Re: USER in forms...the answer is.....

Jim Kistler aka kistler@an.hp.com wrote: { My answer is THERE!.....you don't need 4GL, ESQL. Plain'ole ISQL/Perform { will accept function calls. { I still can't directly use "USER" in a form, but I can write a C procedure { that returns the system user login name which is what I need! Jack Parker { touched on this capability in another context of calling custom C functions { from ACE and referenced this documentation, as well. 'Course that means you need to recompile your sperform to understand the function and that you totally loose the ability to simply run the form on any machine that has Informix. If you do cross platform development, you'll need to compile the sperform for each platform. Weee fun? -- gburnore@garys.arasmith.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- How you look depends on where you go. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | '۳''''''۳''''''''''''' Gary L. Burnore | '۳''''''۳''''''''''''' Director, Programming & Development | '۳''''''۳''''''''''''' Myers Information Systems, Inc. | '۳ 3 4 1 4 2 ''' 6 9 0 6 9 ''' | Official Proof of Purchase ==========================================================================