PRINT @(-1) prior to the printing the error message will clear the screen and move the cursor to the top left corner of the screen so that the error message can be viewed without confusion.
Dave Taylor President Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. 49 Aspen Way Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) (O) 310-544-1974 (P) 800-339-1497 (F) 310-377-3550 Your Source for Integrated EDI Translation and DataSync Integration www.sysmarkinfo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Dzikiewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:22 AM Subject: [U2] CLEARINPUT - Universe > I don't know why I cant find the CLEARINPUT statement documented. Maybe > it was a suggestion from the group way back when. We are working on a > program that pops up error messages. I want to be sure that the users > see this message. What happens a lot, is that our 'speed typers' are > about 10 strokes ahead of the program. A lot of what they do is > redundant and they arent always in the habit of paying attention to what > is on the screen. So, I asked the programmer working on this to put a > CLEARINPUT before the pop up messages. This way, the error message will > have a better chance of being seen. > > I have used CLEARINPUT in the past and this statement is in a handful of > existing programs. The programmer said she had never heard of this and > when she looked in the manual and HELP BASIC CLEARINPUT. She didn't > find anything. So, now Im wondering - how did I find out about this ? > I looked in an old (real printed and bound) BASIC manual and I didn't > find it. I looked in the PDF BASIC manual and I didn't find it. > Actually, it is in the reserved word list. > > I would assume this is still a valid command - it does compile. > > Can anyone enlighten me ? My concern is that this could be an old > command that was replaced by something new ? I don't want to continue > to use something that might not be supported. > > Anthony > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
