Alastair Sorry for unclear directions on my part. If you want to report a bug, you must join the "RBase Developers Corner Crew"
Go to: http://www.rbase.com/rdcc/ and join - then you can login and report bugs, request enhancements, etc! David Blocker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alastair Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 6:28 PM Subject: Re: Pause messages using variables > David, > > Thanks, please don't take this the wrong way, I've just been to the web-site > and there are ten buttons none of which appears to take me to anything about > reporting "apparent" bugs. > > I know I've seen references to this in the past but I have never thought in > the past that anything I find odd is a bug - it's usually me doing something > stupid. Could you point me in the right direction, please, as these three > things seem, to me, to be plain wrong? > > Thanks & regards, > Alastair. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Blocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 11:11 PM > Subject: Re: Pause messages using variables > > > > 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. > > > > >---------------------------------- > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >---------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > >================================================ > > > > >TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > > > >Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > > > >================================================ > > > > >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > > > >================================================ > > > > >TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > > > >http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > > > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > > > ================================================ > > > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > > > ================================================ > > > > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > > > > > ================================================ > > > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > > ================================================ > > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > > ================================================ > > > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > > > ================================================ > > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
