Re: [Hardhats-members] More DINUM problems

[Greg Kreis]

I suspect he is creating a generic populatioin tool so he can move data into the system, automate tasks driven by a GUI, etc.  But, hey, Kevin...  tell us again about your approach. steven mcphelan wrote: I am still confused as to why Kevin is going through all these gyrations for creating scripts to set up a user especially since his scripts appear to be hardcoding the values to assign. The Kernel has provided APIs to do this very thing for many years. Staff at the VA set up a new user with one option which is the option to clone a user. What they do is setup a standardized NEW PERSON file entry (I will call a dummy user) with all the Kernel components they need for that job's function. Then when a real user comes on board, they choose the clone a user option. They select the appropriate dummy user. Voila, the real user now has all the options, security keys, mail groups, etc. that they need. This is not 100% but it goes a long ways to making an onerous task easier. For example, I believe the Kernel clone a user option will not copy over some package specific configurations like CPRS parameters. But if Kevin is going through these gyration to learn, then that is good. If the purpose is to have a tool to make a task simpler, then why not use the already existing VistA options that accomplish that task or write a script to those options????? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Toppenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:37 PM Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] More DINUM problems Thanks Skip, I also have gotten this working. For complex reasons, my install scripter was adding the record, and then trying to overwrite it a second time. It working now. I think you cheated a bit below, though. You sent the error messages to ZZERR, and then showed that there were no errors in DIERR. LOL. I see below that it did work though. Thanks again Kevin ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members