Msgbox automatically closing after about 1 second or so....

Nancy Palmquist nancy.palmquist at vss3.com
Fri May 15 12:51:30 PDT 2020


I have always had trouble with this variable because the font they used 
to print things does not make it clear if it is PFMBTO or PFMBT0.

While we are talking about it maybe someone knows for sure which is 
right. It made better sense with Zero as the last character.

Nancy

On 5/14/2020 11:54 PM, Laura Brody via Filepro-list wrote:
> \r PFMBTO = n \r
>      (4.5.8, Unix only, 5.8.0 Windows also) Causes popup message boxes
>      to timeout after n seconds, and behave as if the user had
>      pressed \KZ.  Values: 1 <= n <= 32000. Affects MSGBOX, ERRORBOX,
>      and any filePro popup which default to pressing \KZ.
> Default: no timeout.
>
> Is it possible that the user made some changes and is now feigning
> ignorance? "I have no idea what happened. It just started to act weird." It
> wouldn't be the first time.
>
> Laura Brody
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 11:03 PM Scott Walker via Filepro-list <
> filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:
>
>> James,
>>
>> I think Ken is referring to PFMBTO, which I guess stands for PF Message
>> Box Time Out, which sure sounds like what you are experiencing.
>>
>> But what are the chances of that environmental variable getting set on
>> your server without you knowing about it?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>> Scott Walker
>> Scott.walker at ramsystemscorp.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Filepro-list <filepro-list-bounces+scottwalker=
>> ramsystemscorp.com at lists.celestial.com> On Behalf Of Ken Cole via
>> Filepro-list
>> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2020 9:54 PM
>> To: James Flanagan <James at flantec.com>
>> Cc: Filepro_List <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
>> Subject: Re: Msgbox automatically closing after about 1 second or so....
>>
>> James,
>>
>> There is an environment variable that controls error messages auto closing
>> check and see if there is something similar for msgbox or that variable
>> impacts msgbox.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> On Fri, 15 May 2020 at 11:36, James Flanagan via Filepro-list <
>> filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Redhat Enterprise 6.8 (2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.x86_64) Filepro 5.8.01.06D6
>>>
>>> In the last few days, one of my server is experiencing a strange issue
>>> with msgbox’s, where they close automatically after about a second or so.
>>> At first, I thought that I was a client issue, but after testing it on
>>> several clients, and having rebooted the server, the issue continues.
>>>
>>> I have searched through the manual and cannot locate anything that may
>>> have been accidentally set.
>>>
>>> Has anyone here seen this behavior before?  Whatever might be causing
>>> it, I need to get the server back to where it requires an ENTR key to
>>> close the msgbox window.  Thank you all in advance….
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> James Flanagan
>>> Flantec.com <http://flantec.com/>
>>>
>>> email:  James at Flantec.com <mailto:James at Flantec.com>
>>> mobile: 760-458-8498
>>> home:   219-221-6219
>>> text:           7604588498 at txt.att.net <mailto:7604588498 at txt.att.net>
>>>
>>> Skype:  Flantec
>>> ichat:  James at Flantec.com <mailto:James at Flantec.com>
>>>
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