FMLI Commands                                       indicator(1F)



NAME
     indicator - display application specific alarms  and/or  the
     "working" indicator

SYNOPSIS
     indicator [-b [n] [-c column] [-l length] [-o] [-w]
          [string]...


DESCRIPTION
     The indicator function displays application specific  alarms
     or  the  "working"  indicator,  or both, on the  FMLI banner
     line. The argument string is a string to be displayed on the
     banner  line,  and should always be the last argument given.
     Note that string  is  not  automatically  cleared  from  the
     banner line.

OPTIONS
     -bn          The -b option rings the terminal bell n  times,
                  where n is an integer from 1 to 10. The default
                  value is 1. If the terminal has  no  bell,  the
                  screen is flashed instead, if possible.


     -c column    The -c option defines the column of the  banner
                  line  at  which  to start the indicator string.
                  The argument column  must be an integer from  0
                  to  DISPLAYW-1.  If  the -c option is not used,
                  column defaults to 0 .


     -l length    The -l option defines the maximum length of the
                  string  displayed.  If  string  is  longer than
                  length characters, it will  be  truncated.  The
                  argument  length  must  be an integer from 1 to
                  DISPLAYW. If the -l option is not used,  length
                  defaults  to  DISPLAYW.  Note  that  if  string
                  doesn't fit it will be truncated.


     -o           The -o option causes indicator to duplicate its
                  output to stdout .


     -w           The -w option turns on the "working" indicator.


EXAMPLES
     Example 1 A sample output of the indicator command.






SunOS 5.11           Last change: 5 Jul 1990                    1






FMLI Commands                                       indicator(1F)



     When the value entered in a form field is invalid, the  fol-
     lowing  use  of indicator will ring the bell three times and
     display the word WRONG starting at column 1  of  the  banner
     line.


       invalidmsg=`indicator -b 3 -c 1 "WRONG"`




     To clear the indicator after telling the user the  entry  is
     wrong:


       invalidmsg=`indicator -b 9 -c 1 "WRONG"; sleep 3;
               indicator -c 1 "     "`




     In this example the value of invalidmsg (in  this  case  the
     default  value  Input  is  not  valid), still appears on the
     FMLI message line.


ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWcsu                     
    


SEE ALSO
     attributes(5)














SunOS 5.11           Last change: 5 Jul 1990                    2