HP3000/HP 3000 FAQ

Last Updated: Thursday, February 01, 2007 02:38 PM

Stupid MPE tricks for the HP3000

6.11. Stupid MPE tricks

WG
How about: Clearing your favorite programmer's REDO stack when s/he's not looking - SETVAR HPREDOSIZE 0 (and then set it back). Or, making the prompt change when you're IN BREAK.

KR
And here's a personal favorite April Fool's Day cmd file...

   WHILE TRUE DO
     input name=myvar;prompt='Please Wait...'
   endwhile

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