Re: Why does fgl_drawbox() draw a box made out of "x"s, "q"s, etc?

Paul Roberts wrote: > > My 4GL program uses fgl_drawbox to draw some boxes on the screen. On my > HP workstation with TERM = hp they comes out fine > > +--------------------------+ > | and look like this | > +--------------------------+ > > My user runs the same application from his PC: he telnets to a unix box, > sets TERM = vt100 then runs the application > > lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk > x and his boxes look like this x > mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj > > Not unreasonably, he doesn't like this all that much. I suspect that I am > into the merry realm of TERMCAP, TERMINFO and other fun things about which > I am woefully uninformed. Can anyone give me a pointer towards that sort > of things I need to be looking at to have his screen display properly? > > Thanks... - Paul (not a spokesman) The problem is the gs and ge TERMCAP entries. These are graphics start and stop. The gb is the graphics characters in a standard order. In the absence of these, Informix uses -|+ as on your hp. PC terminal emulators are very configurable, to the point of being unusable. Have you copied the vt100 termcap entry provided by Informix into the termcap file you are using? Or point to the Informix version before starting the program? Peter -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 Mail: Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc.