filePro with no stdin (was Re: Hosting filePro applications)

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At Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 07:12:39PM -0700 or thereabouts, 
suspect Ken Cole was observed uttering:
> > Of course, the question becomes "what should filePro do if it
> > needs input and stdin is closed or at EOF?"
> 
> If by input you mean "waiting for a return/enter after an error" then
> terminate immediately and write/append the details to a log file would
> be my first reaction.

Ah, but hard errors aren't the only cases.  You could accidentally be
sitting at a table selection or index selection prompt/box and it's not
technically an "error".  And yet--it should die a quick and polite death
while stating why it bailed.  I've seen someone forget the index and have
it wait.  It happens.

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