[RBG7-L] - Re: Displaying Running Counts

[Dan]

Thanks for the Tip Alastair, that works great.   Dan   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alastair Burr Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 11:53 PM To: RBG7-L Mailing List Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Displaying Running Counts   Dan,   Try the PAUSE command with the following options:   PAUSE 4 USING .vMessage CAPTION .vCaption +   OPTION METER_VISIBLE ON|METER_TYPE +   Bar3D|METER_VALUE .vProgress You'll also need a PAUSE 3 first to set it up before the PAUSE 4   Regards, Alastair.   ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan To: RBG7-L Mailing List Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 3:16 AM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Displaying Running Counts   In Previous versions of rbase when using a declare cursor command to update rows I would set a variable to count down the progress of the update. To display it I would use the write command.  The only way I have found in the new version to display a running count is to use the pause 3 command.  IE: set var i=1 set var vrows=rows in audience fetch cursor1 into vcomboid,vdaypartid while sqlcode <> 100 and (lastkey(0))<>'[esc]' then   set var vmess=('Updating Arbitron Dayparts'+(CHAR(013))+(CHAR(013)))   set var vmess=(.vmess+'Row '+(ctxt(.i))+' of '+(ctxt(.vrows)))   pause 3 using .vmess   set var i=(.i+1)   fetch cursor1 into vcomboid,vdaypartid endwhile closewindow   This works but I’m wondering if anyone knows of a better way to accomplish this.   Thanks Dan