Re: Sending messages to terminals

Ian wrote: > > Hi, > > In order to free up terminals for use while print requests are > executed, I tend to instigate the running of reports from a 4GL > program by performing a 'RUN' command and running the report in the > background. > > However, there are occasions when impatient users try to go on and do > something else they shouldn't until the report has finished. To > counter this I am trying to come up with a way of determining how to > get a message back to the users screen to let them know the report has > finished, even though they may be in another program which does not > reuqire them to wait for the report to finish. > > I know I can work out who sent the report and from which terminal, but > the problem I forsee is how to get a message up on their screen and > for them to interact with it, perhaps just by hitting 'return' in > acknowledgement. > > Does anyone think this is a possibility and if so would you like to > point me in the right direction. > > We are running RDS 4.2 on AIX. > > Cheers, Ian. You can write to the terminal with the Unix write command or just to the device. Make sure you include carriage returns, linefeeds, white space to set off message, etc. Ask the user to press Ctrl+R to redraw the screen. -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 --- If all else fails, read the instructions AND the release notes. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. --- Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.org.uk/