termcap problem with Unify 4GL

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1 total messages Started by Steve de Simon Mon, 10 Aug 1992 05:07

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Author: Steve de Simon
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 05:07

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Since my posting in comp.databases didn't get a great response, I'll try
asking here for help with this problem.  We are working with a software
package which is written in the Unify 4GL, and does not display properly
on Hewlett-Packard terminals.  Although it does work on a VT220 or Wyse
terminal, it is a requirement that it work on HP terminals and HP
terminal emulation on PCs.  Unify 4GL uses termcap, but HP uses terminfo
and has no conversion tools to go back from a terminfo file to a termcap
file, only the other way around.  Are there any Unify 4GL users out
there who have solved this problem already?  The folks at Unify have
been unable to make it work so far.

Here's an example of one problem:  Unify will put up "dialog" boxes on the
screen using the terminal's line-drawing character set, but when later
screens are written over those boxes, those lines stay in line-drawing
mode and so the characters come out as an unreadable jumble of line
segments, rather than text characters.  I'm not familiar enough with
either termcap or terminfo to help myself, but I'm hoping that we'll find 
someone who has seen this problem before and worked it out through this posting.Please email your suggestions to: steve@hpuplca.nsr.hp.com.

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