RE: 4GL: Characters for Window Borders
Simple way to test is is trap the output before it gets to the screen. If the output from one site does not match the output at another site, then you have potential network issues. Or create your own 'will work' output to draw graphics and cat it to the screen. A simpler answer might be that the terminal(s) in question is in a different mode. An even simpler answer is to tell the users to live with it - no I didn't say that, I take it back!!!! NO, NO I DIDN'T MEAN IT! STOP HITTING ME. cheers j. > -----Original Message----- > From: Colin McGrath [mailto:cmm@trac3000.ueci.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 1:51 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Cc: Robert.Stuart@NFER-NELSON.co.uk > Subject: Re: 4GL: Characters for Window Borders > > > Well, the vt220 entries in the termcap files are identical at > the two sites, > but one displays the windows line-drawing chars and the other > doesn't. > And while I don't find any vt220 entries in the > $(INFORMIXDIR)/etc/termcap file, > our gs, ge and gb codes( :gs=\\E(0:ge=\\E(B:gb=lmkjqx: ) must > be right, since > they do work OK at most sites. Also, those codes are the > same as what's found > in the the vtxxx user-supplied termcap entries in the IIUG archives. > (The function keys work OK at all the sites). > > Anyone experience a display problem due to LAN structure? > > Robert Stuart wrote: > > > > Which termcap/terminfo are you using? > > > > We use vt220 with a modified termcap and have no problems > IF THE RIGHT > > TERMCAP ENTRY is used. > > > > Check out ${INFORMIXDIR}/etc/term* - appropriate files used > to be in the > > distributions - they also used (past tense) to be "not quite right". > > > > > > Failing that - it may be helpful to have appropriate > termcap/terminfo files > > stored with at www.iiug.org (I haven't checked - look under > software). > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Colin McGrath [mailto:cmm@trac3000.ueci.com] > > Sent: 13 February 2001 21:03 > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Subject: 4GL: Characters for Window Borders > > > > > > > > We support a site that uses a vt220 terminal emulator > called QVT/Net 5.0 > > (by QPC.com) to make telnet connections from PCs over a LAN > using an NT > > server to an Informix database on an RS6000 AIX machine. > > > > The termcap entry for vt220 includes the gs, ge, and gb > capabilities, but > > the switch to graphics mode isn't happening, so the > Informix window borders > > look like the characters lmkjq and x. > > > > On another system with the same QVT product, also connecting to a > > RS6000, the graphics are fine, but that one isn't using an > NT server. > > > > Has anyone had a similar problem, could the NT server be stealing > > the "ESC-(-0" (graphics start) string? > > > > > > > -- > Colin McGrath colin.mcgrath@wgint.com > Washington Group International, Inc. 010-1-215-422-4144 > Philadelphia, PA, USA 19103 FAX: 010-1-215-422-1445 > Any opinions I state are my own and not necessarily those of > my employer >