filepro menus and Ctrl-S - maybe Anzio setting?

[Bob Rasmussen]

I believe this suggestion is good. As for Anzio, I think it is behaving 
rationally - when it receives a ctrl-S, it stops sending.

On Thu, 9 Dec 2010, Bruce Easton wrote:

> (I'm assuming the top post below was later than what was on the bottom; I
> don't think that reply from Bob every made it to me.  Anyway - it looks like
> the exact behavior is answered in the top post below.)
> 
> Have you tried making a new menu on the Linux box with 19 options on it and
> calling it from another menu?  Also, could there be something on the calling
> menu option that is changing the environment in some way before referencing
> the target menu?
> 
> Bruce
> 
> On 12/9/10 12:03 AM, flowersoft at compuserve.com wrote:
> > A couple of things have not been mentioned which might throw some light on
> > this problem.
> > First, the menu options work perfectly in SCO Unix.  Maybe something
> > happened when the programs were transferred to the Linux box, but everything
> > else seems to be working perfectly.
> > Second, the menu behaves normally if called from the command line or
> > dpromenu.  In other words, if you type p menuname from the command line, no
> > problems.  If you run it from the G option of the filePro menu, no problems.
> > It is only when the menus with 19 lines are called from another filePro user
> > menu, that the problem occurs and the problem is that Anzio locks the
> > keyboard.  You can see it on the last line of the screen.  Anzio displays
> > LOCK on it.  Hitting Alt U, unlocks the keyboard and the menu works
> > normally.
> > So it is something that Anzio is doing but what is triggering it is the
> > million Dollar question.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: filepro-list-bounces+flowersoft=compuserve.com at lists.celestial.com
> > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+flowersoft=compuserve.com at lists.celestial.com]
> > On Behalf Of Bob Rasmussen
> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 6:30 PM
> > To: Bruce Easton
> > Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> > Subject: Re: filepro menus and Ctrl-S - maybe Anzio setting?
> >
> > On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, Bruce Easton wrote:
> >
> > > OK - let me try to simplify:
> > >
> > > The behavior on the client menu is that it freezes as soon as the menu
> > > is run from option G - and only for the menus that have 19 options on
> > them.
> > > In my investigation of this (not even on the client's site by the way,
> > > but on one of our Linux boxes), I went into vi and notice this
> > > correlation about this control char visible at the top and the number of
> > > options.  Nothing is freezing up during my investigation.
> > >
> > > At this point, I'm sure there must be some problem with the termcap, OS
> > > terminal configuration, something other than filepro or Anzio - it has
> > > to be.
> > >
> > > In my inital post I say:
> > >
> > > "The first character on each of these menus is a Ctrl-S."
> > >
> > > Not exactly sure how to be any clearer about that part - well it's only
> > once at the top of the file.
> > > Since I'm seeing these control characters for the first time in vi,
> > > it would be helpful to know - does filepro put the control character there
> > or not?
> > > I see you're now talking about vim which I will try.
> > If I understand your clarification, it is NOT that the user is typing
> > ctrl-S, it's that a menu file that happens to SHOW a ctrl-S (if you open
> > it in an editor, which is not recommended) somehow causes a problem.
> > Right?
> >
> > If that is true, and IF filePro somehow displayed (output) that ctrl-S,
> > then it is possible that this causes a problem with Anzio (and not with
> > PuTTY).
> >
> > Regards,
> > ....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.
> >
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> 
> 

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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