On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:37:38 -0700 Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>In a recent note, Binyamin Dissen said: :>> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:34:50 -0400 :>> :>The user would rather use line mode than panels. I am not sure what :>> :>their reasoning is. :>> Why not find out? Tell him there is a better solution. :>Perhaps not; consider the programming effort. In linemode Rexx: :> say "Enter datum:" :> parse pull datum :>What's the equivalent using panels? I suspect it's more :>than two lines of code. Is the clientele large enough and :>the program used frequently enough to justify the difference :>in effort. prompt = "enter datum" address ispexec "DISPLAY PANEL(whatever)" datum is set by the panel -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
