Re: 132 column report to screen

Ken, We do this on Wyse 60 running in vt100 personality. run "cat /object/bin/col132" let unix_command = "tput clear;pg -f ", filename clipped run unix_command run "cat /object/bin/col80" where the report we want to allow paging through (this is a scroll prompting ongoing strings with a ":" until "EOF") is in filename, unix_command is a char variable long enough to handle the string and The file called col132 contains: ^[[?3h and The file called col80 contains: ^[[?3l -- Con Woodall Colorado St. U.; Veterinary Teach. Hosp.; Ft. Collins CO 80523, USofA; 970-491-1244 FAX 970-491-1205 cwoodall@vth1.vth.colostate.edu "Ask me about my vow of silence!" Use at your own risk and all that. We didn't do it to you and nor did our employers either approve or disapprove of us telling you how to do it to yourself if it doesn't work. If it does, your wlecome. -- On Tue, 21 Nov 1995, Ken McCoy wrote: > Hello, all... > > How is everyone (anyone) handling 132 column reports that display on > screen. > > When you start one of these report to screen, it wraps at 80 columns > and makes the report unreadable. > > Is there any way to switch the terminal (VT100) into 132 mode from inside a > 4GL, then reset back to 80 column mode after the report is displayed? > > As always, many thanks in advance!! > > -- > Ken McCoy > Arkansas Public School Computer Network >