RE: Double Alarm

["Dan Hogan" <Dan.Hogan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert,

What is the TELNET client you are using on the handheld device?  The way
ALARM is implemented can differ from client to client. Also, are you
using a deferred WRITE on the display file?

Dan...


I am writing an application in RPG which will cause a handheld scanner
to beep if certain conditions of the item scanned are met.  I would like
to identify two distinct conditions with one or two beeps.  The
difficulty is in generating two beeps.  I set up one screen definition
with an overlay and alarm and execute a WRITE.  It does not activate the
alarm.  When I replace the WRITE with an EXFMT, the alarm sounds but
that holds the blank screen.  Pressing `Enter` will display the actual
screen.

Is there a way to cause the alarm to function twice?  If I could fool
the program into thinking I had pressed `Enter`, I could use two EXFMTs.



Robert Munday