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- From: shemminga@cix.compulink.co.uk (Stuart Hemming)
- Subject: Re: Display array highlist
- Reply-To: shemminga@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 07:35:00 +0000
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- In-Reply-To: <memo.832787@cix.compulink.co.uk> shemminga@cix.compulink.co.uk (Stuart Hemming)
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- TITLE: Reports in windows (was display highlights)
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- This is a repost 'cos I'd like some comment from Informix and their
- server was down. Sorry those of you who've already read it.
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- > In-Reply-To: <cortesi.725577273@helium> cortesi@informix.com (David Cortesi)
- >
- > In <cortesi.725577273@helium> David Cortesi writes:
- >
- > [Stuff deleted]
- >
- > > The latter (ability to use variables in the OUTPUT section) is
- > > generally accepted as a Good Idea, I think. As to the file viewer
- > > window, why do you want Informix to reinvent the browser
- > > that exists on every platform already (and probably do it wrong :)
- > > when you could just, for example, RUN "less /tmp/report.01"
- >
- > OK, fine for full screen paging. The original contributer was looking
- > for scrolled reportd in a window. I would imagine something like:
- >
- > OPEN WINDOW win1, AT 3, 3 WITH 10 ROWS, 40 COLUMNS
- > PAGE <textfile>
- >
- > I don't believe that the compiler should be responsible for checking
- > line lengths, simply foreshortening long lines should be ok, that
- > would make the implementation easier anyway.
- >
- >
- > > Or under a GUI,
- > > RUN "/usr/openwin/bin/textedit /tmp/report.01" WITHOUT WAITING
- > > You could even pass -Geometry arguments... that should impress the troops...
- >
- > Maybe, I wouldn't know.
- >
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