Re: [Hardhats-members] Edit mode with up-arrow input
Chris, thanks for your response(s). I am writing a routine that does automated testing. In using it, the user needs to be able to enter some variable name which will be set equal to some initial value he sets. Sometimes that variable name is a global root (and normally he'd choose a temp global for the test like ^TMP($J, or ^UTILITY($J, ). So two of the input fields are GLOBAL NAME (where he inputs the root), and INPUT VALUE (which somehow indicates the value(s) to be loaded into that global for the test). Similarly, I have two more fields for RESULT VARIABLE, and RESULT VALUE, so that the user can check whether the results are as expected after whatever he's testing runs. Again, RESULT VARIABLE may be a global root. Anyhow, I'm not letting the user change the global by hand as you thought, I just want to let him input the darned name. I have the field defined as a node all by itself, E1-250 instead of a piece number so that the ^ won't cause errors, and it still won't let me include a ^ in the input. Thanks, Michael Reach Try Juno Platinum for Free! Then, only $9.95/month! Unlimited Internet Access with 1GB of Email Storage. Visit http://www.juno.com/value to sign up today! Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
Re: [Hardhats-members] Edit mode with up-arrow input
Using extract mode (as you describe) is probably the simplest solution. Another option is to use $$HTML^DILF to encode special characters as hex. The trick here is that you need to unencode the data in the output transform and be sure to use $$GET1^DIQ instead of global reads to gedt the data. If you want to be able to read input containing an up-arrow, you can specify the U flag in ^DIR. (By the way, this is one time when RECALL^DILFD can be quite useful). === Gregory Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Judge a man by his questions not his answers. --Voltaire Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
Re: [Hardhats-members] Edit mode with up-arrow input
Can you do a read your self and then process the answer, handling the ^ as you wish? new input read Please enter variable: ,input:$get(DTIME,3600),! ... Kevin On 7/5/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris, thanks for your response(s). I am writing a routine that does automated testing. In using it, the user needs to be able to enter some variable name which will be set equal to some initial value he sets. Sometimes that variable name is a global root (and normally he'd choose a temp global for the test like ^TMP($J, or ^UTILITY($J, ). So two of the input fields are GLOBAL NAME (where he inputs the root), and INPUT VALUE (which somehow indicates the value(s) to be loaded into that global for the test). Similarly, I have two more fields for RESULT VARIABLE, and RESULT VALUE, so that the user can check whether the results are as expected after whatever he's testing runs. Again, RESULT VARIABLE may be a global root. Anyhow, I'm not letting the user change the global by hand as you thought, I just want to let him input the darned name. I have the field defined as a node all by itself, E1-250 instead of a piece number so that the ^ won't cause errors, and it still won't let me include a ^ in the input. Thanks, Michael Reach Try Juno Platinum for Free! Then, only $9.95/month! Unlimited Internet Access with 1GB of Email Storage. Visit http://www.juno.com/value to sign up today! Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
Re: [Hardhats-members] Edit mode with up-arrow input
The docs say that data stored in the location can contain ^ but I'm not sure if FileMan will check if the field being entered is an extract storage type before it kicks out the ^ user input. After some experimenting it appears that if the data starts with ^ the input is ignored otherwise it is accepted. Of course, if you're using a custom input routine you can get the data in there as internal format., you'll just have to have a special read for their input so it doesn't go through FileMan. If you cant get your users to not enter the ^, you could always store it in a word processing field. At 04:42 PM 7/5/2006, Greg wrote: Using extract mode (as you describe) is probably the simplest solution. Another option is to use $$HTML^DILF to encode special characters as hex. The trick here is that you need to unencode the data in the output transform and be sure to use $$GET1^DIQ instead of global reads to gedt the data. If you want to be able to read input containing an up-arrow, you can specify the U flag in ^DIR. (By the way, this is one time when RECALL^DILFD can be quite useful). Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
Re: [Hardhats-members] Edit mode with up-arrow input
Are you saying that you have tried, for example, putting a ^ in the middle of a text entry for a field, and it is accepted?? This would introduce terrible field-shifting errors that Chris mentioned! I've not tried this myself, but if you have done it, I'd like to see a screen log of the interaction. Kevin On 7/5/06, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The docs say that data stored in the location can contain ^ but I'm not sure if FileMan will check if the field being entered is an extract storage type before it kicks out the ^ user input. After some experimenting it appears that if the data starts with ^ the input is ignored otherwise it is accepted. Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
Re: [Hardhats-members] Edit mode with up-arrow input
Fileman is like a fine woman The secrets just keep slipping out.. :-) I keep looking for the day when I will stop being surprised by it. Kevin On 7/5/06, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's one purpose of extract storage: Select ZZTEST NAME: A Are you adding 'A' as a new ZZTEST (the 1ST)? No// Y (Yes) TEST: ^123?? TEST: 123^23 Select OPTION: INQUIRE TO FILE ENTRIES OUTPUT FROM WHAT FILE: ZZTEST// Select ZZTEST NAME:A ANOTHER ONE: STANDARD CAPTIONED OUTPUT? Yes// (Yes) NAME: A TEST: 123^23 At 05:24 PM 7/5/2006, Kevin wrote: Are you saying that you have tried, for example, putting a ^ in the middle of a text entry for a field, and it is accepted?? This would introduce terrible field-shifting errors that Chris mentioned! I've not tried this myself, but if you have done it, I'd like to see a screen log of the interaction. Kevin On 7/5/06, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The docs say that data stored in the location can contain ^ but I'm not sure if FileMan will check if the field being entered is an extract storage type before it kicks out the ^ user input. After some experimenting it appears that if the data starts with ^ the input is ignored otherwise it is accepted. Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
[Hardhats-members] Edit mode with up-arrow input
Hi! When I am in Edit mode, inputting data to a Fileman file, if the input begins with an up-arrow ^ , the routine assumes I am trying to jump. So it looks something like this: GLOBAL NAME: ^TMP($J?? GLOBAL NAME: etc. Is there some way to enter an input beginning with an up-arrow? Thanks, Michael Reach Try Juno Platinum for Free! Then, only $9.95/month! Unlimited Internet Access with 1GB of Email Storage. Visit http://www.juno.com/value to sign up today! Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
Re: [Hardhats-members] Edit mode with up-arrow input
Michael; This interface is not for editing the globals which hold the data directly. Fileman is for using the systemic name for the file (as reflected in the File of Files, ^DIC(,0). Each defined file has a name and a number sucha as; PATIENT file # 2 These resolve to globals ^DPT( OPTION file #19 ^DIC(19, NEW PERSON file #200 ^VA(200, Routines can be written to mass-load these files, but if you use the Kernel tools, there are cross-references and related operations which the Kernel tools will apply for you as this data is imported. There are tools for the accession of this type of data into VistA (such as the Excel interface), but some setup is required to make this happen. The information that is needed is the location (ie, the fields in what files)that the input data is representing. I hope this helps. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 11:59 AM Subject: [Hardhats-members] Edit mode with up-arrow input Hi! When I am in Edit mode, inputting data to a Fileman file, if the input begins with an up-arrow ^ , the routine assumes I am trying to jump. So it looks something like this: GLOBAL NAME: ^TMP($J?? GLOBAL NAME: etc. Is there some way to enter an input beginning with an up-arrow? Thanks, Michael ReachTry Juno Platinum for Free! Then, only $9.95/month!Unlimited Internet Access with 1GB of Email Storage.Visit http://www.juno.com/value to sign up today! Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security?Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easierDownload IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimohttp://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___Hardhats-members mailing listHardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
Re: [Hardhats-members] Edit mode with up-arrow input
Michael; Sorry, I misunderstood your initial question. GLOBAL NAME is usually just the name of the global without the circumflex, "^". As you know, circumflex is a separator in VistA. An extra circumflex can shift everything over a field (which as you might imagine, can cause havoc in the file structures. Now it seems as though you wish to put input into ^TMP($J, ?? ^TMP is likely to be deleted at any time. And depending upon the current $JOB number is likely to be a problem. Next time you come back, you will likely have a different $JOB value. Now with such a volitile situation, it is unlikely that Fileman doesn't know about this global or its field definitions. This is an interesting idea, but likely will result in data which will not be easy to find again (if it is still there). There are better ways of doing this. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 11:59 AM Subject: [Hardhats-members] Edit mode with up-arrow input Hi! When I am in Edit mode, inputting data to a Fileman file, if the input begins with an up-arrow ^ , the routine assumes I am trying to jump. So it looks something like this: GLOBAL NAME: ^TMP($J?? GLOBAL NAME: etc. Is there some way to enter an input beginning with an up-arrow? Thanks, Michael Reach Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
