IC 6.14: How to write to the status line of a edit-window?

Hi Andrew,

thanks for your fast response;

using
hiChangeBannerLabel(hiGetCurrentWindow() "STEFAN2" 0)
i can change the label or add labels at the lower right corner of the window, to the right
of the "Cmd:"-label, but i cannot write to the lower left part where virtuoso usually shows
command to the user;

are there more options to hiChangeBannerLabel, did i miss something or is there
another command available?

this solution is much better than writing to the CIW, but... i'd prefer the opposite corner :-(

kind regards
Stefan

Hi Stefan,

If it was an enter function (e.g. enterPoint, enterBox), you could set the prompts which will guide the user.

Other than that, I think you're constrained to use the banner labels - I don't think there's a function to set the left side of the prompt bar.

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi Andrew,
thanks for your assistance.

I want to display commands and status-messages for my own
procedures, so i'll have to accept this limitation - what a pity!

best regards

Stefan

Hi Stefan,

Of course, you could always log a service request via customer support and then an enhancement could be requested for this ;-)

Best Regards,

Andrew.

How about:

setPrompts("My Prompt" "")

Although this prompt disappears during enter functions.

Derek

Hi Derek,

many thanks, just tried "setPrompts()", this command exactly does what i was looking for :-)

And the content of the status line persists longer than required, i have to reset it myselves...

kind regards

Stefan

Derek,

I probably should have mentioned that; I'd discounted it because it's not per-window but common across all windows. However, I guess it depends on what Stefan wants - I shouldn't have made assumptions!

Regards,

Andrew.

 Hi Andrew,

you were right, i just wanted to display my message in the current window,
but this shouldn't be a major problem;

i'm just coming across a somewhat strange behaviour when repeatedly changing
the prompt, but i don't know yet where to look for the cause, i have to insert some
lines of println()-calls to debug my code...

regards

Stefan

the problem i've mentioned above is as follows:

when setPrompts() is run manually, from the CIW, the prompt will follow the
command  without any delay; if i run my script repeatedly, the prompt
seems to remain unchanged although i set it to the desired output and
afterwards i set it back to "" or ">".

In fact, the prompt is changed but not shown immediately, the change
becomes visible when the user interacts with the design window;
cause i want to use this message as a command to the user, this approach
is not sufficiently reliable, i should stay with Andrews proposal to use
hiChangeBannerLabel()...

kind regards, many thanks for your support

Stefan