Using the latest and greatest 7.1 for Windows build 7.1.81.30922, I have just
discovered what I consider a quirk. An automated reload routine sets the
output with the following command. The screen is included so that users know
something is going on, and when it is done, they can review the results.

SET MESSAGES ON
SET ERROR MESSAGES ON
OUTPUT xReload.log WITH SCREEN

and at the end of the file

OUTPUT SCREEN
RBEDIT xReload.log
RETURN

Here's the quirk: If I issue the OUTPUT command before connecting to the
database, the file has only 1 byte in it. If I issue it after the database
has been connected, the log file contains all the message data I expect to
see. The file will not trap the messages on a failed disconnect, which is a
bit important. 

Can anyone else verify this? Did I just notice this after all these many
years? Am I crazy? (Well, Yes, but ...)


Albert Berry 
Management Consultant
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Sparwood BC, V0B 2G2 
Canada
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