[U2] Print Wizard 4 beta testers wanted (fwd)
Hello! Because many of you are active users, or at least testers, of Print Wizard, I'd like to invite you to participate in the beta testing process for version 4. We have set up a Google group as the primary means of communication for this. If you respond to me personally, I will add you to the group. At that point you can learn more about what's new and improved, and how the beta process works. There's no commitment, you can withdraw at any time. Note: this does *not* involve the Print Wizard feature set of AnzioWin, our terminal emulator. Watch for an announcement later. PW4 adds some significant new "building blocks" to Print Wizard. For instance, we have a *reader* for PDF files, where previously we could only create them. This makes it easier to use a PDF as an overlay, for instance. We have also greatly enhanced many of the building blocks. For instance, the Print Preview window can now view multiple pages, and it lets you adjust the placement of an overlay as well as the text on that overlay. Components can be combined in new ways. For instance, you can preview a job on its way to PDF output, and even sign a purchase order on the last page. Finally, we have focused many improvements on the need to eliminate multi-part, pre-printed forms. We have placement adjustment, multiple copies (collated or not), and bin sequencing. By participating in the beta process, you get the chance to try these new features early, and contribute suggestions to the final form and function. So come on board! Regards, Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: r...@anzio.com company e-mail: r...@anzio.com voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Locate Syntax Error Missed by Compiler
> LOCATE STRING IN ARRAY<1> "DR" SETTING POS ELSE POS = 1 > > This compiled and executed but ... the BY was missing. > LOCATE STRING IN ARRAY<1,1> BY "DR" SETTING POS ELSE POS = 1 > > It took us a while to look there since the compiler accepted > it. When we found it we discussed that we really expected > the syntax error to be identified by the compiler. The DR is being applied as a mask to ARRAY<1>. The problem isn't with Locate, but with an invalid mask being accepted, perhaps an invalid variant of a date mask. As I recall, R83 was fickle in whether or not it forgave errors if the first character of a mask was valid but the remainder was not. I don't know how the engineers for UV or UD decided which errors to forgive, and which ones would trigger a runtime error. You might actually have a runtime error sitting in a log somewhere, telling you there was an invalid mask. HTH Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com Nebula R&D sells mv.NET worldwide and provides related development services remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com/blog (Latest blogs on Web Services for MV) Visit PickWiki.com! Contribute! http://Twitter.com/TonyGravagno ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] save " break-on" query result as data file records
Boydell, Stuart spotless.com.au> writes: > > If you're familiar with SQL you can use SQL. > > INSERT INTO NEWFILE > SELECT COL1,COL2,SUM(COL3) FROM OLDFILE GROUP BY COL1,COL2; > Etc > > See the SQL User Guide for UV specific extensions and syntax > > Otherwise, if you want to use Revise, you can use the REFORMAT verb. > > HTH, > Stuart Thanks Stuart, I think I have no choice as to use BASIC, because Insert SQL statement does not allow field modifiers in a subquery, and REFORMAT syntax does not allow break-on values, but original records instead. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Locate Syntax Error Missed by Compiler
Yes. The "BY" is optional and "DR" should work as a format mask (in UD it gives a date using "R" as a delimiter instead of a space, "-", or "/". Although I can't imagine what would cause someone to do a locate on a format masked string Hth Colin Alfke Calgary, Canada -Original Message- Ron Hutchings We are running 10.0.11, PICK flavor. LOCATE STRING IN ARRAY<1> "DR" SETTING POS ELSE POS = 1 This compiled and executed but gave results we were not expecting. After some analysis and two sets of eyes, the aha moment that the BY was missing. LOCATE STRING IN ARRAY<1,1> BY "DR" SETTING POS ELSE POS = 1 It took us a while to look there since the compiler accepted it. When we found it we discussed that we really expected the syntax error to be identified by the compiler. Are we expecting too much from the compiler? ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] RetrieVe enhancements
This got me thinking - pardon the question, I have not used retrieve for such things for many years , but do people still use retrieve for print or screen reporting ? Symeon. -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Tony Gravagno Sent: 16 July 2010 16:28 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] RetrieVe enhancements With full agreement that C justification would be helpful if built-in, this function is easily accomplished with a correlative or even a call to a common subroutine. T ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] Locate Syntax Error Missed by Compiler
Hi Ron, A quick VLIST of the generated code shows that the compiler has taken the "DR" as a format string and applied it to the content of ARRAY<1> and then performed the LOCATE against that data. Although not what you intended, this is actually consistent with the way in which SMA format expressions work. Personally, I hate them because of this sort of syntactically valid but semantically wrong error. Martin Phillips Ladybridge Systems Ltd 17b Coldstream Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton NN4 6DB, England +44 (0)1604-709200 - Original Message - From: "Ron Hutchings" To: Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 8:28 PM Subject: [U2] Locate Syntax Error Missed by Compiler We are running 10.0.11, PICK flavor. LOCATE STRING IN ARRAY<1> "DR" SETTING POS ELSE POS = 1 This compiled and executed but gave results we were not expecting. After some analysis and two sets of eyes, the aha moment that the BY was missing. LOCATE STRING IN ARRAY<1,1> BY "DR" SETTING POS ELSE POS = 1 It took us a while to look there since the compiler accepted it. When we found it we discussed that we really expected the syntax error to be identified by the compiler. Are we expecting too much from the compiler? _ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/ ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
[U2] Locate Syntax Error Missed by Compiler
We are running 10.0.11, PICK flavor. LOCATE STRING IN ARRAY<1> "DR" SETTING POS ELSE POS = 1 This compiled and executed but gave results we were not expecting. After some analysis and two sets of eyes, the aha moment that the BY was missing. LOCATE STRING IN ARRAY<1,1> BY "DR" SETTING POS ELSE POS = 1 It took us a while to look there since the compiler accepted it. When we found it we discussed that we really expected the syntax error to be identified by the compiler. Are we expecting too much from the compiler? _ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/ ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] RetrieVe enhancements
With full agreement that C justification would be helpful if built-in, this function is easily accomplished with a correlative or even a call to a common subroutine. T ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
[U2] Sockets changes from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008?
Hi,
I'm not sure if this is strictly a U2 question, but since it relates to
a U2 application, I'll post here just in case...
Has anyone got any experience of the differences between sockets on
Windows 2003 and Windows 2003? We have a Windows service that listens
on a port for a connection from a UniData program. It works fine under
Win2k / Win2003, but not on Windows 2008.
Initially, the output log for the service showed the following error
when the conenction was attempted
"System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An address incompatible with the
requested protocol was used"
A check on Google showed that this was likely down to the fact that
Win2008 uses IPv6 as default, and so I needed to change the service to
accept the correct address family, so the service code changed from:
***
byte[] bytes = new Byte[1024];
// Establish the local endpoint for the socket.
IPHostEntry ipHostInfo = Dns.GetHostEntry(Dns.GetHostName());
IPAddress ipAddress = ipHostInfo.AddressList[0];
IPEndPoint localEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(ipAddress, listenPort);
// Create a TCP/IP socket.
Socket listener = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork,
SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
// Bind the socket to the local endpoint and listen for incoming
connections.
try
{
listener.Bind(localEndPoint);
listener.Listen(100);
***
To:
***
byte[] bytes = new Byte[1024];
// Establish the local endpoint for the socket.
IPHostEntry ipHostInfo = Dns.GetHostEntry(Dns.GetHostName());
IPAddress ipAddress = ipHostInfo.AddressList[0];
IPEndPoint localEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(ipAddress, listenPort);
// Create a TCP/IP socket.
Socket listener = new Socket(ipAddress.AddressFamily, SocketType.Stream,
ProtocolType.Tcp);
// Bind the socket to the local endpoint and listen for incoming
connections.
try
{
listener.Bind(localEndPoint);
listener.Listen(100);
***
(the only change being the first parameter in the Socket constructor)
I now no longer get the exception, but when UniData tries to communicate
with the service via writeSocket(), it returns with error code 14 ("The
socket has been shut down").
Oddly, the connection attempt doesn't even show in the event log for the
Windows service, although trying to connect via telnet will allow me to
send one character before shutting down, and that does show in the log.
Does anyone know what I might be missing to cause this to fail?
Thanks in advance,
Adam
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Re: [U2] RetrieVe enhancements
Hi Kate, Not strictly U2 but relevant to consideration of this proposal. When we did right alignment of column headings in right aligned fields in QM, users moaned that they didn't like it. This is almost certainly just a matter of personal preference. We resolved this by adding a new embedded 'R' control code that could be added to the heading text just like 'L' for newline in multi-line headings. Perhaps this might be a more acceptable solution for RetrieVe. I have always been surprised that UV does not support the C justification code. It's about time. Martin Phillips Ladybridge Systems Ltd 17b Coldstream Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton NN4 6DB, England +44 (0)1604-709200 - Original Message - From: "Kate Stanton" To: "U2 Users List" Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 7:31 AM Subject: [U2] RetrieVe enhancements There are 2 changes I should like to see in RetrieVe: 1.add C (centre) as a justification code, as well as L, R and T We use C in our dictionary-driven data entries, forms, and integrated queries. It is annoying that it is not available in RetrieVe reports 2.Align column heading using the data's justification code Column headings are always left-justified, looks odd over wide right-justified data column. Before I ask Rocket for these, it would be good to know if anyone else would want them. ??? Kate Stanton Walstan Systems Ltd 4 Kelmarna Ave, Herne Bay, Auckland 1011, New Zealand Ph: +64 9 360 5310 Fax: +64 9 376 0750 Mobile: +64 21 400 486 Email: k...@walstan.com ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
