Mark
Try checking your PTERM settings to make sure your break key isn't assigned
to the susp or quit actions instead. Also, did you log directly into that
account, or did you LOGTO from somewhere else? AFAIR the settings are read
when you first log into UniVerse and remain in force for your
Tim/Mark
You both make good points. Mark was responding to a specific requirement
(how to get a single field for a single record) with one working and largely
cross platform solution. Obviously getting a tranch of data requires a
different solution. I don't think Mark was seriously suggesting
a field value from the dictionary
* Author : Brian Leach
* Project : STD
* Module : GENERAL
*--
Value =
Open DICT, FileName To DFL Else
RETURN
End
Read DictRec From DFL, FieldName
Steven
I know some members of this list have done so (there being no other
options), but it is legally dubious (we had a long discussion on this some
months ago).
If you can wait a couple of months, UniVerse 10.2 will be addressing this by
supporting a native connection pool with shared
Allen
Looks good :)
On UniVerse the equivalent is the KeyIn() function to get a single raw key.
So Seq(KeyIn()) will do the same as your IN CH.VAL
Brian
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Allen E. Elwood
Sent: 08 August 2006
Jason
I notice no-one has replied to this. I'm not surprised...
Please don't take this the wrong way, but the best advice would be - if you
claim to know zero about UniVerse, unless it is a really tiny system with no
users don't do this yourself.
Replatforming an existing system is not a job I
2006 20:21
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: RE: [U2] OT possibly - yet another browser difference
Brian Leach wrote:
my recently updated
shiny new website renders differently in IE7 than it did in IE6.
...
So those of you running RedBack using floating sections
might want
Bob
The timeout value is set in the unirpcservices file, a text file located in
the UniShared directory on the server (location depends on your version of
U2).
Look for the lines beginning uvcs, udcs and defcs. (You may not have all
three). The last column is the timeout value in 1/10th seconds:
All
I've been playing with Vista and amongst the other annoyances (security,
sharing, inability to recognize my USB keys, lack of support for my hp
printer etc) discovered that my recently updated shiny new website renders
differently in IE7 than it did in IE6.
Specifically IE7seems to handle
Kevin
I'd go for a 'keep it simple' approach.
First, create three data files on UniData: SYNC_TARGETS, SYNC_ACTIONS and
SYNC_ERRORS.
- The SYNC_TARGETS defines a table or entity to update, including insert and
delete commands (Update=delete+insert) and a list of column positions to
substitute.
Dave
No, but you might want to download a free utility from my web site to do the
same.
Go to http://www.brianleach.co.uk and download EXPORT from the Downloads
page. This is a stand-alone program with a RetrieVe like syntax for
generating delimited files.
Regards,
Brian
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Sent: 27 July 2006 14:58
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Subject: RE: [U2] LISTB (tab delimited output)
Will the program run only in Universe ?Dave
Brian Leach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dave
No, but you might want
The tell-tale is to run lictool. The UO.net sessions have the IP address
reversed, and so appear as different licences. That hit me bad when I put in
a new .net application at a customer site to run alongside their existing
uvCase/UniObjects app.
Regards
Brian
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. If the ip is reversed as you say then
that would explain it. - would this not be a UO.net bug
Thanks
Symeon.
On 27/07/06, Brian Leach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The tell-tale is to run lictool. The UO.net sessions have the IP
address reversed, and so appear as different licences
Carl
Two more options:
1. Use the IF S construct. This returns true if a select is active, e.g.
PQN
MV #1 SELECT stuff
P
IF S GO 10
C goes here if no stuff
X NO SELECT
10
2. Use the REQUIRE.SELECT clause when processing the second command, e.g.
SSELECT OW WITH blah REQUIRE.SELECT
Brian
Lukasz
Not sure if this helps, but..
I've handled secure FTP of encrypted documents by shelling out to the gnu
gpg package.
This is a usefully command line based tool for handling PGP compatible
encryption/decryption.
To automate it, you need to ensure you strip the keyphrase from the key, or
it
Jacques
Is there any chance you are passing a null reference to/from the call?
I've seen various errors if one of the subroutine arguments is never
assigned.
Brian
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Sent: 13 July 2006 16:53
You just need to add UODOTNET.dll into the
GAC on each
workstation/system that uses UniObjects.NET. I'm not
sure why IBM
don't do this as part of their SDK install...
I guess because using GAC is a pain in the backside if you want to use
one-click publishing
Dave
The program flavor and $OPTIONS statement dictate the way the program is
compiled: determining the specific object code generated. Which means that
the BASIC code itself will run the same, regardless of the flavor of the
account in which is runs. What won't work the same, of course, are
There is also a bug in some 10.x releases that subroutines called from UO are
considered 'background' and use an iPhantom if they open a socket. Can't recall
when/if it was fixed.
Brian
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Sent: 06/07/06 07:08:07
To:
Or for anyone needing an installer/snapshot builder for their MultiValue
applications, an alternative can be found at:
http://www.brianleach.co.uk
mvInstaller offers Windows and server based building and installation, and
is designed to fit into existing release procedures.
Brian
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Or for anyone needing an installer/snapshot builder for their MultiValue
applications, an alternative can be found at:
http://www.brianleach.co.uk
mvInstaller offers Windows and server based building and installation, and
is designed to fit into existing release procedures.
Brian
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Manu
Similarly to Tony, I use Virtual PC all the time for development, testing
and backups. It has proven stable and very capable, but I would second the
warning about dynamic disks: they are not for production use, and need
regular maintenance.
I haven't seen anyone running Virtual Server with
George
Can I ask you to write this up as a short article for the U2UG knowledge
base.
It's the kind of useful information we're looking for :)
In case you haven't visited, you can find it at:
www.mvopen.org/kb
There's also a link from the U2UG website.
Thanks,
Brian
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Andrew
Check out mvPDF at www.brianleach.co.uk
This creates PDFs directly from U2 applications, using a number of potential
routes: in order of complexity -
- Capturing existing spool jobs and render as PDF (quick and simple)
- Capture and render exisiting prints against watermark pages
Manu
Does it work if you submit it as a NATIVE command:
{NATIVE SELECT ... }
NATIVE passes the command directly throught to the UV SQL processor
(bypasses ODBC processing). Generally quicker and can give access to more
options. The braces are a required part of the syntax.
Brian
The bad news,
VB6 and VB.net are really different animals that just happen to share
certain syntactic conventions and keywords. There is a hit-and-miss
conversion utility, but really you are working with different paradigms. In
fact, for historic reasons, VB.net is very much closer to Delphi ( a
Stuart
Speaking of ICONV, anyone noticed that `DWx'
conversions are fubar.
Sorry to sound negative and apologies if I'm misunderstanding your gripe
but..
How can you ICONV with a DW? Date conversions should ICONV to a specific
date to be meaningful: if you want to convert a Monday -
Chris,
The shd files are not meant to be readable. To get the printer and job
information you really need to go through the Windows APIs - but it's not as
bad as that sounds grin.
You can get printer and job information through the WMI library (search on
MSDN for WMI Printer). WMI is a COM based
setptr mode 3 and read the
resulting item from HOLD?
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Subject: RE: [U2] SETPTR MODE 1
Chris,
The shd files
Hmm
14001 through 14365 are a valid julian dates (14001 = 1 Jan 2014)
So it is reading these as external dates in your selection. 14000 is not a
valid julian date, so it is reading it as internal.
Just why are you trying to force selection using an internal date when you
have a date conversion?
Mike,
I assume you've already tried it, but does a simple NOPAGE on the RetrieVe
command work?
Otherwise I guess XMLEXECUTE is probably the best bet, as that is likely to
be the quickest to get fixed if there IS anything wrong! It is also a key
part of the UO.net stuff, so there is a lot of
All,
Is there a simple way of getting the size of a file opened sequentially
under UniData short of actually reading though it in BASIC ? Something
equivalent to using the Status statement on UniVerse?
Must be OS neutral - no shelling out to ls or DIR I'm afraid.
Thanks
Brian
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Angelo
One of my friends at VMARK UK has unearthed a couple of IBM articles on
setting up ODBC with UniData on UNIX: one for Merant and one for EasySoft.
I'll forward these to you off-list.
Brian
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Mike/David
GETXMLSUB does work : it is called (internally) from the UniXML UO.Net
object as a globally cataloged program to get an XML data set. TIP: if
you're trying to use UniXML and haven't got it to work, check that all the
uv account BP programs with 'XML' in the name are globally cataloged!
Perry
There is a VOC entry INTR.KEY.
This holds a list of characters representing the available actions.
A = abort
C = continue
L = return to login
Q = quit (logout)
D = debug
If you remove the D they should be unable to get into the debugger.
AFAIR it is read on initial login to UV, so make
Bhupendra
Not the best or most elegant.net function I've ever written, but this might
get you on the way.. Don't know if I've ever used it so you might want to
test it first :)
Should be self-explanatory anyway.
Brian
---| copy here
George
Hmmm, how are your IDs ordered?
Just wondering whether something along these lines might work...
SELECT ID TO SLIST 0 FROM YourFile WHERE ID = (SELECT MIN(ID)+1 FROM
YourFile) ORDER BY ID;
Brian
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Brad
If you are running PSE against multiple machines, each print job should have
a unique server id prefixing it. This prevents them from overlapping.
Check your ADGCONTROL MVQUERY.INI on each server has a setting under [PSE]
called ServerID.
This should be unique for each machine.
Sorry I
Louis
GDI mode in UV is exactly that: it uses Windows device calls to render on the
printer. These calls render text/graphics at a high/abstract level, leaving
the specific implementation of e.g. Font handling to the device driver.
The problem comes when you want to send sequences that are
Bill
The VSG is for UniData only, and is used to enable a UniData account for
ODBC.
For UniVerse you don't have a VSG equivalent, but you do need good clean
dictionaries (I recommend creating a clean set of dictionary files and
connecting them to the live data files via file pointers), ensure
Just a couple of thoughts:
1. AFAIR there is a module in PHP that can instantiate Java classes - I
remember JayJay did an article on using PHP with RedBack that exposed
RedBack Objects through Java. You might be able to do something similar
using UOJ if you haven't got RedBack.
2. Alternatively,
Dave
You can try CLEAN.ACCOUNT to restore the pointers.
And of course make sure none of the files you have copied have any indices
attached. These use absolute pointers: one of the standard mistakes is
copying a file to test leaving an absolute pointer to a live index file.
Otherwise you are
Nancy
Could this be down to -
1. Firewall blocking?
2. Proxy configuration and authentication?
3. Does the version of HTTP match what they are expecting (e.g. 1.0 vs 1.1)?
What are you setting as your HTTP options?
It's a bit of a black box from what you describe.
Brian
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Wendy
Sorry for the long answer, and some of this sounds like it may be too late,
but you've hit a hobby horse of mine here !
It looks from your example (and apologies if I am misreading this) that you
have business logic and file interaction inside your UO code. That really
makes life hard.
I
Victor,
I've just written an article/tutorial on using BCI for Vmark UK's
newsletter.
As soon as it is published I'll post the link: it has a reasonable set of
examples for both UV and UDT, though it doesn't cover calling stored
procedures (I was going to keep that for an 'advanced' article).
Barry
That's not entirely correct.
Universe uses a number of different lock types.
At the group level, the main lock types are Read and Write locks - these are
used to ensure exclusive access during read and write operations, to prevent
two processes trying to restructure the group at the same
You can either:
Press N at the prompt itself or
Use the NOPAGE option
LIST VOC NOPAGE
Brian
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Sent: 12 April 2006 15:12
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: [U2] Press any key to
You can create non-admin users that run UniVerse.
Make sure that
1. The user is defined in the UV.LOGINS file or is a local user with a
specified home directory that is a UniVerse account. Otherwise UniVerse
doesn't know where to place them as their initial account. See the 'Network
Services'
Just to add:
If you have entries for defcs and udcs, change those as well.
Later revisions will also allow you to specify zero for no timeout.
Brian
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Sent: 06 April 2006 22:10
To:
Jack
RTNLIST works but it creates a select list variable not a regular dynamic
array.
This means you can use it to segregate list processing as below:
Execute SSELECT VOC RTNLIST SLIST CAPTURING OUT
Crt OUT= :OUT
Fin = @False
Loop
ReadNext Id From SLIST Else Fin = @True
Until Fin Do
Crt Id
You might want to try handle from www.sysinternals.com.
They do a whole range of excellent free tools for system monitoring.
Brian
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Fitzgerald
Sent: 09 March 2006 17:36
To: 'U2-users (E-mail)'
Anmol,
The 'small to medium' is more about market positioning than technical
limitations. Small to Medium implies a number of positives, such as the low
administration overheads, low cost of ownership, ability to run on limited
resources etc.
IBM recently benchmarked a UniVerse database at
Larry,
Thanks.
Steve is in hospital - I'm trying to get hold of his assistant to get this
sorted.
Brian
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Sent: 25 February 2006 20:25
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: RE:
Jeff,
In addition:
If the user is a domain user:
1. ensure they have the Log on Locally permission.
2. Use the UniAdmin Network Services to decide how the UniVerse telnet will
assign their home directory.
If the user is a local user:
Ensure their home directory or login script takes them
If you mean the errlog file this can be created in the uv home directory,
but is not created by default. Just go to the uv account, ED UFD errlog
and file as an empty record.
Brian
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Anthony Caufield
Whilst we're on the subject, has anyone compiled a list of these
'undocumented' system() values?
Brian
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Sent: 07 February 2006 11:48
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: RE: [U2]
Or what we refer to in the UK as a 'kettle lead'
Brian
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Doyle
Sent: 06 February 2006 19:30
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: Re: [U2] Simple OT question
Evidently, it's a C-14
All,
Well there is a simple answer:
Contribute to our (U2UG) knowledge base!
That's how the open source community thrives - by people contributing.
There is so much knowledge locked up in this list - so spread some of that
around.
I'm even willing to write the final versions if people will
I would second all the points about maintainability and legibility being
key.
One additional thing I have seen on one site:
Unlike the A/S type dictionaries, there is no standard way of separating
base and synonym dictionaries using D types, which can lead to dictionary
listing that takes
] On Behalf Of
Louie Bergsagel
Sent: 29 January 2006 17:33
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] Best practices
Good idea, but is there any performance penalty to using
I-types like that?
-- Louie
On 1/29/06, Brian Leach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would second all
Phil,
This is something for which the U2UG have been actively campaigning. That
campaign is beginning to bear fruit:
1. There are now a number of articles on the techconnect that are available
'outside' the knowledge base (e.g.the excellent article by Mark Baldridge
publicised on the list
Pankaj
That's a huge subject.
The fundamental database handling is broadly the same, based on the same
original model. You will find yourself at home there. Most of the
differences are on the periphery and to do with emulations. You will find
the same thing whenever you change platform: those
Doug
Does UniData PROC support file buffers (n.m format)?
I've never used PROC on UniData, but that is traditionally the place to
stuff things 'for future reference', e.g. MV 1.0 %1
Only if the PROC implementation supports PQN format though.
Brian
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From: [EMAIL
Kevin,
Well, many of the commands ARE the same and they are both horrible old line
editors that should have been put out to pasture years ago...
Personally like many people I use my own editor - with full cursor control,
syntax highlighting, build commands
Oh and I'm just doing some work
Tony,
The point I'm making is that:
A) I have both VS2005 and VB Express loaded and find I'm finding that I'm
far more productive using the latter for most work. Mind you, I also have
Delphi for more serious stuff grin
B) VB Express is highly capable as a free development tool for U2. For which
Larry,
VB 2005 Express Edition is free - not evaluation.
It is also very powerful (all the .Net 2 features) and frankly a lot nicer
to use than the full blown Visual Studio 2005 which is ludicrously machine
consumptive. I now use it in preference and haven't found anything I need
to go back to
Steve
Assuming UniVerse, uvbackup and uvrestore is safest: it is item level and will
create new files on the target.
Brian
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The only sensible ways are:
1. Subroutines
GOSUB n
n MV #1 blah
P
..
RSUB
2. Ext subroutines
C has commands
[file someproc]
3. Execute something sensible like a paragraph and give up using ugly PROCs
Brian Like PROC - ugly but works
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From: Bob Woodward[EMAIL
Just as an off-topic side point: don't forget the oft-overlooked Windows
Scripting Host.
This is a very powerful beast built into all versions of windows, running
VBScript and JScript (and any other scripting engines installed): very much
more powerful and legible than BAT files and capable of
You need to issue the server command:
DATE.FORMAT
This would normally be done by the UV.LOGIN paragraph in the UV account or
by the LOGIN in the account, but UniObjects bypasses both of these.
Brian
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if that fixes your problem.
Hth
Colin Alfke
Calgary, Canada
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From: Brian Leach
All,
I'm having a problem writing a binary file from UniData.
I need to store some lengths as 4 byte integers, and I'm
deliberately
encoding all numbers to base 250 + 1
Jacques,
Does it work correctly if you specify commas between e.g.
CREATE.FILE TEMP.JAG,WORK.JJ 16,17,1 18,101,1 ?
It could be flavor dependent.
Brian
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Sent: 06 January 2006 19:53
To:
All,
I'm having a problem writing a binary file from UniData.
I need to store some lengths as 4 byte integers, and I'm deliberately
encoding all numbers to base 250 + 1 shifted to avoid writing char(0) or
char(255)s but I'm still getting a problem with byte translation.
I've narrowed it
SUBROUTINE NumberToWords(NumberIn, FormatOptions, NumberAsText)
*--
* Name: NumberToWords
* Description : Convert number to text
* Author : Brian Leach
* Project : GENERAL
* Module : GENERAL
Jeff,
AFAIR OpenSeq on UniData looks for either a path name, or if you specify an
item id it looks for an item in a directory file (not a path).
So you would need to either
A) OPENSEQ /tmp/ : MTR.REC TO F.MTR.ROW.FILE ...
Or
B) create a file pointer to /tmp (e.g. named TMP) and then
You can use UniObjects but remember that UniObjects represents a single
stateful login session (like a terminal) and web servers both stateless and
scalable.
Which means that:
A) you cannot persist state at the server. So anything like common blocks
and record locking probably go out the window.
Have you tried the element syntax
LIST file TOXML ELEMENTS
That may parse better.. But I'm in a coffee shop with no udt to hand.
Brian
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To:
Chuck,
You were right first time. Must be the hour.
Number = 1.234567E+14
Base = Number[E,1,1]
Factor = Number[E,2,1]
Multiplier = 1 : Str(0, Factor)
If Factor 0 Then
Result = Base / Multiplier
End Else
Result = Base * Multiplier
End
Crt Result
Should give: 1234567
Brian
Ok if people are going to reply ...
(I *was* holding myself back, okay)
.NET:
In week 1 you find the
System.ballistics.nonpointy.shooters.guns.gun.gunparts.moving.greasy.casing.
trigger interface.
In week 2, you discover the required
Mark,
AFAIR UV does provide cursor driven input - see the Input @, KeyEdit and
KeyTrap statements. It is however pretty horrible.
You can't blame the vendors for this one though. The problem has been the
mindset of a community that hasn't shared code (how many virtually identical
menu runners
Jeff
Is postgres on the same box as udt?
Brian
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From: Jeff Powell[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 14/12/05 14:01:58
To: u2 users groupu2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: [U2] pgsql and unidata basic
Is there a way to execute queries to a postgresql
All
I'm intending to put a series of articles together on Designing MultiValue
solutions, starting from first principles and emphasizing best practice.
These will be published in the knowledge base.
Since this is a contentious subject, rather than impose my thoughts :) I would
like to invite
Bob
You need to update the unirpcservices file to have a sensible timeout value
for the server. This can time out without notifying the client in a manner
that can be easily trapped.
Look for the lines headed udcs and defcs and change the final column. Note
that the values are in 1/10th seconds
Caleb,
Just to point out - as a newbie don't think all MV coding is like this!
It's this sort of rubbish that gives our industry a bad name.
(Mind you I've seen worse C++ code...)
:)
Brian
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Is it sufficient to formally separate the roles and procedures, even if they
are carried out by the same person?
and just think, you could put in for two pay rises :)
Brian SOX-Free here
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Jonathan
Thanks
Brian
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From: Jonathan D Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 06/12/05 09:14:14
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.orgu2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: [U2] Re:UV XMLDB Tool
Hi All,
We are already aware of the problem with Pick
Hi,
Does anyone know what determines whether an account appears in the UniVerse
XMLDB tool? I have an account that just doesn't want to show up in the list.
For the record, it has an entry in the UV.ACCOUNT file. It has been enabled
for ODBC. I also created a uci entry for it on the client in
@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: RE: [U2] UV XMLDB Tool
Yes, it is flavor dependant - it does not like the PICK or
PICK like flavours.
Kurt Neumann; IBM Certified Solutions Expert
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Sent
solution :-)
Any articles and feedback submitted to the prototype site may (if the author
wishes) be considered for the live site.
Let us know what you think.
Brian Leach, U2UG Board
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Like other posters I use my own functions to handle dynamic array operations. I
wonder whether the server access however may be down to NLS support on UniVerse
where you can redefine the delimiters.
Brian
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Rob,
As a comment, at my last company all our development was (and as far as I am
aware still is) done using UniVerse on Linux. This was a combination we used
for over 10 years. Stable certainly.
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Eric,
A couple more points:
1. You can specify a share name to SETPTR so long as the printer has been
locally added to the system. The share name cannot contain spaces.
2. SOME printers will work if you use a generic/text only driver and install
them locally, however ...
3. You may need to
Claus,
If you have set up your config file correctly (looks ok, did you use the
horrible UCI Config editor to make sure it is saved in the right place ?)
your connection string should just read:
Provider=IBM.UniOLEDB.1;Persist Security Info=False;Data
Eric,
Can we start from the top:
1. Is this a local printer or a share e.g. \\machine\printer ?
2. If remote, is it installed under Windows? If so, does your UniVerse user
have privilege to access it?
3. Does the printer show up if you do a SPOOL -LIST ? Is there an error code
reported when you
Karen
I originally used to use RCS under UniVerse with some simple verbs that
committed items in and out of a work directory using an index file to map
account|file|item paths to work file keys. This meant that I could easily
manage items from hashed files (eg dictionaries) using some simple
Susan,
You make a good point, but the problem with that approach is that it stifles
innovation and learning - though not in your case, of course :-)
I have known programmers who took a 'lowest common demoninator' approach
that was based on systems that were obsolete 20+ years ago, ignoring
Kevin,
I disagree, for a simple reason:
I use alpha labels that make sense and then place them in the code in
alphabetical order.
Problem solved grin.
Just a few off the top of my head (it's late here):
1. If using UniVerse, use mixed case to encourage readability when scanning
through a
I may have missed something but maybe an empty string value
is accurate for the year .
The way we are treating our planet whose to says there will
be any computing going on anyway.
But, but...
Isn't that when Windows Longhorn is finally scheduled for release?
Brian
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Dawn,
You can also use RedBack: PHP can instantiate COM objects on Windows
platforms, and has a java interface so it can create java redback objects
(RedObjects). I guess these would also allow UO and UOJ, but then you're
back to the old web access/connection pooling issues.
There is a paper
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