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From: jbrown@herron.uucp (Jordan Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: dBASE III Plus and LABELS
Message-ID: <100@herron.uucp>
Date: 21 Jul 89 02:25:37 GMT
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fredb@llama.rtech.UUCP (Fred Buechler) writes:
> Use the command "SET CONSOLE OFF" in your program before the LABEL command.
> Be sure to turn the console back on after labels are printed. Note that the
> console off trick does not work interactively.

The SET CONSOLE OFF "trick" not working interactively is a feature.
(I should know - I put it in.)  Too many times a dBASE II program would
get an error while CONSOLE was OFF and it'd be a bitch to get sanity
restored, especially for a novice user who doesn't really understand
what's going on.  There were few enough cases where it made sense to
turn console output off across dot prompt work that it seemed (and
still seems) to be a big win.  (I think CONSOLE is turned ON just before
errors, too, for a similar reason.)