Re: Show vs. Display

["Ross, Steven" <sross@KCM.ORG>]

Joe,

Okay, thanks for the "multiple" answer...that clears that up.  But as far as
it not working goes, there isn't a Select statement involved:

        show 'Begin Job: ' $AsOfToday ' ' $AsOfNow
        display ' '
        show $ReportTitle
        display ' '

This is in the Init-Report procedure, before any Selects are done.  Now, I
think the displays are working, as there are several blank lines in the SQRW
window...

Thanks,

Steven Ross
Programmer/Analyst
sross@kcm.org


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Johnson [mailto:jejohn1216@SURFREE.COM]
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 10:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Show vs. Display
>
> On Mon, 04 October 1999, "Ross, Steven" wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know the difference between the Show command and the Display
> > command?  The SQR manual isn't too clear.
> >
> > I've got an SQR that uses both, and for some reason, the Show command
> > doesn't display anything.
>
> Steven,
>
> Show gives more power than Display -- with Show, you can
> display multiple fields with one Show statement as well as
> letting you control cursor placement on the screen and do
> things like send beep signals or underline/bold screen fields.
>
> When there is nothing displayed, that means the Select
> statement isn't right.