> Date:          Tue, 5 May 1998 10:08:48 -0700
> Reply-to:      Gary Jackson <[log in to unmask]>
> From:          Gary Jackson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:       Re: SHOWVAR enhancement
> To:            [log in to unmask]

> >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.
I agree with Lee (&you) too!!! I think the :SHOWVAR enhancement
"woudl be nice". I also agree that in some production environemnts
with menus or with process-handline applications, the :SHOWVAR ;JOB=
may shed some light on whats going on.

I should have said, "many" customers not "most" customers in my
original posting because I don't have enough data to back-up the idea
that a true majority of customers have the environment I described. I
do know it is not uncommon.

So either way I am all for a :SHOWVAR enhancement, just as long as we
don't get carried away (and it appears we are not).


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