Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

2154.0. "DECterm & ICON titles get confused" by CSC32::JJONES (Jeff Jones) Sat Jan 27 1990 14:03

Anybody seen this?

[Configuration]
Several VaxStation 3100's with 8 Mbyte Main memory.
VMS 5.3
Local System Disks

[Problem]
When the customer attempts to create several terminals from a command 
procedure (supplied below) using CREATE/TERM/DETACH/... commands one after 
the other, the following problems occur:

As the DECterm windows start to come up; if he clicks on one and attempts 
to start typing etc., DECterm Titles and Icon Titles get confused and 
misplaced. 

	i.e. DECterm #3 and DECterm #4 both get DECterm #4's Title
	i.e. DECterm #6 title is blank

Icon titles get confused in much the same manner.

[Research]
I cannot reproduce this problem on any of our systems out here at the 
center. Yet he can reproduce it at will.
This seems to happen to him as well with the ?CreateDecterm? routine.
I ran into problems with a few PQL_Dmumble parameters in attempting to 
recreate the problem and suggested new settings to the customer as well; 
but these did not solve his problems.
I doubled the following sysgen parameters (from their default) in order to 
keep the TE process from aborting on multiple DECterm create's:

	PQL_Dastlm, PQL_Dbiolm, PQL_Dbytlm, PQL_Dpgflquota

[Questions]
	a) has anybody seen this before?
	b) would this more likely be a problem with the TE process or the
		WM (window manager) process?
	c) any hints in debugging techniques?

[Command_procedure]
$ CREATE/TERM/WIND=(ROW=24,COL=80,TIT="COW'S VTE #1",ICO= -
	"VTE#1",X=3,Y=50)/LITTLE/PROC=VTE#1/DETACH
$ CREATE/TERM/WIND=(ROW=24,COL=80,TIT="COW'S VTE #2",ICO= -
	"VTE#2",X=3,Y=100)/LITTLE/PROC=VTE#2/DETACH
$ CREATE/TERM/WIND=(ROW=24,COL=80,TIT="COW'S VTE #3",ICO= -
	"VTE#3",X=3,Y=150)/LITTLE/PROC=VTE#3/DETACH
$ CREATE/TERM/WIND=(ROW=24,COL=80,TIT="COW'S VTE #4",ICO= -
	"VTE#4",X=3,Y=200)/LITTLE/PROC=VTE#4/DETACH
$ CREATE/TERM/WIND=(ROW=24,COL=80,TIT="COW'S VTE #5",ICO= -
	"VTE#5",X=3,Y=250)/LITTLE/PROC=VTE#5/DETACH
$ CREATE/TERM/WIND=(ROW=24,COL=80,TIT="COW'S VTE #6",ICO= -
	"VTE#6",X=3,Y=300)/LITTLE/PROC=VTE#6/DETACH
$ CREATE/TERM/WIND=(ROW=24,COL=80,TIT="COW'S VTE #7",ICO= -
	"VTE#7",X=3,Y=350)/LITTLE/PROC=VTE#7/DETACH
$ CREATE/TERM/WIND=(ROW=24,COL=80,TIT="COW'S VTE #8",ICO= -
	"VTE#8",X=3,Y=400)/LITTLE/PROC=VTE#8/DETACH
$ CREATE/TERM/WIND=(ROW=24,COL=80,TIT="COW'S VTE #9",ICO= -
	"VTE#9",X=3,Y=450)/LITTLE/PROC=VTE#9/DETACH
$ CREATE/TERM/WIND=(ROW=24,COL=80,TIT="COW'S VTE #10",ICO= -
	"VTE#10",X=3,Y=500)/LITTLE/PROC=VTE#10/DETACH