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Conference csc32::consolemanager

Title:POLYCENTER Console Manager
Notice:Kits, Scans, Docs on CSC32:: as PCM$KITS:,PCM$DOCS:, PCM$SCANS:
Moderator:CSC32::BUTTERWORTH
Created:Thu Aug 06 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1541
Total number of notes:6564

364.0. "Monitor using NEW command from C3" by CSC32::C_TOWNSEND () Wed Aug 24 1994 19:07

Hello -

The NEW command in Monitor seems to work from character-cell fine, however a
C3 display from both VAX and AXP fails to let me VIEW or SELECT from a "NEW"
window.  The message I get even when I provide a system name is: 

	System has not been selected for this Monitor session

Can anyone provide information on whether this works for them?


Thanks,
Connie
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364.1OPG::PHILIPAnd through the square window...Wed Aug 24 1994 21:2610
Connie,

  I think that this is the way its supposed to work, you will only ever get
  to "monitor" those systems you specified on the command line, consequently,
  when you perform MONITOR from the C3, the only system you "specify" on the
  command line is the one system. So, whats the point in having two windows
  (as a result of NEW) when they can only ever display the same system? 

Cheers,
Phil
364.2Customer just had to try ...CSC32::C_TOWNSENDWed Aug 24 1994 23:039
Phil -

We didn't explicitly document that NEW was to be useful in character-cell
only, so the customer thought it was broken.  Perhaps you could throw an
error in the C3 message box or somewhere to advise "Command NEW not valid
from C3 Monitor".  

Thanks,
Connie
364.3CSC32::BUTTERWORTHGun Control is a steady hand.Wed Aug 24 1994 23:588
    Connie,
      You would get a similar error from the VCS C3 if you tried to do a
    VIEW different-nodename-than-you-clicked-this-monitor from. I chalk
    this one up to "you-can't-please-all-of-the-people-all-of-the-time".
    
    
    Regs,
      Dan
364.4OPG::PHILIPAnd through the square window...Thu Aug 25 1994 10:5811
Connie,

  The problem is the Monitor interface is started in
  a DECterm as if you typed "CONSOLE MONITOR mumble"
  now how do we know its running as an option from
  the C3 in order to display a message about NEW?

Cheers,
Phil
364.5CSC32::C_TOWNSENDThu Aug 25 1994 17:347
Gentlemen:

Perhaps I'll put something in STARS about expected behavior.  BTW, this is a
customer with a premium service contract that was asking about the NEW
function.  I didn't inquire because I wanted to nit.

Connie
364.6CSC32::BUTTERWORTHGun Control is a steady hand.Thu Aug 25 1994 19:3310
    >I didn't inquire because I wanted to nit.
    
    Speaking for myself I wasn't accusing you of such. If this customer has
    a premium service contract then he probably migrated from VCS and as I
    said in -2 only the names of the commands have changed as VCS behaved
    the same way.
    
    Regs,
      Dan
364.7OPG::PHILIPAnd through the square window...Fri Aug 26 1994 00:4115
>>    >I didn't inquire because I wanted to nit.
>>    
>>    Speaking for myself I wasn't accusing you of such. If this customer has
>>    a premium service contract then he probably migrated from VCS and as I
>>    said in -2 only the names of the commands have changed as VCS behaved
>>    the same way.
>>    

 Neither was I, also, regardless of the contract the customer has, any 
 feedback which would potentially benefit other users or improve the product 
 is always welcome, however trivial or nit picking it may seem.    

Cheers,
Phil