User command in @key processing

[James Flanagan]

Mark, 

Yeah, that was exactly it.  Thank you very much, 


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> On Aug 13, 2018, at 2:38 PM, Fairlight via Filepro-list <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:
> 
> Your mistake is likely in not using CLOSE.
> 
> After your "aa=xxx" line, use this line:
> 
> ::close xxx:
> 
> Should it -technically- close upon re-hitting the user command?  That's a
> mattter one could debate either way.  I strongly suspect it is not closing,
> however, leaving you with a dead file descriptor.
> 
> mark->
> 
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 02:02:04PM -0400, James Flanagan via Filepro-list thus spoke:
>> 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.
>> 
>> Thank you very much, in advance.  
>> 
>> 
>> James Flanagan
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