Re: Escape Characters in 4GL

In article <1992Nov13.183706.2455@hpcvusn.cv.hp.com> thaddeus@hpcvusd.cv.hp.com (Thaddeus Konar) writes: >Is there a way to send escape characters (non-ascii) from 4GL You can do something like: define xc char(6) let xc = "[", ASCII 27, "]&jB" display xc The possible problem with this approach is that the DISPLAY statement will append a newline to the output. I don't know of a way to disable that at the 4GL level. You may have to write a C function callable from 4GL that uses one of the variations of putc() or puts(). Walt. -- Walt Hultgren Internet: walt@rmy.emory.edu (IP 128.140.8.1) Emory University UUCP: {...,gatech,rutgers,uunet}!emory!rmy!walt 954 Gatewood Road, NE BITNET: walt@EMORY Atlanta, GA 30329 USA Voice: +1 404 727 0648