FW: Switching screens

[Fairlight]

I was wanting to say DISPLAY earlier.  What's the difference between
switchto and display?

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On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 06:49:06PM -0500, Scott Walker via Filepro-list thus spoke:
> I also have trouble remembering that command.
> 
> Maybe they could also call it with:
> 
> "screenstay" or something else that starts with "screen" to make it more
> obvious.
> 
> Right now three commands that are closely related have totally different
> names:
> 
> display, screen, switchto
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott
> 
> Scott Walker
> RAM Systems Corp
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Stanley - stanlyn.com via Filepro-list
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 5:57 PM
> To: 'Kenneth Brody' <kenbrody at spamcop.net>
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> Subject: RE: FW: Switching screens
> 
> Thanks Ken, exactly what I was looking for...  I would have never found it
> unless I read the manual from cover to cover, as I've always used screen,
> therefore I was looking for a flag or switch to the screen command.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Stanley  
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Brody [mailto:kenbrody at spamcop.net]
> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 5:33 PM
> To: Stanley - stanlyn.com <stanley at stanlyn.com>;
> filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: FW: Switching screens
> 
> On 11/13/2016 1:56 PM, Stanley - stanlyn.com via Filepro-list wrote:
> [...]
> > When using code like this, it switches the screen to publish, and is 
> > in UPDATE mode and when cancelled out, it returns back to the calling
> screen.
> [...]
> >        Then: screen "publish" ; end
> >
> > The behavior I need is for it to stay on the screen and NOT in be 
> > UPDATE mode, just like when we press 1 for screen1 and 2 for screen2:
> > The help file is lacking here.
> 
> That's what the SCREEN command does.  You want SWITCHTO.
> 
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> Kenneth Brody
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