Problem:

Since installing upgrade to Informix 9.4, ESQL 7.25

Animator no longer recognizes any function keys or keystrokes.

rts32 is rebuilt by the Informix scripts

Using  the original rts32 (shipped with the mfcobol product)  the keys funtion correctly, it seems like the new rts32 generated with informix libraries is causing this problem.

Resolution:

Informix support confirms this is a problem with ESQL 7.25 and higher.

The user is running into the following bug:

Bug: 155395 ESQL/COBOL CAUSES ANIMATOR TO FREEZE

Description:

ESQL/COBOL causes new versions of MF COBOL to freeze when trying to step

through the code with animator. HP tech support thinks ESQL/COBOL may

be intercepting a poll() call intended for animator. Older versions

of MF cobol did not use the poll call.