It already works with RBase as is. Read my second response.
You can tailor it to your own needs. If you want it stupidly simple, then wrap it up in a stored procedure of your own, to use as you like. You can have it done before RBTI can generate the enhancement, even though they are faster than greased lightening... ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce A. Chitiea" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 3:27 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Pause Command: Window Width : 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 :: :: : :
