Re: Converting static files into Dynamic

2004-04-17 Thread Susan Lynch
From: Martin Scholl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UD: Converting static files into Dynamic Is there an easy way to convert static files into dynamic files? I just found that one file, that I created as static tends to grow large. I want to shield my customers from and DBA work and rather have

[ot] RE: Database decoupling (Was: Future of U2)

2004-04-17 Thread Ross Ferris
Perhaps you should check out our Viságe product :-) Give yourself a modern visual drag drop interface (ie: drag items from your UV dictionary definition drop them on a form - inherit edits etc from dictionary, but you can override if necessary), that uses internet technologies (like HTTP for

RE: UV to Text Conversion Standard?

2004-04-17 Thread Ross Ferris
Best answer: don't use sub-values. They're evil, anyway. I've been somewhat surprised over recent years by the number of software companies that not only use SVM, but go down a level or 2 from that ! If you are using the standard inbuilt facilities of ANY of the mv systems, they have never

RE: PI Open is going away

2004-04-17 Thread Ross Ferris
Don't forget to mention the Drumheller(? Drumhella?) Trick ! Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage an Evolution in Software Development -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Results Sent: Saturday, 17 April 2004 4:45 AM To: U2 Users Discussion

RE: Crystal Reports

2004-04-17 Thread Ross Ferris
H, We spent 3 years developing a product (CrystalLynx) that allowed us to work with Crystal - it automatically normalized the data for you, so I think it would be fair to say that we used it for a while - and you are right, I don't want to go back (to Crystal). Typical square peg/round

RE: PI Open is going away

2004-04-17 Thread John Jenkins
Nononono -- how will we know what a PERI 157 is if you do that ??? ;-) JayJay -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Upton Sent: 16 April 2004 09:55 To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: RE: PI Open is going away Funny that... I

Re: UV to Text Conversion Standard?

2004-04-17 Thread Results
Ross, Perhaps we should all capitulate start to use flat CSV files ? You expect delimiters? When I started in computers, our binary only had zeros - and we were glad to have them! The thing about MV or flat really comes down to a case-by-case to my way of thinking. I generally

Re: UV to Text Conversion Standard?

2004-04-17 Thread Mark Johnson
Let's not forget the lower case L for 1 (one). - Original Message - From: Larry Hiscock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: U2 Users Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 2:08 PM Subject: RE: UV to Text Conversion Standard? You expect delimiters? When I started in

Re: PI Open is going away

2004-04-17 Thread Lance J. Andersen
I think 3 lines of comments is generous ;-) When I went through that lovely set of code to document the PI error messages I was wishing i could find the design spec, but I believe the spec matched the number of comments in the Kernel (i.e. it did not exist). Clifton Oliver wrote: That

RE: PI Open is going away

2004-04-17 Thread Ross Ferris
Probably. Never knew the guy ... but I thought the trick was kinda neat, and I've still been known to use variants to this day :-) Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage an Evolution in Software Development -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-17 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/17/2004 9:10:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The tools are there to produce applications on par with anything on the market. Web interfaces via tools like Redback. UOJ, .Net PDP, or the java interfaces are all there to produce great solutions for

Re: can we stop with the pointless displays? was Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-17 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/17/2004 7:35:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: and had to watch the compiler meticulously display those line-by line asterisks during compiling. O speaking of that, thank you that reminds me. When doing BUILD-INDEX is it really necessary to

Re: UV to Text Conversion Standard?

2004-04-17 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/17/2004 6:14:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perhaps we should all capitulate start to use flat CSV files ? Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage an Evolution in Software Development Having created a system on a MAC that does use flat CSV files

Re: PI Open is going away

2004-04-17 Thread Ray Wurlod
I don't remember seeing any three comments! - Original Message - From: Clifton Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 12:12:35 -0700 To: U2 Users Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PI Open is going away That would be John 60,000 lines of PMA assemby code and only 3

RE: PI Open is going away

2004-04-17 Thread Ray Wurlod
One of the reasons PI/open could not advance was that its source control system was written in MIDASPLUS. D'oh! -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users

Re: UV to Text Conversion Standard?

2004-04-17 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/17/2004 4:06:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Another standard is that used by the UNLOAD.FILE.B program and its corresponding bulk loader utility loadfile. Here, a line beginning with other than a TAB character or one of /}, /] or \{ contains a

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-17 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/17/2004 4:16:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A key factor that makes CUI non-portable to GUI is the embedded Input and Print statements in the code. I respectfully disagree that this is key. After all event oriented apps also have input statements

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-17 Thread Mike Randall
I think the point Tony was making was the splitting of the program logic from the actual screen formatting. One of the most arduous tasks in converting to a GUI is the splitting of the screen layout (print statements) from the business logic in programs. If your programs have the somewhat

Re: PI Open is going away

2004-04-17 Thread Clifton Oliver
Which trick was that? He had so many. On Apr 17, 2004, at 15:08, Ross Ferris wrote: Probably. Never knew the guy ... but I thought the trick was kinda neat, and I've still been known to use variants to this day :-) -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-17 Thread Tony Gravagno
Will wrote: A key factor that makes CUI non-portable to GUI is the embedded Input and Print statements in the code. I respectfully disagree that this is key. After all event oriented apps also have input statements I think you mean the key factor is that the programs are not event oriented.

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-17 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/17/2004 10:21:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AFIK, Visage offers users a GUI in a TOTAL WINDOWS LOOK AND FEEL/BROWSER environment, without having to do a total rewrite, but a rewrite none the less, re-using some portions, perhaps, of existing