Nested Calls

[Bob Rasmussen]

Did I hear my name? Anzio (and other terminal emulation clients) have a 
feature where the user can click (or double-click, as configured) on the 
screenm and Anzio will recognize what amounts to a URL at that clicked 
location, extract that string from the screen buffer, and "open" it in 
Windows, which causes Windows to invoke its designated web browser and go 
to that URL. This is all done with no interaction with the filePro 
programming or data files.

A similar process works with the name of a local file, such as a .DOC or 
.PDF or a .CSV.

Any questions?

On Wed, 2 May 2018, Jose Lerebours via Filepro-list wrote:

> On 05/02/2018 12:34 PM, Brian K. White wrote:
>> It's just as well I can't post to fp list these days.
>> two days in a row I would have ridiculed Jose...
>> Yesterday it was "can filepro make a url clickable?"
>> 
>> derr, 2 things:
>> * clickable is a function of the terminal client, not filepro. Some 
>> terminals do recognize urls and make them clickable, the same way an email 
>> client does.
> I am aware of this but it does not fall into my "full scale" understanding of 
> how it works and/or how to implement it.  Not too long ago I briefly spoke 
> with a list member who does this so I opted to "bait" him into the 
> conversation; or others that may have offered a full and accurate explanation 
> on hat particular subject.
>
>> * you yourself worked ON a system for at least a year, which not only made 
>> links clickable but actually launched them itself, from filepro.
>> (I don't remember how long he worked for us, a year? more? less? but it was 
>> sure long enough to have seen a desprint print-to-pdf or a scanning demo.)
> I did not pay too much attention to your filePro code, hate fpWeb and I was 
> "told" not to touch the processing table (Linda I think ...), this was yours 
> and/or two other very specific staff members to deal with ... in fact, I had 
> to go out of my way to try to find ways to get around this processing table 
> but it proved to be a grave error (I dropped the ball and I am no longer with 
> the Company).
>
>> 
>> Today it's "what possible use would nestable call tables be?"
>
> This could be a trap if not properly terminated, just like "gosubs".  It is a 
> matter of programming techniques and/or approach to a problem.  filePro, 
> AFAIK, is not an OOP language nor it is a procedural language but the 
> "call/chain" is the closest it will come to a "procedural" language ...the 
> way I see it.
>
> Again, I can see calling one or two tables but the use of "nested" and wonder 
> about how deep you can go gives me pause and wonder why one would need more 
> than two or three ... I have written very large and very complex filePro 
> application and never needed more than one, perhaps because I adopted to the 
> handicap back then.
>
>> 
>> "Hi I've been programming for 20 years..."
> Yes I have, and I can hold my own next to anyone ... but that does not mean I 
> get the results in the exact same manner you would.
>
>
>
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Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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