Re: I have tried coworkers, and the manual, but to no avail...

Posted in 1998

Jonathan Leffler — Thu, 16 Apr 1998 06:17:43 -0700 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

TomMartins wrote: > What function can you call in 4gl that WAITS for a keystroke, and > returns the key pressed? Someone suggested PROMPT ... FOR CHAR; that sometimes does what you want. Otherwise, there is no standard function that does the job that is documented. I have, I'm sure, contributed such a function in the past, though I can't find it in the DejaNews archive or in the IIUG web site. So, I will try and dig it out of my own archives later and repost it. The 4J's compiler/runtime provides an fgl_getkey() function equivalent to the one I'd provide. Note that the code would be unsupported as far as Informix is concerned. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@visa.com)