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

Fri May 15 13:38:32 PDT 2020

Nancy,

Doesn't "PFMBTO" stand for "Profile Message Box Time Out".

If I'm not mistaken, that would make it the character "O" as in Oscar.

Regards,
Scott

Scott Walker
Scott.walker at ramsystemscorp.com

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From: Filepro-list <filepro-list-bounces+scottwalker=ramsystemscorp.com at lists.celestial.com> On Behalf Of Nancy Palmquist via Filepro-list
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2020 3:52 PM
To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
Subject: Re: Msgbox automatically closing after about 1 second or so....

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
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>>>
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>>> ichat:  James at Flantec.com <mailto:James at Flantec.com>
>>>
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