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1876.1 | Are you using a terminal emulator? | IOSG::TALLETT | Gimmee an Alpha colour notebook... | Tue Dec 01 1992 07:59 | 1 |
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1876.2 | Ultra-modern VT220... | DEVIL1::CAFE3 | Jack Creamer | Tue Dec 01 1992 13:25 | 6 |
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Nope... It's a VT220... Though I am dialing in with a 2400 baud modem.
FWIW, this is a V2.4 system.
Jack
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1876.3 | Script? | AIMTEC::BUTLER_T | | Tue Dec 01 1992 15:46 | 8 |
| Jack,
My memory may be shot - untill V3.0 the only way to be sure a
.box directive would work was to put it in a script.
FMS?
Tim
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1876.4 | Some stuff to check? | SANFAN::LESLIE_DA | Greetings & Solutions | Tue Dec 01 1992 16:17 | 15 |
| Hi Jack, good to hear from you again...
Verify that your modem and your terminal session are set up to match
each other's data bits (it looks like one is set for 8 bits (probably
the terminal session), and something in the loop is set to 7. You've
got to check:
1. The VAX session (through SHOW TERMINAL)
2. The modem (check with your modem software (kermit has a SHOW ALL
command)
3. Anything else that seems suspicious (;*}
Also verify that your terminal is set to advanced video (SHOW TERMINAL).
Hang in there...
Dan
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1876.5 | Screen context confusion... | DEVIL1::CAFE3 | Jack Creamer | Tue Dec 01 1992 18:48 | 24 |
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The modem and terminal setup seem to be a red herring. I've seen this
same thing happen when I'm not using a modem, so I'm gonna guess that
it has something to do with whether the last character that FMS
"painted" was a _real_ character or a line.
I am calling this from within a DO-script. In any event, my workaround
is to create a small .BOX and immediately close it and delete it before
I call my "real" box.
Now I have another problem... (Don't we all!!)
After the .BOX is closed (by .END_BOX) and deleted (by .DELETE_BOX xxx)
the screen repaints using the underlying screen image from the first
time that the box was called - not the current screen image. I guess
I need to know how to set the screen context before calling .BOX.
I've tried an assortment of CLOSE_PRIORs, CLEARs, and CLEAR FORMs.
(Hey, it was worth a shot!)
Any ideas? I'm not too proud to use a tacky workaround!!
Jack
OA$_FRY_COOK_IN_THE_CAFE
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1876.6 | | HVNBND::WARFORD | Richard Warford @CEO DTN 367-5455 | Tue Dec 01 1992 19:34 | 3 |
| Since your using SCRIPT mode commands, how about .CLEAR or .REFRESH
Rick
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1876.7 | Handy hints #274 | SCOTTC::MARSHALL | I'd rather be skiing | Wed Dec 02 1992 11:51 | 3 |
| Also .SET_REFRESH might be useful.
Scott
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