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