Optionally suppress messages and responses in a procedure

[kklosson]

I'm just looking to see if anyone has a better approach to this...

I have a few procedures which when run by themselves, deserve a Display Question message to ensure the user wants to do this thing. I also want a grand process that triggers about five of these type of processes but we don't want the question/response for each process when run in this batch mode. One question and one message at the end is just fine. So I am considering setting an attribute on the loggedin user caled 'SilentMode'. On the grand procedure, I would first set SilentMode to 'Yes', then Present the Question and confirm, then start the procedures.

So LoggedInUser.SilentMode='Yes'...
Within each procedure being called, I would have the following:

IF SilentMode<>'Yes' THEN
DisplayQuestion 'Do you want to do this thing?'

** Next Rule **

IF SilentMode<>'Yes' AND Question.Reply='Yes'
[Do the things...]
Display Message 'The Thing is done.'

** Next Rule **

IF SilentMode='Yes' THEN
[Do the things...]

[tford]

Sounds perfect.

[kklosson]

Thanks. You saying so ensures no one else will chip in. But I think you're right. I need to code it and see.

[tford]

As you know, in AwareIM there are usually many ways to get to the finish line.

Hopefully others will chip in their thoughts as well.

[BenHayat]

Kingsley;
I have a similar situation that I have several child processes that are used/shared by different parent processes. Some of those parent processes require different types of "Display Question" message. So in my LoggedInSystemUser, I set "Message Type" value and in each child process, depending on this value, different "Display question" shows to user and works great. In one case, it's just like your case, no question asked.