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Termcap Problem

Posted in 1999

Summary

Harold Alcantara, new to Informix Dynamic 4GL 2.10, got FORMS error -1170 (terminal type unknown) on an IBM3151 terminal. Peter Schubert pointed to an IBM termcap file in the IIUG archive. QueriX suggested using a compiled terminfo entry via tic and setting TERM. Surfer! said /etc/termcap may lack an entry for $TERM or $TERMCAP may point to the wrong file. No outcome was reported.

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Topics: Connectivity: ESQL/C, 4GL & Embedded SQL

Harold Alcantara — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Hi, i'm new in the version Dynamic 4gl 2.10 and when i try to run a program in the Terminal IBM3151 these give a error ej: $ fglrun vusProgram stopped at "vus_000.4gl", line number 65. FORMS statement error number -1170. The type of your terminal is unknown to the system. what i have to do, ps.

↪ replying to Harold Alcantara
Peter Schubert — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 09:37:01 -0500, "Harold Alcantara" <h.alcantara@usa.net> wrote: >Hi, i'm new in the version Dynamic 4gl 2.10 and when i try to run a program >in the Terminal IBM3151 these give a error ej: > >$ fglrun vus>Program stopped at "vus_000.4gl", line number 65. >FORMS statement error number -1170. >The type of your terminal is unknown to the system. > >what i have to do, ps. > > Check out: ftp://ftp.iiug.org/pub/informix/pub/termcaps/ibm.Z

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QueriX 4GL / Mehdi — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Harold Alcantara wrote: > Hi, i'm new in the version Dynamic 4gl 2.10 and when i try to run a program > in the Terminal IBM3151 these give a error ej: > > $ fglrun vus> Program stopped at "vus_000.4gl", line number 65. > FORMS statement error number -1170. > The type of your terminal is unknown to the system. > > what i have to do, ps. Have you tried using terminfo rather than termcap? You can create a terminfo from termcap, you must also make sure that the you export TERM= <path><IBM3151> (<path> is the directory where you store your compiled terminfo files <IBM3151> is your compiled terminfo for IBM3151 terminal) you use tic to compile terminfo source files. -- Compliments of QueriX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QueriX 4GL Compilers are Informix 4GL Compatible, and Connection to other RDBMS such as Oracle. Hydra 4GL Compiler Compile once, run everywhere Phoenix Windows GUI. Chimera Java GUI The only GUI you will ever need... Arachne Web Technology For more details visit: http://www.querix.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

↪ replying to Harold Alcantara
Surfer! — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Either your /etc/termcap file doesn't contain an entry matching your value of '$TERM', or '$TERMCAP' is pointing to the wrong file. You can put the termcap entry in a file other than /etc/termcap so long as $TERMCAP points to it. We do this with our product - saves hacking away at /etc/termcap, which is always worth avoiding! In article <yhq74.10284$Wc.434155@tw12.nn.bcandid.com>, Harold Alcantara <h.alcantara@usa.net> writes >Hi, i'm new in the version Dynamic 4gl 2.10 and when i try to run a program >in the Terminal IBM3151 these give a error ej: > >$ fglrun vus>Program stopped at "vus_000.4gl", line number 65. >FORMS statement error number -1170. >The type of your terminal is unknown to the system. > >what i have to do, ps. > > > -- Surfer!

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