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

Fri May 15 14:20:04 PDT 2020

It does.  That's how -I- remember it.  ;)

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On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 04:38:32PM -0400, Scott Walker via Filepro-list thus spoke:
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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>
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