'Waitfor' with different possible retuned prompts 1

[TotoRama]

I have a large script with several 'Waitfor' commands the problem is that some of the returned screens may exceed one page and I am prompted with "press any key to continue or press(q) to quit'. Therefore, when I'm testing for a returned string, I never know when this prompt will crop up. How can I test for this everytime by default?
I.e.

waitfor "press(q) to quit"
OR
waitfor "required response abcd.... etc'

 

[knob]

For those prompts you need to clear automatically, you can use the when target command to call a procedure to send the Enter key, a space, etc. Here is a quick sample I whipped up that looks for a piece of text in my Unix command prompt (to know that a command finished executing, while also keeping an eye out for the --More-- prompt displayed when doing a file listing. The when target command calls a procedure to send a space to receive the next screen of the file listing, then indicates if the string in my command prompt was received.

proc main
when target 0 "More" call clearit

if waitfor "SUN:"
usermsg "found it!"
endif
endproc

proc clearit
transmit " "
endproc

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[TotoRama]

Hey, Knob,

Tried your suggestion and it worked fine...

Thanks very much for you help. I've been trying to get this to work for weeks.

Very much appreciated.
Regards

TJ