PROMPT

Specifies whether prompts are issued.

Used by:	GOPTIONS statement, GDEVICE procedure, GDEVICE Parameters window
Default:	device-dependent
Restriction:	not supported by Java or ActiveX

Syntax

Details

Syntax

GOPTIONS: PROMPT | NOPROMPT

GDEVICE: PROMPT=0...7

Parameter Values

PROMPT: causes all prompts to be displayed.

NOPROMPT: suppresses all prompts. NOPROMPT overrides the GWAIT= graphics option.

PROMPT=0...7

in the GDEVICE procedure, specifies the level of prompting:

Prompting Level Values and Their Meaning

0	provides no prompting
1	issues start-up messages only. Start-up messages are messages such as PLEASE PRESS RETURN TO CONTINUE.
2	signals end of graph if device is a video display or sends message to change paper if device is a plotter.
3	combines the effects of 1 and 2.
4	sends a message to mount pens if the device is a plotter.
5	combines the effects of 4 and 1.
6	combines the effects of 4 and 2.
7	sends all prom

Note: If you specify either 0 for the PROMPT device parameter or NOPROMPT in a GOPTIONS statement for a display device, the display clears immediately after the graph is drawn.

Details

In the GDEVICE Parameters window, the PROMPT parameter consists of four fields that describe the type of prompt:

start up

issues a message to turn the device on (if the device is a hardcopy device) or the message PLEASE PRESS RETURN AFTER EACH BELL TO CONTINUE.

end of graph

signals, usually by a bell, when the graph is complete (valid for video displays only).

mount pens

issues a message to mount pens in a certain order and (for certain devices only) to ask for pen priming strokes for plotters.

change paper

prompts the user to change the paper (valid for plotters only).

Enter an X for each prompt that you want to be given. If no Xs appear in these fields, no prompt messages are issued, and the device does not wait for you to respond between graphs.