"Brian Donaldson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> Listers:
>
> Can anyone help me with this? I am trying to preserve what's on the screen
> when I press the F8 key to exit application.
>
> I set bit11-12=10 but it doesn't seem to work. Maybe my logic is wrong:
>
> THE USER TIMEOUT=>+0015<
>
> OCTAL TABLE    =>0000000000110001<
> the bit settings=>+000000049<
> THE TERMOPTIONS=>+0049<
>
>
> MOVE ZEROES    TO COM-TERMOPTIONS.
> ADD 32         TO COM-TERMOPTIONS.
>     (this enables the timeout function to happen -- works fine)
>      IF WS-VPLUS-SUPPRESS-BELL = "Y" THEN
>         (don't know if this is working or not)
>         ADD 1 TO COM-TERMOPTIONS
>      END-IF.
>      IF WS-VPLUS-CLEAR-SCREEN NOT = "Y" THEN
>              (apparently doesn't work but don't know why)
>        ADD 16 TO COM-TERMOPTIONS
>      END-IF.
>
>    I also tried just moving the decimal value of 49 to COM-TERMOPTIONS.
The
> timeout function works fine, don't know about the bell suppression working
as
> my pc does not have sound, and the screen blanks out every time I exit the
> application regardless of bit 11-12 settings.
>
> Or am I misinterpreting what bits 11-12 are really for?
>
>
> Brian Donaldson.
>
Err. If you're exiting the application presumably it's shutting down VPlus
and that will reset the terminal to character mode. Or am I
misunderstanding?

Regards
--
Mark Undrill
Affirm Limited

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