MESSAGES OFF

version 11.3 (Modified)

MESSAGES OFF

The MESSAGES ON and MESSAGES OFF commands turn on and off the progress meters displayed by 4D while executing time-consuming operations. By default, messages are on.

The following table shows 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

Average

DISTINCT VALUES

EXPORT DIF

EXPORT SYLK

EXPORT TEXT

GRAPH TABLE

IMPORT DIF

IMPORT SYLK

IMPORT TEXT

Max

Min

QR REPORT

QUERY

QUERY BY EXAMPLE

QUERY BY FORMULA

QUERY SELECTION

QUERY SELECTION BY FORMULA

REDUCE SELECTION

RELATE MANY SELECTION

RELATE ONE SELECTION

SCAN INDEX

Sum

ORDER BY

ORDER BY FORMULA

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