[Ql-Users] QL Forum Online Chat

[Dilwyn Jones via Ql-Users]

A bit impromptu and short notice: Some of us are on the QL Forum Online Chat 
tonight if anyone would like to join us.

You don’t have to be a member of QL Forum (though that’s always good!)

Just go to www.qlforum.co.uk and click on the “Online Chat” link near the top 
of the page, then choose a name for yourself and join in.

On a mobile phone, the link is just a speech bubble icon. In fact, there are 
two of them, use the one on the right.

Dilwyn
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Re: [Ql-Users] DM5 upsetting Dates in QPC2

[Derek Stewart via Ql-Users]

On 30/06/17 04:06, Wolf via Ql-Users wrote:

Hi,


There seems to be 2 differences between PAUSE and WAIT.

PAUSE  needs channel #0, WAIT doesn't.


True


PAUSE can be interrupted with a keypress, WAIT can't.


True


Wait comes from the outptr toolkit (on my QLStuff webpage, pointer 
tools). It just suspends the calling job for x ticks : WAIT x


You can replace it with Pause - or even a simple delay loop if you want 
to run it without windows pen (in the case of Pause).


FYI, on my machine runing SMSQmulator, the timings of the p procedure 
would look as follows:


100 DEFine PROCedure p
110 ERT HOT_KEY('g',CHR$(27))
120 EX RAM1_Dm5_Obj
130 REMark WAIT 20- not used !
140 HOT_DO('g')
150 WAIT 1
160 HOT_DO('g')
170 WAIT 1
180 HOT_DO('g')
190 ERT HOT_REMV('g')
200 END DEFine p


Have fun!

Wolfgang
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Hi Wolfgang,


Thank you for the explanation, I forgot about your excellent OUTPTR Toolkit.

I tried your example the parameters entered in the WAIT command seem to 
allow the Invalid Date to be sort of by-passed.


Do you think the DM5_OBJ programme can be patched to not check the 
system date?


I was asked in a Private Message in the QL Forum how to run DM5, 
personally, I would not use it too many issues to correct.


I like to use Cue-Shell, could this be released as freeware?

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Regards,

Derek
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