Did You by chance have a
UV.PROMPT ...
in the login paragraph in the uv account ??
-- mats
Dennis Bartlett wrote:
We're on AIX 5.2 UV 10.1.2...
when we upgraded
- we lost the one usually gets when having a select list
active ...
- uvlictool no longer just cleans
Hi Mats
Our system prompt displays the full account name and not just a
eg
KO.OP
To do this we have a small proggie
0001: ASSIGN 1 TO SYSTEM(4001)
0002: ASSIGN @LOGNAME: TO SYSTEM(4002)
I did a test using UVPROMPT to see if it would return the for selects
but alas! no luck...
Just because we have a quadrillion microseconds to play with, instead of a
50 millisecond timeslice, doesn't mean we have to waste them. A few moments to
consider performance, done once in the development cycle, will pay benefits
every time a more efficient program is run. I have to believe
In all of my travels of code before me at my clients, I have never seen a
convoluted SELECT statement broken up into 2 or more pieces for effeciency
reasons. I stumbled on the idea around 9 years ago trying to squeeze a few
more drops of speed from a 386-based system running InfoQuest. I saw the
Brian Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:24:46 -0500
I know that if I imbed HP PCL code into the print job for different
fonts etc that these will print fine. However, for this particular
job, a couple of logos are part of the document as well and we would
like to be able
Sure, but doesn't this compound the problem when you make assumptions
about what a particular position pays and then complain about that
assumption?
Hey, here's a crazy idea -- why not actually find out what the
position pays and THEN complain about it?
-Kevin
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Our disappeared after upgrading last week. I just commented out the
ASSIGN . . . 4001/2 lines and now both and appear as expected.
However, the uvlictool issue is a show-stopper, so I'll be upgrading to
10.1.4 as soon as I can get my hands on it...
Karl
quote who=Dennis Bartlett
Hi Mats
It's something I've always done over the last twenty years. The select
processor in theory should apply optimisiation but I always break my
statements down to reduce the working record set and to increase readability.
Makes very little difference on smaller amount of records but makes a huge
What We do here, using SB+ reports is the logo and/or form layout is saved on
the hp-laser printer memory. And we issue commands from sb+ to print that from
the printers memory, then print the data as normal.
Thanks,
Marilyn A. Hilb
Value Part, Inc
Direct: 847-918-6099
Fax: 847-367-1892
I'm not in front of an MvBase system, but try .? to see a list of the
. commands. I don't remember the command, but one of them turns off
stacking all executed commands so it stacks just the commands entered at
TCL. Unfortunately, as I recall, you have to do this each time you log
in, and I
The UV keyword REQUIRE.SELECT makes this a possibility. On the Mentor and
Ultimate systems I cut my teeth on, if the 1st select returned zero records,
then the second select would select against the entire file. Once I moved to
UV, and learned about REQUIRE.SELECT, then breaking out SELECT
I always multiply the random number generated by the system time in my
programs
-Dianne
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So, how could you generate random numbers larger than 32K?
Call RND twice, multiply the first number by 32762 and add on the second number?
Probably lousy mathematics, but it might
here's the .? from an mvBASE system:
.?
.L LIST COMMANDS
.Ln,m will list n stored TCL commands starting with line m.
.E EDIT STORED COMMANDS
.En brings the stored commands into the system editor at line n.
.X EXECUTE COMMAND(S)
.Xn,n,n will execute the numbered
Hola all -
Background: We're coming up to speed on a Universe 9.5 (on Irix 6.5 on a
Challenge-L vintage 1994 or so, pity us) system that's been largely
unmanaged for the last 4 years or so, so there's not a lot of
institutional knowledge here. We're planning to migrate to RedHat AS3
and are
Looks like this hit on MONSTER.COM is the same position, worded slightly
differently
http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=24568879AVSDM=2004%2D10%2D07+
15%3A58%3A04Logo=1col=dltcicy=USbrd=1%2C1862%2C1863lid=363fn=q=Univer
se+Unidata
No salary range. Not a *great* sign.
Adrian Matthews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/11/2004
10:26:48 AM:
It's something I've always done over the last twenty years. The select
processor in theory should apply optimisiation but I always break my
statements down to reduce the working record set and to increase
readability.
Makes
No that hit is for a Business Objects support position. Business Objects
calls their data source a universe. It has nothing to do with U2.
Gordon J. Glorfield
Sr. Applications Developer
MAMSI (A UnitedHealth Company)
301-360-8839
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We send PCL codes to our HP printers. I've Googled til I'm blue in the
face and have yet to find a concise list of PCL codes. We have a new 'PCL
compliant' HP printer (HP Laserjet 1320) and I'm under the gun to 'make
that thing work' (never heard that line before? Let's trade places...)
I think
Ron,
I frequently break up selects for readability by whomsoever will follow
after me. I've managed to avoid awkward AND and OR logic - or at least
limit it - by cascading selects.
- Charles Readability Barouch
Pingilley, Ron wrote:
The UV keyword REQUIRE.SELECT makes this a possibility. On
1. HP has tech manuals available. Last time I looked, these books were only
available to be purchased in hard copy. Check out the hp website or call
HP.
2. What happens to the print job when another HP printer is connected at the
same port?
3. There is PCL4, PCL5, and PCL6. The flavor may
Karl,
Have you tried printing to it from a pdf or other multi-font
graphical format? You may have a bad printer or other problems. The odds
are that this isn't your problem, but since it takes so little time to
check, you might as well give it a try.
- Charles Easy Tests First Barouch
oops:
ESCEESC*p300X*p1650Y(s6H(s1BTESTESCE
should be:
ESCEESC*p300XESC*p1650YESC(s6HESC(s1BTESTESCE
left out a few ESC...
Yes, I know I make some of the letters lowercase, and eliminated
the repetative ESC's
George
It should print a big TEST on the middle of the page.
George
The best resource is HP. They have a whole set of PCL technical reference
manuals
I got them a few years ago, I believe they cost $175 then.
George
Make sure you preface with ESCE
Try printing this sequence:
ESCEESC*p300X*p1650Y(s6H(s1BTESTESCE
It should print a big TEST on the middle of the
I've occasionally seen references in this list to UniVerse SYSTEM() function
arguments for which I can't find any documentation, e.g., 4001, 4002, 1005,
9001. Can anyone point me to where I might find any documentation on
SYSTEM() arguments that are not documented in the Basic Commands Reference?
Well heck...this is the OTHER side of outsourcing...
The market shrinks, the pool does not, lets watch the fish go wild over a
smaller piece of bait..
If you think that is bad...how about a offer of 35.00 per hour contract rate
from IBM Global Services for a Project Management Position
With one exception, I agree with Charlie. Just because the hardware
speeds allow us to write crap doesn't mean we should. There is, of
course, a limit to cycle-tweaking. I am not going to spend my time
looking for the fastest way to prepend a floating dollar sign, for
example. If I have a case
quote who=Brutzman, Bill
1. HP has tech manuals available. Last time I looked, these books were
only
available to be purchased in hard copy. Check out the hp website or call
HP.
2. What happens to the print job when another HP printer is connected at
the
same port?
This is a networked
quote who=Results
Karl,
Have you tried printing to it from a pdf or other multi-font
graphical format? You may have a bad printer or other problems. The odds
are that this isn't your problem, but since it takes so little time to
check, you might as well give it a try.
I set it up on a
Lots of good links:
http://www.digitalissues.co.uk/html/software/utils/pcl_index.html
http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=b
pl04632
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First, I think you would be hard pressed to find a modern system that
does not support longnames. It is my understanding that the 14 character
limit in Unix when out somewhere around System III (Any Unix historians
in the house?). If anyone is aware of a current platform that still has
this
One can also create an I-descriptor that returns a true/false (then
SELECT ... WITH XYZ.FLAG ... ). Buried in the I-descriptor can be
explicit control (via IF,AND,OR, parenthases) of whether or not you do
certain expensive tests depending on results of cheaper tests.
You can also apply
I have a HP 1300. I had some problems with
the PCL6 driver so I loaded a PCL5 driver and
it has worked perfectly since.
Ron White
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Anthony,
One thing you might want to look at is the PAKTIME tuneable.
This holds the number of seconds the system will wait at a 'Press any key to
continue' message before releasing a held group lock. It defaults to 300:
you might want to reduce that. Another option might be to set an autologout
Using universe 10.0.19...
When a user provides an invalid date value for a select, universe prints
out the error message bad data unconverted data used for selection
but goes on and does the select.
Is there a way to:
1. require that the retrieve command fail when this occurs by using a
That's a good thing, except it didn't print a blessed thing. I wonder if
PCL is turned off... I'll visit the config page on the device and see.
KLP
quote who=George Gallen
The best resource is HP. They have a whole set of PCL technical reference
manuals
I got them a few years ago, I believe
http://h2.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/bpl13205/bpl13205.pdf
I know you specified PCL6 in the subject, but this might help a little. 54
page PDF quick reference guide for PCL5, which the 1320 should understand.
Jim
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Have you tried telneting to port 9100 of the printer and
typing some stuff and seeing if it prints? I've had problems
with RH and TCP printing, I usually use lpd if the interface
supports it.
George
This is a networked printer; no ports. Just an IP. It's pretty vanilla,
and I've setup quite a
Just as a note, when universe went to IBM, and Ascential kept its own (now
evolved) version, the first thing we did was change all the product files
from Type1 to Type19 files; you won't find a Type1 installed on a DS Server
unless it was manually created or existed prior to rev6 of the
You're my hero. It worked. Is the syntax different from 'regular' PCL? it
doesn't look any different to me...
KLP
quote who=George Gallen
oops:
ESCEESC*p300X*p1650Y(s6H(s1BTESTESCE
should be:
ESCEESC*p300XESC*p1650YESC(s6HESC(s1BTESTESCE
left out a few ESC...
Yes, I know I make some of
no. that's PCL3 pretty much.
When you say your sending PCL, where is coming from?
is it hard coded or from a printer driver.
George
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I think the basic concept here has very little to do with any kind of
low-level tweaking or variations on versions. Let me explain by example:
Software I used to work in had a financial ledger for material
transactions that could get to be VERY large. If I wanted to run a
Account analysis for a
LONGNAMES ON is always to be recommended these days. There are so few UNIX
variants now that require a file name to be limited to 14 characters.
There are no negative implications (unless you'll miss the file created with a
truncated operating system name messages!). LONGNAMES ON means that
If you're part way through a group with a LIST (or other query, including SHOW)
a group latch is held indicating that it's not desirable for the group to be
updated. This can be important if the group is heavily overflowed.
After a certain amount of time (configured by the PAKTIME tuneable -
Well, that's what I like about this list. You learn something new every
day. After seeing Ray's post (he is exactly right) I tested this
circumstance with a modulo 1 file, and yes it happens as described. You
cannot readu or write a record in the affected group because of the
group lock asserted
Once upon a time, on a McDonald Douglas system I was doing a LIST and got a
GFE. When we tried to figure out why, it turned out that the only
possibility was the next record in the group that was displaying had been
deleted, so it wasn't a 'real' GFE (we used to call them 'Gone For Ever').
I
Except when you are trying to string them along from
EQUs, it's a little hard to combine, so I just send the
full code for each command.
I have the following commands:
CALL SETPCLX(x); CALL SETPCLY(y); CALL SETPCLXY(x,y)
of course SETPCLXY does a CALL SETPCLX(x) then a CALL SETPCLY(y)
To keep
I wasn't aware of the PAKTIME param. Thanks for the pointer.
Anthony
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Absolutely, longnames on should be automatic (and check that on in the
install automatically updates NEWACC) but imho longnames is far less of a
problem than Type1 files which are an absolute pain.
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...and how much will IBM Global Services be charging the client for that
Project Manager ?
...and I've just realised that you probably meant 35 $US not 35 ?UK
Now I see why the move into Professional Services was crucial for IBM's
future, margins like that could make even Micro$oft jealous
quote who=George Gallen
no. that's PCL3 pretty much.
When you say your sending PCL, where is coming from?
is it hard coded or from a printer driver.
hard-coded using $include HP.LASER, our definition file. That file takes
the format:
CHR16 = ESC:(s0p16H
...
As I think of it, I wonder if
Le Roi,
PRISM in Sydney do Redback Training - see www.prism.com.au for details.
MARY MULLANE
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Solved, though not the way I wanted:
The printer comes with an HTML interface which I've never seen. This
printer is USB connected to an XP Pro station.
http://127.0.0.1:5225/ToolboxManager/deviceRegistry is how you access it
using IE on the localhost. (127.0.0.1 always = localhost, btw).
The
So why isn't it the default on installation?
Yes, I know it isn't your fault, Ray!
LeRoy? Wally? Shouldn't the installer software set LONGNAMES ON unless
the user specifically asks for it to be OFF?
Mike
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You know, some days the brain just doesn't work very well. Since I
probably caused confusion to some of the newer folks with my previous
blathering, let me point out that I answered the question of longnames
by talking about the Type1 vs Type19 issue. Smooth, real smooth.
Longnames handles the
Kevin: I will pursue your crazy idea and submit my resume and report back if
I'm off-base with my assumptions. I know, I know. If you make an assumption
you make an ass out of you and umption.
Mark
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Dare we have a pool guesing what the salary is. I'm guessing between $45-$50
K.
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Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 11:40 AM
Subject: RE: [U2] [Ad] Universe/Unidata Programmer Needed - Denver
Looks like
I'll grant the geographic difference. I'm in the northeast, not denver. But
I do get blurry eyed reading these long, very specific requirement-oriented
postings and finding out that they pay $45K. I wish I were 25 again with
only 2-3 years experience in *anything* as that's what the market wants
I never knew that multiple SELECTS were so popular. I truly have not run
into them before except at my doing.
Mark.
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I
Yeah, and get rid of Type1 for dirs in uvhome while you're at it
(catdir, APP.PROGS, BP, INCLUDE, etc.).
And default file types for SAVEDLISTS, PH, COMO, HOLD should be
Type19 when they get created, too.
The rabble has been 'roused.
cds
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Are DATA statements accumulative until used?
I see the following on a UD (MCD flavor) and it now appears to not work.
Sequence in question:
DATA X
DATA Y
EXECUTE RUN PROG ABC
I usually would have
DATA X:@AM:Y
EXECUTE RUN PROG ABC
Thanks in advance.
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Yo Mats!
The funny thing is that our system used to do that too, ie ACCT when
we were on 10.0.x
Of course, that was before we downgraded to 10.1.2
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In a message dated 11/11/2004 2:12:18 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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I'm puzzled. How do you run mvBase outside of Windows?
I'm not questioning your answer, I'd just like to give it a try.
MvBase can run on any platform that you write the appropriate interface for.
It is
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