Kris Buelens wrote:
The new version looks much nicer too. Thanks.
I try the ADD process and added a CAL.CMD file to an existing VMARC
file, that I then uploaded to VM:
l qdsk vmarc (ISO
FILENAME FILETYPE FM FORMAT LRECL RECS BLOCKS DATE TIME
QDSK VMARC A1 F 80 125 3 2010-03-12 09:59:41
Ready MAINT at AGC ; T=0.01/0.01 10:01:07
vmarc list QDSK VMARC A
CAL CMD A1. Bytes in= 2400, bytes out= 0 ( 0%).
QDSK EXEC A1. Bytes in= 7600, bytes out= 0 ( 0%).
Ready MAINT at AGC ; T=0.01/0.01 10:01:19
vmarc unpk QDSK VMARC A
Unexpected error during output. RC=11.
Ready MAINT at AGC (00011); T=0.01/0.01 10:01:25
If the 11 is an FSWRITE retruncode:
11 FSCB is not marked with a record format of F nor of V
I didn't change the settings (that I just now detected), they still read:
fmode A1, refcm Variable, lrecl 65535, compression LZW; conversion
<empty>
Can you send me the file? That'd be a big help.
I don't know how difficult this would be: now when adding files to a
VMARC, one would first need to update the settings (to set the
characteristics of the files to be added). It would be much better if
the File Open dialog could be changed to include these settings on the
Open panel, otherwise chances are great one will forget to set the right
things.
Yea, that is a pain isn't it. There's a couple of ways to go about
addressing it.
I could use the unreleased version of wxWidgets which provides a means
of adding controls directly to the Open File dialog. This would work
for the Windows and Mac versions since I build they are prebuilt, but it
wouldn't be quite so easy for Linux users since they have to build VMA
themselves and distros aren't packaging that version of wxWidgets yet.
Another way would be to get the list of files via the standard Open
Dialog and then pop up another dialog that would list the files
selected. You could then change the properties for all files or for
individual files. (This seems the most likely option.)
A third option is to display a properties dialog for each file prior to
adding it. This is the easiest and quickest to do since the dialog is
already present is and is already displayed if the input filenames
aren't in 8.8.2 format.
Leland
