Marco,
The easy answer is no. This would require the compiler to establish all
possible paths through a program and determine whether it was possible to
arrive at any place that uses a variable without setting it first. Although
some compilers (many C compilers for example) make a good attempt a
Hi Martin,
excuse the late answer, we have a StorageTek D280 with 1GB cache and we see
good performance after tuning the cache.
Björn Eklund
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The most common cause of this in my experience is incorrect use of flow
control with serial printers.
For the non-techies (are there any on this list?) Your UV system can
probably produce data faster than the printer can handle it so it needs a
way to say "stop!". There are fundamentally two
thanks for the reply martin.
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To: "U2 Users Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 3:51 AM
Subject: Re: UV losing print characters
> The most common cause of this in my experience is incorrect
Marco,
The problem is that all it can do is warn that there *might* be a route
through that would not assign a variable, depending on conditional logic.
The Borland compilers do this - and boy is it annoying. For example, you
might have a case statement that handles each potential and predictabl
Just a quick note that you may want to confirm your agreements are up to
date. Just the other day I was attempting to access some webpages at ibm
that required customer # etc and found out that our agreements were not
current.
This could have to do with not receiving an invoice in 2003. I'm not
Step One. Remove SCO and replace with your choice of (SuSE, Redhat, Gentoo, Mandrake,
etc)
Step Two. Install SAMBA
http://www.groklaw.net for more info on why you may want to proceed with step one.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/02/04 11:57PM >>>
Gang,
I'm installing SAMBA on SCO (Open Serv
I have just encountered the same problem. IBM never sent a
maintenance invoice and then complained when I tried to access
support. I think it is very bad business practice to not bill your
customer and then charge a penalty for letting your maintenance
lapse.
Ron White
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actually there was no penalty due to the current amnesty program.There
was something on u2ug.org website awhile ago
Ron White wrote:
I have just encountered the same problem. IBM never sent a
maintenance invoice and then complained when I tried to access
support. I think it is very bad business
Brian,
Actually, I felt the same way for a long time (about Borland
compilers) but once I gave in to the bullying, I developed a new set of
habits in coding variables which I then carried back into mv. I'm not
sure I can articulate the difference, but it has been a good decision.
- Charle
Ditto for us, but it started back in 2002. We have tried to maintain four
maintenance contracts with IBM and it has been an absolute mess dealing
with them. Failure to invoice, failure to record our payments correctly,
inability to resolve the contract problems, promises to "look into it" and
then
In all fairness IBM did wave the charge due to the amnesty program.
However, if I had not happened to have a support issue at the time
I did, I would not have known that my maintenance had lapsed and
would likely have been charged the penalty. At that point I would
have moved to JBase rather than
I must admit we too have the exact same problem with IBM.
After some long drawn out dealings we finally got it all resolved with no
penalties.
We are currently looking into a new system and I'm sure this mess has left
a bad taste in some of the mouths here.
It might affect the type of system w
We had a similar problem right after the buyout. We had just
renewed our maintenance with Informix. IBM sent us a notice
that our maintenance had been terminated due to nonpayment.
Even though we could prove that it had been paid we were
required to pay it again.
They better get this problem fix
Folks:
We are constantly striving to improve the maintenance renewal process. We
acknowledge that with the multiple buy-outs in a few short years, things
got pretty out of whack. We are getting close. We've implemented a new
database and are cleansing and recapturing all records and putting
pr
new database is it of the U2 flavor ?
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Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:06 AM
To: U2 Users Discussion List
Subject: Re: u2 maintenance agreements
Notice of Confidentiality: The info
We had the same problem. Wally, I'm sorry but this is not a whining issue it
is very much a problem and it deals with a problem that should be resolved.
If you think it is whining then you are obviously not the person that we
should want to deal with.
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From: "Wally Terh
No, it's Paradox running on DR-DOS! :-)
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/03/04 11:17AM >>>
new database is it of the U2 flavor ?
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Behalf Of Wally Terhune
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:06 AM
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Doesn't Raining Data have a Pick Product that supports .NET? :-)
>Isn't there a separate list server for whining? :-)
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I wish IBM would hurry up and get their C# .Net provider so we could leave
Raining S... behind.
There are only 10 people in the world who understand binary.
George Smith
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Leave them today. C# works just fine with UniObjects for Java.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/03/04 11:39AM >>>
I wish IBM would hurry up and get their C# .Net provider so we could leave
Raining S... behind.
There are only 10 people in the world who understand binary.
George Smith
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Please accept my apologies for an inappropriate comment regarding U2
maintenance issues.
What I should have said was something along the lines of - 'might it not be
best to take this discussion to the non-technical U2 list'.
Best regards,
Wally Terhune
Manager - U2 Advanced Technical Support
Hi,
Is there a way of starting windowsprograms on the users PC from a Unibasic
program or do I need Wintergrate or some other tool to do that?
I would like to send a invoice number away to an invoice archive on MS
sql-server to get a pdf copy of the invoice in an Internet Exploreror
acrobat reader
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Björn,
I know you can do it from AccuTerm, I don't know of a way to do it
from wIntergrate.
- Charles Barouch
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Björn Eklund wrote:
Hi,
Is there a way of starting windowsprograms on the users PC from a Unibasic
program or do I need Wintergrate or some other tool to do th
>
> ED VOC DICT.IN.MASTER
> 0001: F
> 0002: E:\accounts\_source.DEV\D_IN.MASTER
> 0003: E:\accounts\_source.DEV\D_IN.MASTER
>
Conceptually, I don't see anything wrong with what you are doing. This VOC pointer
seems to be all right. The work I was on UNIX running 10.1..
How about EXECUTE 'DOS /C "notepad.exe"'
substituting whatever windows executable you like for "notepad.exe" or if
its more complex than that you could write out a batch file and run it by
this same method.
>Is there a way of starting windowsprograms on the users PC from a Unibasic
>program or d
HEAR, HEAR!
> Incidentally, I find the worryingly common practice of
> setting all variables to zero / null at the top of a program
> very annoying as it hides the very useful unassigned variable
> trap, leaving you thinking your program works when actually
> it doesn't.
>
> Martin Phillips
>
Marco:
A useful alternative, which noone has ever fixed in over 25 years, is the
message:
[B10] in program "MyProgram", Line 106: Variable has not been assigned a
value; zero used.
or
[B10] in program "MyProgram", Line 106: Nonnumeric where numeric required;
zero used.
Why in the world
Gerry:
A common solution I've found is to add more memory to the HP printer(s).
Although it doesn't really remedy the cause it can have a positive impact on
the symptom...memory is cheap, our time isn't. :-)
Hope this helps.
Bill
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[
Sorry, I have done embarassingly little towards developing the desired
plug-in. I had trouble finding a tutorial that matched what I saw in
the current version of Eclipse, and recently have been using NetBeans
much more than Eclipse, so have let things slide.
Best,
David Beahm
Stuart Boydell w
Wally, now I have a complaint . Ibm keeps calling to resolve my
maintenance renewal situation. 2 phone calls in 2 days.
looks like I'll be back on track shortly. I hope others experience the
same timely response.
Rich
P.S. Things do fall thru the cracks when you only submit a case number
ever
Wally:
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Behalf Of Wally Terhune
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 8:06 AM
> To: U2 Users Discussion List
> Subject: Re: u2 maintenance agreements
>
[snipped]
> Isn't there a separate list server for whining? :-)
Jeff:
I suspect that would start "Notepad" on the server rather than on the
client. I believe one needs something like wIntegrate or AccuTerm to start
"Notepad" on the client.
Bill
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> Behalf Of Jeff Schasny
> Sent:
You can do this with the full version of Accuterm which costs $139, Accuterm
lite which costs $59 does not have this feature. This feature is now
support by a terminal emulator called HotVT, at least in Wyse60 modes, which
is available for $39, if cost is a consideration. Control is also better t
Please accept my apologies for an inappropriate comment ...
Gee, Wally (God, I've always wanted to type that here!)... ;)
I seem to remember a pretty big emoticon after the 'allegedly'
inappropriate comment. Even I understood what you meant.
Yes, there are problems on the BUSINESS side.
Bjorn,
You might look at WIN.PCRUN in the wIntegrate host utilities.
You can pass the path to the file and run Internet Explorer or
any other PC program in a separate window on the client.
Mark Johnson gave a good explanation of this a few days ago. You
can search the Archive for Wintegrate
Right now we are using UV v8.3.3 on HP-Ux v10.01.
When we upgrade both UV and the OS, will we need to reCompile all of our
UniBasic programs?
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> Is it technically or theoretically possible for the BASIC
> compiler (or any other compiler for that matter) to catch
> (during compilation) all the situations that might result in
> the use of unassigned variable at runtime within the scope of
> the subroutine being compiled?
It's not exact
Folks:
I really shot myself in the foot on this one. I had intended to indicate we
took this seriously, but I didn't feel it needed to be discussed in this
forum.
IBM really does consider this a very important issue and is working very
hard to rectify this. Yes, we are using a U2 database to
I have a new component which will launch multiple applications on any PC in
a shop from any MV platform. No AccuTerm or wIntegrate involved, very
affordable. It's currently named NebulaLaunch and is being incorporated
into a couple other components here and will be available as a separate
offerin
Hello All,
Is there a function with universe / basic to tell me the id of the last print job
generated from my current uv login?
Universe 10.0.13
RedHat Linux 8.0
Thanks for you help,
Donnie Jacobs
Sr Developer
GC Services LP
713-776-6503
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It would probably be a good idea to re-compile and re-catalog.
-Grant W. Boice, Jr.
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From: Brutzman, Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 2:34 PM
To: 'U2 Users Discussion List'
Subject: Migration ReCompile
Right now we are using UV v8.3.3 on
I am running UV 9.5.1... on windows NT (PICK flavor).
I want to be able to read in a .doc file created in Word 2000, do a string
replace, and then write out the file as a new .doc file. I have tried
using the standard READ and READSEQ. I use the CHANGE command [REC =
CHANGE(REC,txta,txtb)] and th
Dan,
We do this within UniData, but I'm thinking it should work in Universe
as well.
Our trick is to save the Word Document as a RTF (Rich Text Format) file
instead of in the native Word format. The rtf format keeps you from
having to worry about any special characters embedded within the
docume
Thanks Mick - gives me something to start with. Now if I can only get the
users to accept it the battle will be successful.
dan
"Gahan,
You really don't want to read a binary document into your app. It's
relatively easy to create a COM Add-in for Word which can be controlled from
any MV environment over any OS. See http://nebula-rnd.com/products/doc.htm
as an example of what can be done in this area.
I've been thinking about cre
You are permitted to be human and speak with tongue in cheek at times too,
even if you are an IBM employee, Wally. I suspect that most of us would
MUCH PREFER to have IBM employees feel free to speak up and not think they
have to be "politically correct" or run every word past a corporate
marketin
Always the Mother.
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Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 3:55 PM
Subject: RE: My apologies
You are permitted to be human and speak with tongue in cheek at times too,
even if y
Seen this with TCP/X.25 bridges as well - X.25 is a bit notorious under
heavy load and it can lose data. Usually only an issue if you are running
through a large X.25 based IT infrastructure or over WANs
Regards
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Daniel,
Word files are binary format and are not changeable by
this technique: the characters are positionally important
in the document structure and any changes in length will
screw the doc completely..
You can go for a number of approaches at various levels of
technicality, but the simples
> Is there a way of starting windowsprograms on the users PC from a Unibasic
> program or do I need Wintergrate or some other tool to do that?
You need a proficient terminal emulator. Wintegrate could be one option of
many.
> I would like to send a invoice number away to an invoice archive on MS
In a message dated 3/3/2004 4:09:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> I want to be able to read in a .doc file created in Word 2000, do a string
> replace, and then write out the file as a new .doc file. I have tried
> using the standard READ and READSEQ. I use the CHANGE c
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> The easy answer is no. This would require the compiler to establish all
> possible paths through a program and determine whether it was possible to
> arrive at any place that uses a variable without setting it
> first. Although
> some compilers (many C compilers for example) make a good attempt
One day, I stumbled across an interesting behavior; at TCL, if I type 'L',
it results in my current SELECT list being cleared. You get an error
message, but it does not seem to hurt anything. This is great, because I
hate typing in CLEARSELECT.
But ever since, I've been wondering what it's really
Wintegrate is real easy (not that Accuterm isn't, i just know wintegrate).
As a blind terminal emulator the MV host knows nothing of the emulator
(native or telnet). From one of the connected users you can 'upload host
programs' that puts 100 or more main and sub programs into WIN.PROGS
(flavored)
I've got a nifty 15 line utility that anyone could complete called NOTEPAD.
Basically is it like EDIT (pick) except it copies the Pick file to a known
PC filename (C:\notepad.txt) and starts notepad. I and users can edit
textfiles simply (don't try data files as there's no line numbers) and when
yo
Barry,
Got neither of these verbs in my VOC
We run INFORMATION flavour, which one do you use?
But I've seen that error message before, when a program tried to execute the
"DOS" command, but the user didn't have the correct rights to "cmd.exe".
Your UV users (a local group on the server, normally)
My VOC doesn't have these entries you mention...nor does the UV Account VOC
(always a good place to check for such things - or the NEWACC file).
However, looks like your application once resided on a Prime Computer, under
PRIMOS and using Prime INFORMATION.
L and LD are 'list directory' PRIMOS op
I don't mean to over illustrate WIN.PCRUN but I must endorse it. I've got
clients using it to FTP to remote sites for order downloads, delete remote
data, instantiate text file transfers, link UPS tracking numbers to UPS.com
and fedex. 2 of my clients maintain fleets of 20-30 dispatchable trucks an
Hi,
If you hate typing CLEARSELECT or any other long command
why don't you just create a shortened command?
Like CLS for CLEARSELECT.
Why rely on a "botch" which happens to work on your system?
my 2c
Louis
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To: "U2 list (E-
David is absolutely 100% correct.
Louis Windsor is also 100% correct.
The reason the "L" VOC entry clears your active SELECT is that the command
is not interpreted, therefore the "botched" command - since it did not work
against your SELECT list - by default - clears your active select list.
ED V
Dear U2 Users,
Is anyone having idea regarding the uniVerse 10 when apply the
Begin/End Transaction, it do not allow to write to the remote file. Once
execute the program , it prompt the belowing messages Network writes not
allowed within a transacton.
Is it the security of the Database ?
Thanks for the replies!
>If you hate typing CLEARSELECT or any other long command
>why don't you just create a shortened command?
Because then I'd have to put it in every account, whereas 'L' is already
everywhere. I just assumed it was some general command because this is the
second company I've
You've definitely got VOC items that need clearing up and correction on that
system.
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From: "Barry Brevik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'U2 Users Discussion List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 10:09 PM
Subject: RE: [UV] Ever wondered how something wo
I don't know exactly but LD may be short for LISTDICTS and since you're not
providing a filename, it may bomb, taking the active list with it.
Sometimes on UD i wish there were an easier way to clear an active list
instead of CLEARSELECT. I used TIME on all native systems but UD is more
durable an
Do you have UV/Net installed on the remote server? Or are you using NFS?
Apparently, you can't write to remote 'recoverable' (via UV/Net) files,
during a transaction. I can't see any other restrictions, regarding UV/Net
accessible files.
Regards
David
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From: [EMAIL P
My query is not on how to suppress the warning messages but on why the compiler
catches only a few of them. Even the case statement example you gave is in my opinion
a good candidate for such warning messages because a robust program would have to
provide for a default case block, something lik
Dear All,
We do install the UV/NET. Even I can edit the remote file and save
it. Only unable to write if combine with the BEGIN TRANSACTION / END
TRANSACTION statement
Regards
Ang
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Sen
Marco,
At that point I wasn't really adressing your question. Sorry for taking
the thread off it's original topic. I probably should have started my
own thread.
Hey, it's all Martin Phillips' fault. His "Incidentally,..." paragraph
got me off on a tangent, onto a soapbox. It's a sore spot wher
On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 09:35, Björn Eklund wrote:
> Is there a way of starting windowsprograms on the users PC from a
> Unibasic program or do I need Wintergrate or some other tool to do
> that?
this comes up often enough to be a FAQ. i dumped some ideas in the
following page. if anyone has addit
Hi Everyone
We are looking for a 'standalone' Sales Forecasting System including
demand forecasting techniques and preferably
using a MV database. Or alternately a Sales Forecasting System that can
be integrated sensibly into a MV application.
Any clues ??
Barry Brooks
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By the way, the fastest way to get rid of an unwanted Select list (in Universe):
ED [Enter] [Enter]
and the list is gone...
Rainer
Quoting Barry Brevik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Thanks for the replies!
>
> >If you hate typing CLEARSELECT or any other long command
> >why don't you just create a sho
> By the way, the fastest way to get rid of an unwanted Select list (in
Universe):
> ED [Enter] [Enter]
> and the list is gone...
Even quicker,
who [Enter]
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In a message dated 3/3/2004 10:03:01 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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> Even quicker,
> who [Enter]
> Regards T.
Are you sure? I think on native pick systems you can use any command.
However on Universe you have to use a command that actually uses up a select list.
Since
Well "WHO" works on UniVerse personal edition on Windows XP.
Louis
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Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [UV] Ever wondered how something works...
: In a message dated 3/3/2004 10:03:01 PM Pacific Stan
> so I have to think the list will still be active after the WHO is
> completed.
Not so. I discovered to my own use that simply using "LIST", without file
name, will clear the selectlist.
And in any event, proof of who below:
<<< T C L>>>
>SELECT CUST
3117 record(s) selected to SELECT list #0.
That sounds great Stuart since we run netterm today. I'll try this out.
Björn Eklund
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Ämne: RE: How to start windows programs
> Is there a way of starting
Actually Bill, PI/open and Prime INFORMATION (last couple of releases) had
meaningful run-time and compile-time error/warning messages. Very similar
to your examples with the variable/constant names. The online help also gave
you more info for the error code that it displayed (sometimes useful :-)
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