resetting PFMBTO?

[Mike Schwartz]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Brody [mailto:kenbrody at spamcop.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 9:16 AM
> To: Mike Schwartz
> Cc: filePro mailing List
> Subject: Re: resetting PFMBTO?
> 
> On 5/10/2011 9:02 AM, Mike Schwartz wrote:
> > filePro 5.0.14 running on SCO Unix 5.0.7
> >
> >        I want to have a debugging msgbox popup in prc.input and then
> > go away after 3 seconds, so I wrote the following code:
> >
> > putenv "PFMBTO","3"
> > msgbox "Preparing to print form#"<au
> > putenv "PFMBTO",""
> >
> >        Is that last line the proper value to reset PFMBTO so that it
> > doesn't affect the other msgbox commands in prc.input?
> [...]
> >       Or isn't there any way to completely reset PFMBTO once it gets
> > turned on?
> 
> PFMBTO is only read once.
> 
> Why not use SHOW POPUP instead?
> 
>      show popup "Preparing to print form#"<au ; video sync
>      sleep "3000"
>      clears ; video sync
> 
> Or, better still:
> 
>      show popup "Printing form#" < au ; video sync
>      ... print the form ...
>      clears ; video sync
> 
> --
> Kenneth Brody

     I'll try a show popup instead.  I'm so used to using the "newfangled"
msgbox that I almost forgot about the "old fashioned" show popup.

Mike