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On 6/27/18 6:20 PM, Richard Kreiss wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The problem is that this would
require user input as processing stops once all the records
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OR *program input* - which is why Bill mentioned using pushkey. And
actually I believe processing stops then either all records have
been selected that can be shown OR when filepro has enough records
selected to show to fill up one browse screen's worth.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>That is why there needs to be some
way to have a browse lookup do something without user input.</span></p>
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And there is - pushkey. Keep in mind that the "exit key" defined in
the browse can be almost anything. It could be "P" for "proceed!".
It shouldn't be advertised to the end user - it's only needed in
conjunction with @bk to allow you to have the program execution (for
example):<br>
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a) clear a message, then<br>
b) repeat the browse with "pkeep" on the keep the place in the
browse<br>
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Obviously your pushkey needs to be above the browse line in the
program.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>@bk is the only way a browse does
anything once the records have been selected. Even then,
the acceptable key strokes are defined as part of the
command line. That is why adding an option for a length of
time would be workable. The sub-routine name can be either
fixes or be another renvirnmental variable such as
PFBrowseSub. That could be set from the command line or
passed as a –BW option with the *clerk or *report command.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>An option such as this would allow a
browse to be updated automatically. And yes I did need this
for a programming job I was considering. Without such an
option, I had to pass on the job. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Richard Kreiss</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span>
William J. McEachran [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:bill.mceachran@gmail.com">mailto:bill.mceachran@gmail.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 26, 2018 1:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rkreiss@verizon.net">rkreiss@verizon.net</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Bruce Easton <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bruce@stn.com"><bruce@stn.com></a>; Filepro
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: Browse Lookups</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You could probably do that ...</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Record the current time into a
variable before the browse starts.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the browse processing compare the
current time the original time.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When your desired time has passed
'drop all' -- you'd need a pushkey set to get you out of
the browse and continue with your 'out of time' routine.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The devil is in the details of
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bill
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 11:39 AM
Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list <<a
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<p class="MsoNormal">Problem with your not tried
suggestion is that the browse lookup occurs outside the
normal processing and will not see anything done outside
the browse that’s why the @bk option.
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I would love to be able to set a timer for a browse
which would execute a sub-routine. One could then put up
or take down a show pop up. What I really wanted was
the ability to have the browse re-execute to add or
delete records. This would also allow for the closing of
a browse if nothing is happening or putting up a msgbox
which requires a response. No response in a given fine
the. Record is exited. This is similar to what happens
on some websites where one is prompted about logging out
after a. Set time of inactivity. <br>
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In my example, the programmer would be responsible for
deciding if the record should be saved first or just
cancelled thereby losing any changes made.
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Richard<br>
Sent from my iPhone<br>
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> On Jun 25, 2018, at 10:28 PM, Richard Kreiss via
Filepro-list <<a
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target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
> <br>
> I did this years ago be counting the records to
appear in the lookup or report and the dividing by the
length of the scroll bar. That let me know how many
records had to be processed before setting a 1 character
field’s value to a graphic character for display.
Ds=ds{ds when the execution value was met. You can even
put up % complete values or display that value as a
show.
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> <br>
> With a browse, you will need to set this as a
subroutine to be run along with Any other processing.
Keep in mind that once all the records are selected in a
browse, moving through the records will cause the scroll
routine to run again. You will need to block any key
strokes that cause the browse to execute this sub
routine. <br>
> <br>
> For Windows based computers, I have not seen the
issue of a browse appearing to be frozen. This was an
issue in the early ‘90’s.
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> <br>
> As for the report output, this was done for a
client’s bookkeeper so that she could glance at a screen
and have a visual idea of how far along the report
generation was. Again, the speed of today’s machines has
made this unnecessary.
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> <br>
> Richard<br>
> Sent from my iPhone<br>
> <br>
>> On Jun 25, 2018, at 3:40 PM, Walter Vaughan Jr
via Filepro-list <<a
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target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> I had sort of the same Idea that one could show
boxes/lines incrementing across the bottom of the
screen like the illusion of a progress bar, however
I'm curious how one would trap knowing that you are not
locked up. How would you know in the "prc= " code that
you had gotten to the end and need to take it down?
Typically after the browse I've only checked for @bk
keys. So one could change the show box status to
"Completed" before checking for @bk's?<br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>> From: Filepro-list [mailto:<a
href="mailto:filepro-list-bounces%2Bwvaughan"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">filepro-list-bounces+wvaughan</a>=<a
href="mailto:steelerubber.com@lists.celestial.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">steelerubber.com@lists.celestial.com</a>]
On Behalf Of Fairlight via Filepro-list<br>
>> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 3:24 PM<br>
>> To: <a
href="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a><br>
>> Subject: Re: Browse Lookups<br>
>> <br>
>> 1) Before your lookup, do a SHOW (or other
NON-blocking) text display.<br>
>> <br>
>> 2) Set an increment counter to zero.<br>
>> <br>
>> 3) Every time that code block is executed,
increment your counter. If you want to handle it in
multiples of 'x', do the calculation to determine if
you're on that multiple (of, say...100 or 1000).<br>
>> <br>
>> 4) Every time it's time to print the message,
update it with the incremented counter.<br>
>> <br>
>> 5) After the lookup is complete, take down or
otherwise paint over your text display.<br>
>> <br>
>> 6) Profit.<br>
>> <br>
>> m-><br>
>> <br>
>> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 03:06:24PM -0400, Scott
Walker via Filepro-list thus spoke:<br>
>>> I'm doing a browse lookup.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> There is some code executed for each record
which causes many of them <br>
>>> to be dropped (that is good).<br>
>>> <br>
>>> But when a lot of records are dropped (like
thousands) I want to flash <br>
>>> a message telling the customer that the
system is doing some searching <br>
>>> and is not "frozen". When the system is
not actively searching for <br>
>>> records to include, (like when it's filled
up the entire browse lookup <br>
>>> window) I want this message to be cleared
or when it's gotten to the <br>
>>> end of the file it is searching through.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> Has anyone figure out how to do this?<br>
>>> <br>
>>> I'm having trouble figuring out where the
right place to put the code <br>
> <br>
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