Alastair
Don't get p'd off, submit it to RBTI! They fix bugs IMMEDIATELY if you can
document it and they can replicate it. This is not the place to submit
them - go to RBTI's web site
David Blocker
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alastair Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: Pause messages using variables
> 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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