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version 3
MESSAGES OFF
| Parameter | Type | Description | ||||
| This command does not require any parameters | ||||||
Description
The MESSAGES ON and MESSAGES OFF commands turn on and off the progress meters displayed by 4th Dimension while executing time-consuming operations. By default, messages are on.
The following table shows User environment operations that display the progress meter:
| Apply Formula | Quick Report | Order by |
| Export Data | Import Data | Graph |
| Query by Form | Query by Formula | Query Editor |
The following table lists the commands that display the progress meter:
| APPLY TO SELECTION | IMPORT SYLK | QUERY |
| DISTINCT VALUES | IMPORT TEXT | QUERY BY FORMULA |
| EXPORT DIF | RELATE MANY SELECTION | QUERY BY EXAMPLE |
| EXPORT SYLK | RELATE ONE SELECTION | QUERY SELECTION |
| EXPORT TEXT | REDUCE SELECTION | QUERY SELECTION BY FORMULA |
| GRAPH TABLE | QR REPORT | ORDER BY FORMULA |
| IMPORT DIF | SCAN INDEX | ORDER BY |
Example
The following example turns off the progress meter before doing a sort, and then turns it back on after completing the sort:
MESSAGES OFF ORDER BY ([Addresses];[Addresses]ZIP;>;[Addresses]Name2;>) MESSAGES ON
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