| Title: | DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT. |
| Notice: | Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187 |
| Moderator: | TAEC::BEROUD |
| Created: | Mon Aug 21 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 6497 |
| Total number of notes: | 27359 |
We have in our MSL entity definitions a very long attribute, which in fact is
a file (Welcome message for a computer). We'd like to be able to use the editor
(EDT or TPU) when the network manager wants to modify this attribute with the
"SET" command.
Do you think it is possible ? Can we call Editor routines from within our AM,
when a SET command is received for a specific attribute ? If yes, how can we
manage the differences between the FCL and IMPM presentation modules (Window
creation for IMPM, reset of the terminal for FCL, etc. ) ?
Thanks.
Michel.
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| 3964.1 | VERNA::V_GILBERT | Fri Oct 30 1992 13:55 | 5 | ||
In the Iconic Map, you can expand a long field to get a larger text area in which to edit but we have no direct mechanism to invoke an editor. Offhand, I do not know of any way to do this in the FCL. Verna | |||||
| 3964.2 | spawn/launch | MCC1::DITMARS | Pete | Mon Nov 02 1992 13:58 | 25 |
AM's talking to users runs somewhat counter to the traditional stacking of AM/FM/PM etc... That said, "launching" is all the rage these days, and you might be able to do something along those lines. >We'd like to be able to use the editor >(EDT or TPU) when the network manager wants to modify this attribute with the >"SET" command. >Do you think it is possible ? It's possible, but it probably won't work very well, especially from FCL. I would encourage you to consider ways other than having SET initiate the actual editing of the file, and then perhaps have the SET be able to interpret its argument as a name of a file that has been prepared via some alternate method, e.g. setting the attribute to "@foo.txt" would result in your AM fetching foo.txt. To facilitate invoking an editor, you could put a button on the user's application menu and/or define a symbol in FCL that spawns out to an editor. sorry | |||||