RE: formatting message content

Hi Tom,

Indeed there seems to be no API that provides the function of showing up
the second level text. I have started to write my own routine for it.
Good practice for learning message-handling, of which I have less
experience ;-)

Thanks, Arco Simonse

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens Tom Liotta
> Verzonden: dinsdag 21 juni 2005 03:03
> Aan: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Onderwerp: RE: formatting message content
> 
> Arco:
> 
> I think that your problem is that the 'formatting' characters 
> are only valid within the second-level text of the message. 
> You can use messaging APIs to send messages to displays, but 
> the formatting would only happen if the user presses [F1] to 
> see the second-level text.
> 
> As far as I know, there are no APIs to display the formatted 
> second-level text by itself. You will have to create your own.
> 
> (But I'd sure like to know if anyone has a better answer.)
> 
> Tom Liotta
> 
> rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> >   2. RE: formatting message content (Simonse, Arco (CMK))
> >
> >I realize that I did not make myself very clear. Sorry for that.
> >I do already use QMHRTVM. I get the message text from the 
> message file, 
> >formatted with the format characters and containing the substituted 
> >variables.
> >But once I have it, I want to display the message text to 
> the user. And 
> >there is the problem. Do I have to parse the text into 
> display fields 
> >and show it by executing a display format, or is there 
> somewhere an API 
> >or command that displays a message to the user? It is not 
> enough to add 
> >the message to the msgq of the user, it has to be a kind of 
> >break-message because it's neccessary that the user takes 
> notice of the 
> >message immediately.
> 
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