Re: Report refreshing screen

This is bug B26390, which is a feature request. Sometime it will be fixed, maybe, but not in 4.13 or 6.01, the next releases. There is an interesting workaround which may or may not work for you -- try it and see: DISPLAY "" AT 1, 1 -- To position the cursor DISPLAY "" -- To switch out of forms mode START REPORT x TO PIPE str -- Start the report Because the screen is not in forms mode when the report is started, the start report should not redraw the screen. If it doesn't work, I'm sorry for troubling you. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> >Date: Mon, 5 Dec 94 17:25:02 +0800 >From: Ti Lian Hwang <tilh@sin-co.sin-ro.DHL.COM> >Subject: Report refreshing screen >X-Informix-List-Id: <list.5107> > >I have 4GL programs that uses forms and "start report x to pipe str". >The problem with it is that it always refreshes the screen on executing >the statement even though there is no output from the "str" which is of a >form "cat >> /tmp/x". > >If I don't use the pipe option, the screen does not refresh. > >Is there a way to avoid this irritating feature ? > >INFORMIX-4GL Version 4.10.UC2