"Output" Screen or Both comes to mind as a possibility... > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karen > Tellef > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 10:05 AM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Strange DOS behavior > > This is not a problem -- it was resolved by simply starting the RBase > session. But I'm curious if anyone can think of an explanation of why > this happened. The client sent me a print-screen, otherwise I wouldn't > believe it... > > As mentioned in the subject, they're running DOS (most of the app is in > windows, one module still in DOS). This happened on just one > workstation running a common program, all other workstations ran the > same program and didn't show the behavior. > > The program has several user prompts and a form. Behind the user > prompts and forms, you can see program code, as if a 'SET ECHO ON' > command was run. It wasn't in trace mode because they didn't have to > press any keys to advance thru the code. I did a search of all program > code and custom eeps, and not a single instance of an "echo" command. > Of course, if there was an "echo" in a program then all workstations > would have had the issue.... > > So other than an Echo, is there anything workstation-specific that > would cause all the program code to display in the background? Any > other RBase command I can search for? Or was this the result of > something happening outside RBase? Hasn't happened before, nor > since.... > > Puzzle of the day! > > Karen > > >
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