>a Pause for 2 in the code to give the hard drive enough time to make sure the file is fully written
I don't understand the theory behind your explanation for the Pause for 2. There shouldn't be any reason to wait at all. Those things are taken over by the OS, not Rbase. You should just continue to use your Pause 4, but you could change the message in between file writes to indicate the completion of one and the beginning of another.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betaserver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 1:26 PM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Pause & Pause For Behavior I have a command file that is a simple loop that creates files on the hard drive that I just converted from 6.5 to 7.1. Prior to entering the loop I place a simple Pause 4 using 'Please wait file creation in process' Then we enter the loop and one by one the files are created, but in between each run of the loop I placed a Pause for 2 in the code to give the hard drive enough time to make sure the file is fully written. What happens is when it hits the pause for 2 command, it places an OK button on pause 4 dialog box. Then after the pause for 2 command finishes, it erases the Pause 4 box off the screen completely. In RB 6.5 a Pause for N command never displayed anything nor did it interfere with a Pause 4 window. Is there anyway to stop/suppress the Pause for N from taking over the Pause 4 window.. I suppose a work around is to not use the pause for N command and replace it with a While counting loop. Simple Example Test Code pause 4 using 'this is a test' set var vcount integer = 0 while vcount < 50 then set var vcount = (.vcount + 1) pause for 1 *( here you see an 'OK' Box appear on the Pause 4 window and then after it Finishes the pause 4 window is cleared *) endwhile return Suggestions welcome. Thanks -- Frank -- Frank Taylor, Systems Network Administrator -- F.J. O'Hara Corp, Boston, MA -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 617-790-3093
