Re: Display array highlist

In-Reply-To: <memo.832787@cix.compulink.co.uk> shemminga@cix.compulink.co.uk (Stuart Hemming) TITLE: Reports in windows (was display highlights) This is a repost 'cos I'd like some comment from Informix and their server was down. Sorry those of you who've already read it. > In-Reply-To: <cortesi.725577273@helium> cortesi@informix.com (David Cortesi) > > In <cortesi.725577273@helium> David Cortesi writes: > > [Stuff deleted] > > > The latter (ability to use variables in the OUTPUT section) is > > generally accepted as a Good Idea, I think. As to the file viewer > > window, why do you want Informix to reinvent the browser > > that exists on every platform already (and probably do it wrong :) > > when you could just, for example, RUN "less /tmp/report.01" > > OK, fine for full screen paging. The original contributer was looking > for scrolled reportd in a window. I would imagine something like: > > OPEN WINDOW win1, AT 3, 3 WITH 10 ROWS, 40 COLUMNS > PAGE <textfile> > > I don't believe that the compiler should be responsible for checking > line lengths, simply foreshortening long lines should be ok, that > would make the implementation easier anyway. > > > > Or under a GUI, > > RUN "/usr/openwin/bin/textedit /tmp/report.01" WITHOUT WAITING > > You could even pass -Geometry arguments... that should impress the troops... > > Maybe, I wouldn't know. > | I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way -- Jessica Rabbit | |------------------------------------------------------------| | Stuart Hemming | shemminga@cix.compulink.co.uk | | Tudor Labels Ltd | uunet!cix.compulink.co.uk!shemminga | | Roman Bank Bourne | Tel : (+44) 778 426444 | | Lincs PE10 9LQ. UK. | Fax : (+44) 778 421862 | Stuart |8-)