Re: [U2] Mixed Case UV Basic Programming Standards.

2009-06-25 Thread Norman Morgan
time. Since I came to this environment after 9 years on a Wang VS with its modeless editor, SE was the most natural thing to use, and I still do, although I now prefer AccuTerm's WED. Norman Morgan nmor...@brake.com http

Re: [U2] Using ED

2009-06-25 Thread Norman Morgan
is a lifesaver. Norman Morgan nmor...@brake.com http://www.brake.com Normal is a setting on a washing machine

Re: [U2] Mixed Case UV Basic Programming Standards.

2009-06-24 Thread Norman Morgan
. Norman Morgan nmor...@brake.com http://www.brake.com Elect NO incumbents -- throw ALL the rascals out. -Original Message

RE: [U2] UV to SAP migration disaster

2009-04-21 Thread Norman Morgan
heard what they really cost. Norman Morgan nmor...@brake.com http://www.brake.com Why do they sterilize the needles for lethal injection

RE: [U2] U2 Application / Solutions providers list? PICK / U2 Hits? Any ERP Light applications out there?

2009-04-21 Thread Norman Morgan
. Norman Morgan nmor...@brake.com http://www.brake.com Why would I want to be normal? Normal is DULL. --- u2-users mailing

RE: [U2] UV to SAP migration disaster

2009-04-20 Thread Norman Morgan
What does the acronym PHB stand for? Ask any Dilbert fan! PHB is pointy-haired boss. Norman Morgan nmor...@brake.com http://www.brake.com Lottery: a tax on people who

RE: [U2] Strange happening...

2009-03-02 Thread Norman Morgan
) Norman Morgan nmor...@brake.com http://www.brake.com Laissez les bon temps rouler! I use LOOP READNEXT ID ELSE ID = '' UNTIL ID

RE: [U2] Basic SORT() Function not avail in UniVerse?

2008-07-22 Thread Norman Morgan
(HIGHSTRING) ARRAY = IF LOWSTRING # THEN ARRAY-1 = LOWSTRING IF PIVOT # THEN ARRAY-1 = PIVOT IF HIGHSTRING # THEN ARRAY-1 = HIGHSTRING RETURN === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com

RE: [U2] blank lines in code / mixed case

2008-03-11 Thread Norman Morgan
You can always count on an old brass-pounder to get the job done. 73 de (ex)WA4BCG === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === How does a shelf salesman keep his

RE: [U2] INCLUDE weirdo

2008-03-07 Thread Norman Morgan
. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === When you do a good deed, get a receipt, just in case heaven is like the IRS === --- u2-users mailing list u2

RE: [U2] RE: Switching from D3 to U2

2008-02-05 Thread Norman Morgan
. But we were about 3 major versions behind on the Prelude application code and wanted some of the newer features. When Prelude said they would not support the newer versions on D3, we were forced to switch. Conversion by coercion. === Norman Morgan

RE: [U2] RE: Switching from D3 to U2

2008-02-04 Thread Norman Morgan
=== Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Real programmers don't document. Documentation is for simps who can't read the listings or the object deck

RE: [U2] Unidata Time in Milliseconds?

2008-01-30 Thread Norman Morgan
I think your want SYSTEM(12) in UniBasic which is supposed to return system time in milliseconds === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === A journey of 1000 miles

RE: [U2] Unidata Time in Milliseconds?

2008-01-30 Thread Norman Morgan
3 digits. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet

RE: [U2] forms / imaging / doc overlay software

2008-01-21 Thread Norman Morgan
printing program will merge the form overlay with the content. This has the added benefit of not consuming network bandwidth to transmit the form each time it is printed. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com

RE: [U2] To Ad or Not to Ad [not-secure]

2007-12-05 Thread Norman Morgan
And a lot of people think software engineers don't have any fun... Everyone laughed when I said I was a software engineer, until I started driving a train on weekends. http://www.littletootrailroad.com === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [U2] Deep and long indentations vs multiple exit points

2007-11-29 Thread Norman Morgan
RETURNs. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Pain is your body's way of saying, Hey! Stop

RE: [U2] UniVerse and Shadow copy on Windows 2003

2007-09-17 Thread Norman Morgan
empty for hours. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Sometimes I wake up grumpy. Other times I let her sleep

RE: [U2] [OT] Primos emulator

2007-09-14 Thread Norman Morgan
Dare we say that you are all past your Prime? === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Lower your blood pressure -- slit your wrists

RE: [U2] UD - Open command

2007-08-23 Thread Norman Morgan
DO ...do something REPEAT END === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === The world's most affectionate creature is a muddy dog

RE: [U2] Moving an H80

2007-08-21 Thread Norman Morgan
. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Sometimes I wake up grumpy, other times I let her sleep

RE: [U2] I need a favor

2007-07-26 Thread Norman Morgan
into bits and pieces, adding the logic to reassemble only the needed bits into the output. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Enroute to a decision I usually take

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Norman Morgan
. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === A committee is twelve people doing the work of one. === --- u2-users mailing list

RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance

2007-07-18 Thread Norman Morgan
. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Two rules for success: 1. Don't tell everything you know. === --- u2-users mailing list u2-users

RE: [AD] [U2] Basic developments reverse engineering tool ?

2007-06-29 Thread Norman Morgan
When in doubt, obfuscate. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Judge: An unemployed lawyer who wears a black dress

RE: [AD] [U2] Basic developments reverse engineering tool ?

2007-06-29 Thread Norman Morgan
Joking aside, that looks almost like something written by someone who was accustomed to writing mainframe COBOL where actual file assignments were made outside the program code in JCL. That doesn't excuse the internal naming style, but the technique harks back to my misspent youth as a COBOL

[U2] Trigger help

2007-06-27 Thread Norman Morgan
like I need to do it in barefoot UniBasic. Can someone give me some pointers? === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === A Basic programmer's girlfriend wears a G

RE: [U2] [UD] Union Query

2007-05-16 Thread Norman Morgan
and writing the keys to a work file with a tag indicating where the data resides. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === How do you get a lawyer out of a tree? Cut

RE: Spam:Re: [U2] Users of UniVerse

2007-04-30 Thread Norman Morgan
I was thinking someone else hosted it awhile before Mikebut my memory may be having some multiple bit errors! I thought that was called a Backward Link Error === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com

RE: Spam:RE: [U2] U2 / mv.net

2007-04-16 Thread Norman Morgan
. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand. === --- u2-users mailing list u2-users

RE: [U2] UniVerse I-descriptor Help

2007-03-26 Thread Norman Morgan
, the formula is CONS / REUSE(UNITS). The result will obviously be a multi-value. I don't know Universe I-descriptors, but can you say INT((CONS + 0.5) / REUSE(UNITS)) === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com

RE: [U2] UniVerse I-descriptor Help

2007-03-26 Thread Norman Morgan
i feel it should be INT(CONS/REUSE(UNITS)+ 0.5) You are correct, of course. I rounded in the wrong place. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === The Queue

RE: [U2] SELECT.LIST, DCOUNT and @VM

2007-03-17 Thread Norman Morgan
I use this technique so often, I wrote a called subroutine to turn a comma-separated list into an ordered dynamic array. It changes commas to @AM, trims each entry and sorts the list before returning it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [U2] Error in report generation.

2007-03-14 Thread Norman Morgan
was introduced to Pick/D3 and SB+ at the same time and have always used SE until I got AccuTerm. I don't even like vi, as I am so used to modeless editors. Seems to me that a fondness for line editors is just a teeny bit masochistic. === Norman Morgan

RE: [U2] catalog command

2007-03-07 Thread Norman Morgan
-headed stepchild most of the industry I.T. considers it to be now. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Why does mineral water that has trickled through

RE: [U2] [OT] - Texas Sales Tax

2006-10-26 Thread Norman Morgan
be for the state portion, one for a county portion, a third for the city portion. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === A cynic is a person searching for an honest man

RE: [U2] Roman Numerals

2006-10-18 Thread Norman Morgan
Must be specific to UV. I can't find it in UD. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === There is no music so sweet as the laughter of a child

RE: [U2][UD] UniQuery SELECT WITH Limits

2006-09-26 Thread Norman Morgan
Perhaps you could create a derived dictionary item which calls a random number routine. Then you could do: SSELECT YOUR.FILE BY RND.NBR SAMPLE 250 Limits. The documentation I have for Using UniQuery says that you can only have 120 different with fields in a SELECT statement. I'm trying

RE: [U2] SOX question (United States only, I believe)

2006-07-19 Thread Norman Morgan
A cracker does it for malicious purposes. And all these years I thought a cracker was a good ol' boy from north Georgia. --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

RE: [U2] MICR fonts with UniData

2006-06-26 Thread Norman Morgan
: RETURN === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Why does mineral water that has trickled through mountains for centuries have a 'use by' date

RE: [U2] MICR fonts with UniData

2006-06-26 Thread Norman Morgan
nasty-grams from your bank. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Thank you for pressing the Self-Destruct Button

RE: [U2] MICR fonts with UniData

2006-06-26 Thread Norman Morgan
As far as I know, the DIMMs are interchangeable between like models. All of ours are HP4000 series, except for a few of the newer 5000 series. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com

RE: [U2] FOLD can mutilate {Unclassified}

2006-05-31 Thread Norman Morgan
Hollerith. Punch that in your 12-row! I always preferred the big (96-column) cards on IBM System/3 machines. They just fit in a shirt pocket and were great for making notes on the back of. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

RE: [U2] check signature

2006-03-09 Thread Norman Morgan
This is another place where we use a form overlay stored as a PCL macro in a flash DIMM in the printer. The check form, including the signature and all of the bank information, except for the MICR line, is part of the form. Also stored in the flash DIMM is a MICR font. The check safety paper is

RE: [U2] PCL within a form

2006-03-03 Thread Norman Morgan
that. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Exercise daily. Eat wisely. Die anyway. === -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [U2] Deciphering Pick UniBasic statement

2005-12-08 Thread Norman Morgan
How about: IF P(2) - AR(12) = 28 THEN CC = CC+1 INS 0 BEFORE AR(14)1,1 DEL AR(14)1,9 END ELSE IF AR(13) = DATE() THEN CC = CC END ELSE INS 1 BEFORE AR(14)1,1 DEL AR(14)1,9 END END === Norman

RE: [U2] the 4 letter word

2005-10-04 Thread Norman Morgan
the dreaded G*T* with all those other socially unacceptable short words at least 25 years ago. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === If it wasn't for pick-pockets

RE: [U2] Formatting Data

2005-08-25 Thread Norman Morgan
. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Vegetables are what food eats. === -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Norman Morgan
Please contact me off-list. I'm curious about the end use of your random selection of music files. A similar idea has been kicking around in my head for years. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com

RE: [SPAM] [U2] [AD] Job in California [/AD]

2005-08-05 Thread Norman Morgan
And how many of each does it take to change a light bulb? ;) None. That's a hardware problem. (If you don't want the joke, don't give me the straight line!) === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com

RE: [U2] SYSTEM(20)?

2005-07-14 Thread Norman Morgan
to a specific page or line. The D3/SB+ combo was a big step down in regard to convenient printer control. Now the switch to Unidata/SB+ is an even bigger step backwards. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com

RE: [U2] SYSTEM(20)?

2005-07-14 Thread Norman Morgan
talked to each other constantly, so the host knew the status of everything. Don't misunderstand...I'd never go back, but I sure miss having that level of control over the peripheral hardware. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

[U2] SYSTEM(20)?

2005-07-13 Thread Norman Morgan
queue to find each report to be archived. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === A pun is the lowest form of humor -- when you don't think of it first

RE: [U2] OT: AVG

2005-07-12 Thread Norman Morgan
need them both. Some things will slip by one, different things will slip by the other, but between then you probably have 99.5% coverage. Another good (and free) program in this category is PestPatrol. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [U2] Finding last day of month

2005-06-02 Thread Norman Morgan
Won't this method choke if ORIG.MM is 12? === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Unscrewing an Oreo lets all the calories out

RE: [U2] Virtual fields calling Virtual fields

2005-02-18 Thread Norman Morgan
a pretty dramatic improvement. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Boyd, Dewey, Cheatham and Howe -- Attorneys at Law

RE: [U2] Customer Name Lookup

2005-01-19 Thread Norman Morgan
?) === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold. -Shakespeare === One of my clients has

RE: [U2] The list format and usefulness

2004-12-21 Thread Norman Morgan
certainly prefer this to newsgroups that devolve into off-topic flame-wars and sniping at personalities. I am about to drop one newsgroup I was quite interested in for exactly this reason. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

[U2] Greetings

2004-11-22 Thread Norman Morgan
that I haven't stumbled across yet. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after