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From: "Bennett, Chip (KTR) ~U" <BennettC@J64.STRATCOM.AF.MIL>
Subject: Re: Output to screen without new_line..
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Date: 1994-09-06T10:52:00-07:00
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Ross Irvine writes:

> I would like to know on a VAX/VMS 6.1 platform, how flush the output
buffer..
>
> Eg..
>
> text_io.put("Enter Name : ");
> text_io.get(name);
>
> the problem is "Enter name : " will not be displayed to the screen without
> doing a new_line after it. This would screw up the screen outlay, so I
> need a way of flushing the buffer after a put statement. In Meridian DOS
> ada there is spio.flush that will do it, but I have yet to find out a way
> to do this on a VAX system..

> Could you please e-mail me any responses as I need this for an
assignment..

When I run your example in Meridian DOS Ada, I don't need a flush.  My
experience is that when dealing with standard IO, whether from Ada, or C, a
"get" from the standard IN channel flushes the standard OUT channel as a
matter of course.  Is this not true on under VMS?

I also tried this using VADS on a Sun, and Intermetrics under MVS.  It
worked properly in both cases.  If this doesn't work in VMS, I suspect a
bug!  (Oh no!)  ;-)

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