Help: Need word-wrapping ability in screen arrays
Posted in 1994
Topics: Connectivity: ESQL/C, 4GL & Embedded SQL, Networking & sqlhosts Configuration
My Environment: AT&T 3B2 and HP9000 Unix boxes Informix Software: Currently running Online Engine Ver. 4.10.UC1, SQL Ver. 4.10.UC1, 4GL Rapid Dev. Ver. 4.10.UC1, I-Star TCP/IP Ver. 4.10.UC1 Problem: I am trying to create a screen that contains two screen arrays with the ability to word wrap. Unfortunately, each array will only have five lines showing on the screen, yet can contain 200 lines of data. I find this unfortunate because the manuals tell me that the word wrapping ability is allowed only if the whole array can fit on the entire screen. If word wrapping can't be done for the situation described above, one of my primary alternatives is to allow the user to *view* the contents of the screen arrays, but if he/she wishes to add or edit any information to it, he/she will need to indicate so on a nearby field which will make a call to a third party editor. I could write my own word wrapping program to get around my problem, but I would prefer the user have the full screen to add or edit data as well as having the automatic word wrapping already built in. Unless anyone can tell me different, it seems the alternative mentioned above would be the most viable alternative. If so, does anyone out there know of a ASCII word processor for the Unix environment that is device independant, is public domain, and the source code is available (in case I need to make any minor modifications)? ANY SUGGESTIONS will be most appreciated! Thanks in advance, lgrieser@cts.com