Windows filepro splash screen

[Bill Randall]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Easton" <bruce at stn.com>
To: "filepro list" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:31 PM
Subject: Windows filepro splash screen


> Is there any way to get rid of the splash screen in Windows filepro 
> when
> moving from one menu to another when a script is used for the 
> calling menu?
>
> I am creating custom menu system on Windows, and the software 
> requires me to
> set PFQUAL going into each part of the application, which I would 
> like to do
> within menu scripts, since I am mixing new parts of the application 
> that do
> not expect a qualifier with ones that do (and I want the options as 
> close to
> each other as possible).  I don't want to modify the application - I 
> just
> want to call some original menu options from a custom menu.
>
> I see that if I use ! in front of the called menu in Windows, the 
> splash
> screen is bypassed.  But since I need the script to set PFQUAL via 
> scripts
> followed by a "p <menuname>" call for some options, then I see no 
> way to
> bypass the splash screen when the operator is just trying to 
> navigate
> through secondary menus.  Have I missed something?  Or is this one 
> of those
> fp Windows inconveniences?

You don't say the version of filePro but that is a very old issue that 
has been resolved in newer licensed versions.  So....upgrade?

Bill