Hi Mike,
Thanks, that's what I'd discovered but I don't want to display a "long"
message first or, even more importantly, to have to remember to display a
long message first.
This is the third "apparent bug" I've encountered in the last couple of
weeks (browse using form with order by on one row; sorting by a function
with a unique constraint and, now, this) and I'm beginning to get p'd off.
Regards, Alastair.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: Pause messages using variables
> Hi Alastair,
>
> I have run into this before. Once a pause is up on the screen
> it does not want to change size. So if you start with a small
> one like you have then it will not display the longer messages.
> To get it to display correctly make the changes as I made
> below and display a long message first.
>
> I reported this feature to RBTI a very long time ago, when
> the PAUSE 4 command first came out.
>
> Best regards,
> Mike Young
>
> On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:23:36 -0000, Alastair Burr wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >Can anyone explain this behaviour in RBW 6.5++p2, please, or point out
> my
> >error(s)?
> >
> >The set of commands below can be copied and pasted as is - no database is
> >needed - and it takes less than 35 seconds to run(!):
> >
> >
> >CLS
> >CLEAR ALL VAR
> >SET VAR vMessage TEXT = NULL
> >SET VAR vCount INTEGER = 0
> >
>
> SET VAR vMessage = 'We are commencing the count down!'
> --SET VAR vMessage = 'Count:'
>
> >PAUSE 3 USING .vMessage AT 15 10
> >PAUSE FOR 1
> >WRITE 'Starting first sequence:' AT 2,10
> >WHILE vCount < 10 THEN
> > SET VAR vMessage = ('Count:' & (CTXT(.vCount)))
> > PAUSE 4 USING .vMessage CAPTION 'Please wait...'
> > WRITE .vMessage AT 3,10
> > SET VAR vCount = (.vCount + 1)
> > PAUSE FOR 1
> >ENDWHILE
> >
> >SET VAR vMessage = 'This is just a long message for fun'
> >PAUSE 3 USING .vMessage AT 15 10
> >PAUSE FOR 1
> >WRITE 'Starting second sequence:' AT 4,10
> >WHILE vCount < 20 THEN
> > SET VAR vMessage = ('Count:' & (CTXT(.vCount)))
> > PAUSE 4 USING .vMessage CAPTION 'Please wait...'
> > WRITE .vMessage AT 5,10
> > SET VAR vCount = (.vCount + 1)
> > PAUSE FOR 1
> >ENDWHILE
> >
> >SET VAR vMessage = 'Count:'
> >PAUSE 3 USING .vMessage AT 15 10
> >PAUSE FOR 1
> >WRITE 'Starting third sequence:' AT 6,10
> >WHILE vCount < 30 THEN
> > SET VAR vMessage = ('Count:' & (CTXT(.vCount)))
> > PAUSE 3 USING .vMessage CAPTION 'Please wait...' AT 15 10
> > WRITE .vMessage AT 7,10
> > SET VAR vCount = (.vCount + 1)
> > PAUSE FOR 1
> >ENDWHILE
> >
> >RETURN
> >
> >
> >Assuming that you get what I get (no count on the first sequence of
pauses)
> >I have noticed this a few times now with pause messages not updating
> >properly - I'm not convinced that it only happens with "pause 4" either,
> >although this test doesn't confirm that.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Alastair.
> >
> >----------------------------------
> >A D B Burr,
> >St. Albans, UK.
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