Hi all and thanks in advance for any support.

I'm having a strange problem with HAScript and the <prompt> tag, I created a simple script that is basically composed by 2 screens on which I need to loop indefinitely till I press the cancel button on my prompt. The script is very simple: on the first screen I have a <prompt> that ask me for a customer-code and then press [enter] to pass on the Second screen where the script change some properties of the customer, after that, the script return to the First screen to restart the loop.

But here cames the problem, the prompt is opened only on the first run, from the second run it's never asked anymore, it continuously pass the same parameter of the first run.

I add that this happens if I use only ONE <prompt>, if I put a second <prompt> (that i can also leave empty) the two prompt are opened at every loop without any problem. I seems that only when I use a single prompt the scripting system enters an infinite loop that I can only stop with the stop macro button.

Someone with the same problem? Any ideas on how to solve this strange behaviour?

I'm using:

acshod-B20251114_150438 (64-bit)
11.0.8-B20130530
Version: 1.1.9.6
ID build: 4220
2024-08-01 09:15:32
java.version: 1.8.0_201

Thanks.

#IBMiAccessClientSolutions

Can you share the script?

Hi all and thanks in advance for any support.

I'm having a strange problem with HAScript and the <prompt> tag, I created a simple script that is basically composed by 2 screens on which I need to loop indefinitely till I press the cancel button on my prompt. The script is very simple: on the first screen I have a <prompt> that ask me for a customer-code and then press [enter] to pass on the Second screen where the script change some properties of the customer, after that, the script return to the First screen to restart the loop.

But here cames the problem, the prompt is opened only on the first run, from the second run it's never asked anymore, it continuously pass the same parameter of the first run.

I add that this happens if I use only ONE <prompt>, if I put a second <prompt> (that i can also leave empty) the two prompt are opened at every loop without any problem. I seems that only when I use a single prompt the scripting system enters an infinite loop that I can only stop with the stop macro button.

Someone with the same problem? Any ideas on how to solve this strange behaviour?

I'm using:

acshod-B20251114_150438 (64-bit)
11.0.8-B20130530
Version: 1.1.9.6
ID build: 4220
2024-08-01 09:15:32
java.version: 1.8.0_201

Thanks.

#IBMiAccessClientSolutions

Sure here is the code of a macro I wrote to see the problem.

If I uncomment the second prompt everything work as expected (but I need to insert two times the customer-code) if I left only one prompt, the macro will loop forever using the code I inserted in the prompt the first time.

<HAScript name="test_prompt" 
            description=""
            timeout="60000"
            pausetime="300"
            promptall="false"
            blockinput="true"
            author=""
            creationdate=""
            supressclearevents="false"
            usevars="true"
            ignorepauseforenhancedtn="true"
            delayifnotenhancedtn="0"
            ignorepausetimeforenhancedtn="true"
            continueontimeout="false">

    <screen name="Schermo1" entryscreen="true" exitscreen="false" transient="false">
        <description >
            <oia status="NOTINHIBITED" optional="false" invertmatch="false" />
        </description>
        <actions>
            <!-- Select function (press "S")-->
            <input value="&apos;S&apos;" row="0" col="0" movecursor="true" xlatehostkeys="true" encrypted="false" />
            <!-- Ask user for customer code -->
            <prompt name="&apos;Customer code&apos;" description="" row="9" col="33" len="9" default="" clearfield="true" encrypted="false" movecursor="false" xlatehostkeys="true" assigntovar="" varupdateonly="false" required="true" title="&apos;Customer code&apos;" />
            <!-- 
            <prompt name="&apos;Customer code 2&apos;" description="" row="9" col="33" len="9" default="" clearfield="true" encrypted="false" movecursor="false" xlatehostkeys="true" assigntovar="" varupdateonly="false" required="true" title="&apos;Customer code&apos;" />
            -->
            <!-- Confirm  (press ENTER) -->
            <input value="&apos;[enter]&apos;" row="0" col="0" movecursor="true" xlatehostkeys="true" encrypted="false" />
        </actions>
        <nextscreens timeout="0" >
            <nextscreen name="Schermo2" />
        </nextscreens>
    </screen>

    <screen name="Schermo2" entryscreen="false" exitscreen="false" transient="false">
        <description >
            <oia status="NOTINHIBITED" optional="false" invertmatch="false" />
            <numfields number="272" optional="true" invertmatch="false" />
            <numinputfields number="0" optional="true" invertmatch="false" />
        </description>
        <actions>
            <!-- Move down and exit -->
            <input value="&apos;[down][down][down][pf7]&apos;" row="0" col="0" movecursor="true" xlatehostkeys="true" encrypted="false" />
        </actions>
        <nextscreens timeout="0" >
            <nextscreen name="Schermo1" />
        </nextscreens>
    </screen>

</HAScript>

Can you share the script?

Hi all and thanks in advance for any support.

I'm having a strange problem with HAScript and the <prompt> tag, I created a simple script that is basically composed by 2 screens on which I need to loop indefinitely till I press the cancel button on my prompt. The script is very simple: on the first screen I have a <prompt> that ask me for a customer-code and then press [enter] to pass on the Second screen where the script change some properties of the customer, after that, the script return to the First screen to restart the loop.

But here cames the problem, the prompt is opened only on the first run, from the second run it's never asked anymore, it continuously pass the same parameter of the first run.

I add that this happens if I use only ONE <prompt>, if I put a second <prompt> (that i can also leave empty) the two prompt are opened at every loop without any problem. I seems that only when I use a single prompt the scripting system enters an infinite loop that I can only stop with the stop macro button.

Someone with the same problem? Any ideas on how to solve this strange behaviour?

I'm using:

acshod-B20251114_150438 (64-bit)
11.0.8-B20130530
Version: 1.1.9.6
ID build: 4220
2024-08-01 09:15:32
java.version: 1.8.0_201

Thanks.

#IBMiAccessClientSolutions

ChatGPT gave me clues about HAScript prompting and I think I was able to figure it out.

Once a prompt has been answered, HAScript recognizes that as a "completed" prompt, and it will not display the same prompt again. But, as soon as you start another prompt with a different name, HAScript forgets all about the previous prompt.

So what I did was change your script from a two screen script to a four screen script, where 1 and 3 are duplicates and 2 and 4 are duplicates. The only difference between 1 and 3 is where I added an innocuous extra space at the end of the prompt name so the HAScript would recognize it as two different prompts.
Screen1:
<prompt name="'Customer code'"
Screen3:
<prompt name="'Customer code '"  (See the extra space added at the end?)

That is enough to reset the loop. The prompt on Screen3 makes it forget the prompt on Screen1, and then after it loops the prompt on Screen1 makes it forget about the prompt on Screen3. Here is the script I ended up with.

<HAScript name="test_prompt" 
            description=""
            timeout="60000"
            pausetime="300"
            promptall="false"
            blockinput="true"
            author=""
            creationdate=""
            supressclearevents="false"
            usevars="true"
            ignorepauseforenhancedtn="true"
            delayifnotenhancedtn="0"
            ignorepausetimeforenhancedtn="true"
            continueontimeout="false">

  <vars>
    <create name="$CustomerCode$" type="string" value="" />
  </vars>

  <screen name="Schermo1" entryscreen="true" exitscreen="false" transient="false">
    <description>
      <oia status="NOTINHIBITED" />
    </description>
    <actions>
      <!-- clear variable so prompt appears every time -->
      <varupdate name="$CustomerCode$" value="" />
      <!-- send 'S' as in your original script -->
      <input value="'S'" row="0" col="0" movecursor="true" />
      <!-- this prompt will show every loop until user presses Cancel -->
      <prompt name="'Customer code'"
              row="9" col="33" len="9"
              required="true"
              title="'Customer code'"
              assigntovar="$CustomerCode$"
              varupdateonly="false"
              clearfield="true" />
      <!-- If user presses Cancel, the script simply stops here (your desired behavior). -->
            <!-- Confirm  (press ENTER) -->
            <input value="&apos;[enter]&apos;" row="0" col="0" movecursor="true" xlatehostkeys="true" encrypted="false" />
    </actions>
    <nextscreens>
      <nextscreen name="Schermo2" />
    </nextscreens>
  </screen>

  <screen name="Schermo2" entryscreen="false" exitscreen="false" transient="false">
    <description>
      <oia status="NOTINHIBITED" />
      <numfields number="272" optional="true" />
      <numinputfields number="0" optional="true" />
    </description>
        <actions>
            <!-- Move down and exit -->
            <input value="&apos;[down][down][down][pf7]&apos;" row="0" col="0" movecursor="true" xlatehostkeys="true" encrypted="false" />
        </actions>
    <nextscreens>
      <nextscreen name="Schermo3" />
    </nextscreens>
  </screen>

  
  <screen name="Schermo3" entryscreen="true" exitscreen="false" transient="false">
    <description>
      <oia status="NOTINHIBITED" />
    </description>
    <actions>
      <!-- clear variable so prompt appears every time -->
      <varupdate name="$CustomerCode$" value="" />
      <!-- send 'S' as in your original script -->
      <input value="'S'" row="0" col="0" movecursor="true" />
      <!-- this prompt will show every loop until user presses Cancel -->
      <prompt name="'Customer code '"
              row="9" col="33" len="9"
              required="true"
              title="'Customer code'"
              assigntovar="$CustomerCode$"
              varupdateonly="false"
              clearfield="true" />
      <!-- If user presses Cancel, the script simply stops here (your desired behavior). -->
    </actions>
            <!-- Confirm  (press ENTER) -->
            <input value="&apos;[enter]&apos;" row="0" col="0" movecursor="true" xlatehostkeys="true" encrypted="false" />
    <nextscreens>
      <nextscreen name="Schermo4" />
    </nextscreens>
  </screen>

  <screen name="Schermo4" entryscreen="false" exitscreen="false" transient="false">
    <description>
      <oia status="NOTINHIBITED" />
      <numfields number="272" optional="true" />
      <numinputfields number="0" optional="true" />
    </description>
        <actions>
            <!-- Move down and exit -->
            <input value="&apos;[down][down][down][pf7]&apos;" row="0" col="0" movecursor="true" xlatehostkeys="true" encrypted="false" />
        </actions>
    <nextscreens>
      <!-- go back and prompt again -->
      <nextscreen name="Schermo1" />
    </nextscreens>
  </screen>

</HAScript>

Sure here is the code of a macro I wrote to see the problem.

If I uncomment the second prompt everything work as expected (but I need to insert two times the customer-code) if I left only one prompt, the macro will loop forever using the code I inserted in the prompt the first time.

<HAScript name="test_prompt" 
            description=""
            timeout="60000"
            pausetime="300"
            promptall="false"
            blockinput="true"
            author=""
            creationdate=""
            supressclearevents="false"
            usevars="true"
            ignorepauseforenhancedtn="true"
            delayifnotenhancedtn="0"
            ignorepausetimeforenhancedtn="true"
            continueontimeout="false">

    <screen name="Schermo1" entryscreen="true" exitscreen="false" transient="false">
        <description >
            <oia status="NOTINHIBITED" optional="false" invertmatch="false" />
        </description>
        <actions>
            <!-- Select function (press "S")-->
            <input value="&apos;S&apos;" row="0" col="0" movecursor="true" xlatehostkeys="true" encrypted="false" />
            <!-- Ask user for customer code -->
            <prompt name="&apos;Customer code&apos;" description="" row="9" col="33" len="9" default="" clearfield="true" encrypted="false" movecursor="false" xlatehostkeys="true" assigntovar="" varupdateonly="false" required="true" title="&apos;Customer code&apos;" />
            <!-- 
            <prompt name="&apos;Customer code 2&apos;" description="" row="9" col="33" len="9" default="" clearfield="true" encrypted="false" movecursor="false" xlatehostkeys="true" assigntovar="" varupdateonly="false" required="true" title="&apos;Customer code&apos;" />
            -->
            <!-- Confirm  (press ENTER) -->
            <input value="&apos;[enter]&apos;" row="0" col="0" movecursor="true" xlatehostkeys="true" encrypted="false" />
        </actions>
        <nextscreens timeout="0" >
            <nextscreen name="Schermo2" />
        </nextscreens>
    </screen>

    <screen name="Schermo2" entryscreen="false" exitscreen="false" transient="false">
        <description >
            <oia status="NOTINHIBITED" optional="false" invertmatch="false" />
            <numfields number="272" optional="true" invertmatch="false" />
            <numinputfields number="0" optional="true" invertmatch="false" />
        </description>
        <actions>
            <!-- Move down and exit -->
            <input value="&apos;[down][down][down][pf7]&apos;" row="0" col="0" movecursor="true" xlatehostkeys="true" encrypted="false" />
        </actions>
        <nextscreens timeout="0" >
            <nextscreen name="Schermo1" />
        </nextscreens>
    </screen>

</HAScript>

Can you share the script?

Hi all and thanks in advance for any support.

I'm having a strange problem with HAScript and the <prompt> tag, I created a simple script that is basically composed by 2 screens on which I need to loop indefinitely till I press the cancel button on my prompt. The script is very simple: on the first screen I have a <prompt> that ask me for a customer-code and then press [enter] to pass on the Second screen where the script change some properties of the customer, after that, the script return to the First screen to restart the loop.

But here cames the problem, the prompt is opened only on the first run, from the second run it's never asked anymore, it continuously pass the same parameter of the first run.

I add that this happens if I use only ONE <prompt>, if I put a second <prompt> (that i can also leave empty) the two prompt are opened at every loop without any problem. I seems that only when I use a single prompt the scripting system enters an infinite loop that I can only stop with the stop macro button.

Someone with the same problem? Any ideas on how to solve this strange behaviour?

I'm using:

acshod-B20251114_150438 (64-bit)
11.0.8-B20130530
Version: 1.1.9.6
ID build: 4220
2024-08-01 09:15:32
java.version: 1.8.0_201

Thanks.

#IBMiAccessClientSolutions