Lena/Javier/Albert/Alastair/Mike: Awesome response. Clearly, it's the pause that refreshes ... too narrowly.
I'll submit an enhancement request for a PAUSE option along the lines of: OPTION CAPTION_STRETCH ON Thanks very much Bruce -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Byerley Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:07 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Pause Command: Window Width Try This: IF (Chkfunc('MessageBox')) = 0 THEN -- MsgTYPE , Caption text, MsgString, WndHandle of Parent STDCALL Function 'MessageBoxA' alias 'MessageBox' + (INTEGER, PTR TEXT (128), PTR TEXT, INTEGER ) : INTEGER ENDIF SET VAR vCaption TEXT = 'Test Message Box Caption With An Impossibly Long Caption That Runs Almost All Across The Screen' SET VAR vMsg TEXT = ('ShortMessage') SET VAR viRes = (DLCALL('User32', 'MessageBoxA', 49, vCaption, vMsg, 0)) RETURN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce A. Chitiea" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:46 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Pause Command: Window Width : : : All: : : : : Rbase e9.5(64) su : : Win 7 pro : : : : The following representative PAUSE command: : : : : PAUSE 2 USING 'Blah Blah' + : : CAPTION 'Who writes captions this long??' : : : : .sizes the PAUSE window for the short message, truncating the caption. : : : : The same message with the width parameter: : : : : PAUSE 2 USING 'Blah Blah' =50 + : : CAPTION 'Who writes captions this long??' : : : : .produces the same result, if for no other reason than that there's nothing : to wrap. : : : : No difference if the message and caption are fed through variables. : : : : Thoughts? : : : : Bruce Chitiea : : SafeSectors, Inc. : : eCondoMetrics : :
