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[Brad Bender]

When attempting to use SYSTEM command, we are getting an unwanted 'System command completed, Returning to Pro-IV' message which forces an enter for Ok. Does anyone know how to disable this from popping up? Example: #I = SYSTEM('ls -l /usr/bin') will create this message once complete.
AIX IBM Unix 4.3.3
Gui Client v?
Pro-IV 4.6r2
Any help much appreciated!
Thanks
Brad

[Ralph Gadsby]

Read the manual;) (Window Client User's Guide)

[Brad Bender]

Wow, what a great idea! You're a real whiz Ralphie boy. If I had a GUI Client manual that would be real easy, but seeing as I'm on-site, at a client whose system I am less familiar with, and programs are behaving differently than I am accustomed to, it's not really that simple. Thanks all the same for your advice, but i think I'll just go back to my tea leaves...

[Mike Schoen]

Brad,

Does this happen if redirecting output to a file as well?
I can't reproduce this here, but I get a terminal window popping open if there's any command output.

Mike

[Rob Fantini]

The system command he gave as an example does output text.

Brad, does it happen when the SYSTEM command does not output text?

And why if it is outputting text would you not want the operator to press a key to continue [at the end]?

[Andy Jones]

As far as I know it only appears when running on Unix platforms.

Fortunately this can be turned off client-side by adding the following line into the 'Settings' section of PROIV.INI

SystemWaitMsg=N

it does require mfc > 127.2 for this to work.

[Ralph Gadsby]

If you had stated in your original message that you were on-site, and therefore did not have access to the manuals, I would have told you that you needed to insert SystemWaitMsg=N into the proiv.ini file on each of the client machines.

This message only appears with the kernel running on a Unix and VMS machine.

[Joseph Bove]

Brad,

The telnet window appears if and only if the script being run produces output. I would suggest redirecting the output as turning it off carte blanche makes it hard to catch system errors that you are not expecting!

Joseph

[Brad Bender]

Thanks to everyone for their feedback. I have employed both methods, each with success. Apology to Ralph for my sardonic response (was working with client who likes to pull up a chair and watch me type - not too relaxed that day). Thanks again to all!
Brad