User command in @key processing

[James Flanagan]

Ken, 

Ah, that actually sounds familiar.  The deja vu I got from your answer tells me I might have already submitted a similar issue to the group.  Anyway, that is precisely what I needed.  Thank you very much, 


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> On Aug 13, 2018, at 2:15 PM, Kenneth Brody via Filepro-list <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:
> 
> On 8/13/2018 2:02 PM, James Flanagan via Filepro-list wrote:
>> Filepro 5.8.01.06D6
> 
>> Redhat Exnterprise 6.8
>> /bin/test_script
>> echo 23
>> Input processing
>> ::end:
>> ::’:
>> @keyx::’:
>> ::aa(2,.0):
>> ::user xxx = /bin/test_script
>> ::aa=xxx:
>> ::msgbox aa:
>> ::end:
>> The first iteration of this code, when hitting the “X” key works and the
>> msgbox contains “23”.  Every subsequent time, however, the msgbox is
>> blank.
>> I found the following in the manual, but I am not quite certain that this
>> is the issue. IMPORTANT: When reading from a user program, filePro Plus
>> executes the program only once, not over and over. Therefore, make sure
>> the user program itself loops until it reaches an end-of-file.
>> Can input processing keep re-running a user command each time in @key
>> processing, however many times the key is pressed for a given record.
> If you want filePro to restart the user program, you'll need to CLOSE it from within filePro.
> 
>    user xxx = /bin/test_script
>    aa = xxx
>    close xxx
>    mesgbox aa
> 
> Or, better yet, have the script loop, and have filePro send it something every time you want to read from it:
> 
>    Script:
> 
>        while read junk
>        do
>            date
>        done
> 
>    Processing:
> 
>        user xxx = /bin/test_script
>        xxx = "" ; aa = xxx
>        mesgbox aa
> 
> -- 
> Kenneth Brody
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