> I have a little beef with HP. With Transact/xl  and Vplus
> forms we have had
> the on going problem when you program has a major error such
> as data set
> full the Transact displays the error message in the form
> status line for
> about 10 seconds and then goes to a blank screen with
> exit/restart. The user
> does not see the error message and ends up calling me and I
> look like a putz
> because I cannot tell them what went wrong.

Frequently (depending on the application and terminal type), the
screen is not actually blanked; the VPLUS form is simply flipped up
out of sight. In fact, the error message may be "split", with part of
it in the form file's window line and part of it below the form. If
the user presses PageUp, sh/e can see the form with the error message
(or the first part of the error message). This is not a fix, but it
may be a work-around until a fix appears.


Steve Dirickson   WestWin Consulting
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