might help. Regards, Alan ___________________________ ______________________| R. Alan Popiel |__________________________ \\ Internet: | Martin Marietta, SLS | / \\ alan@den.mmc.com | P.O. Box 179, M/S 3810 | Std disclaimers apply. / )Voice: | Denver, CO 80201-0179 USA | ( / 303-977-9998 |___________________________| (But you knew that!) \\ /________________________) (____________________________\\