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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:	OLD ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:	Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:	IOSG::PYE

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4343
Total number of notes:	18308

2485.0. "output destination without escapes sequences" by AIMTEC::BUTLER_T () Mon Mar 29 1993 17:10

    I am working this with a customer (USAAA) and have no suggestions,
    any ideas appreciated.
    
    
       ALL-IN-1 v2.4 w/ patches through K605 and WPS-PLUS v4 option
    
       I am attempting to write some control sequences to the terminal, but
    do not
    want any extranneous control sequences output.  I was using the OA$FAO
    function
    and using OA$DISPLAY as the destination symbol, but this outputs the
    control
    sequences necessary to position down to line 24, column 1.  Is there a
    different
    destination to output to that would not cause this to occur?  I also
    have ruled
    out OA$DCL or COMMAND filename.com with a WRITE SYS$OUTPUT since I do
    not want
    to create a subprocess.
    
       Thanks,
    
    Tim

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2485.1	Not obviously (to me!)	IOSG::PYE	Graham - ALL-IN-1 Sorcerer's Apprentice	`Tue Mar 30 1993 10:29`	11
	I can't think of any easy way to do this - Cue for another reply form someone else! PROMPT and DISPLAY will both position the cursor at line 24, or screen bottom. I thought about using .BOX, would that be possible? Even if you use DCL and WRITE SYS$OUPUT, you'll get CR,LF on the end. Outrageously, you could write a tiny program that does a write and INSTALL/EXECUTE it.... Graham
2485.3	Have you looked at .TEXT?	SANFAN::LESLIE_DA	Greetings & Solutions	`Tue Mar 30 1993 18:21`	0
2485.4	Use OA$FORM_INFO too?	IOSG::PYE	Graham - ALL-IN-1 Sorcerer's Apprentice	`Tue Mar 30 1993 18:37`	10
	Re .3 See, I told you that saying it was impossible would provoke someone into proving me wrong! Further, you can work out whereabouts you are on the form using the OA$FORM_INFO DSAB so you haven't got to hardwire things into .TEXT's parameters. Graham
2485.5	find the one who can push the buttons!	AIMTEC::BUTLER_T		`Tue Mar 30 1993 23:04`	2
	Thank You One and All!
2485.6	Almost, but not quite?	SCOTTC::MARSHALL	Spitfire Drivers Do It Topless	`Wed Mar 31 1993 10:32`	12
	I thought of .TEXT, but doesn't that output <CR><LF> after the 'text' that you give it? The base noter wanted something that doesn't add any control characters/sequences to the output. Something else to bear in mind. There is a generic "feature" of ALL-IN-1 symbol processing, which I discussed in another topic a few months back, in that under some circumstances, control characters will be stripped out of ALL-IN-1 symbols. They will always be stripped from the beginning of strings. So even if .TEXT does the trick, you need to be careful how you construct and pass the string of control characters to it. Scott