>Scott makes an assumption when he says "most customers ..." -- this means
>we're outside the norm because we use a menuing system.  If a user program
>aborts in this case, the session is still intact unless the user exits from
>the menu which then triggers a logoff.  The :SHOWVAR enhancements Jeff
>proposes would be a big help to us because most users do not have access to
>a CI prompt from their menus, thus we cannot walk them through :SHOWVAR,
>:LISTEQ (this is another enhancement I'd love to see -- i.e., the ability
>to view another user's file equations), or similar commands.
>
>Do most other sites' applications fit Scott's model, or are we truly in a
>minority?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Lee Gunter


I agree with Lee.  The system we use has a block mode menu that runs
programs in a son process.  If a program aborts, it pops back to the menu
and the user usually can't tell what the problem is.  It would be nice to be
able to tell what vars had been set.

Gary


Gary Jackson
Nevada CSOS
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