[U2] [OT] mindless stocktake

2004-05-08 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Sitting here browsing the week's post, noticed that I sent the wrong addy for the pnet/1time comparison. Should have been www.pnet.co.za versus www.1time.aero. The remarkable thing I found was that the universe site, pnet, has comparable performance with the 1time, oracle based, site. Why this

[U2] My sincere condolences

2004-05-04 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Condolences? The list appears to be suffering from asthma - no-one has wot it takes to blow bags of hot air around this mortal coil. Huh? Wot ya on about? Just seems there're only a few brave souls able to post. Tis very sad! --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [U2] UniVerse telnet session terminating...

2004-05-05 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Leroy Dreyfuss Administrators experiencing such an issue will need to grant the proper permissions to the required directories and files before turning their systems over to users. As an example, the 'users' group may loose its previous access rights and be set to Windows 2003 defaults.

RE: [U2] When does common sense in thread ending begin?

2004-05-05 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Oh, get a life! A little humor makes for a better life style.. And yes, I did spend the whole of Easter here... ME = TECHNICAL ; GOSUB HOW.AM.I IF (life+humor+the del key) = OK THEN * life is ok ME = CAN.COPE END ELSE IF NOT(CAN.COPE) THEN ME = OLD.FART ** NOT(CAN.COPE) IF

RE: [U2] [OT] My company is complaining about the U2 emails

2004-05-17 Thread Dennis Bartlett
How about cleaning up our mouths. No offence, but I've found using my mouth as a means of typing to be strangely inefficient. However, I will take your advice, and will retest after having cleaned up my mouth. --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users

RE: [U2] My company is complaining about the U2 emails

2004-05-17 Thread Dennis Bartlett
I believe that phraseology that is both commonplace and inoffensive where I am (Australia) would be targeted by their email filter software. Well put - the same holds true for sou theffrican ing lish. Andra might get better mileage if she pointed out to her colleagues that a truly

RE: [U2] [UV] INPUT madness

2004-05-17 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Surely a simple: Hilite.ON = @(whatever esoteric highlighting I feel like) Crt @(10,20): Hilite.ON : MY.STRING : Hilite.OFF : @(10,20) : Input MY.STRING would work? --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users

[U2] FILEIOSUBR ???

2004-06-09 Thread Dennis Bartlett
I got so excited at the reply to the triggers thang regarding a call to FILEIOSUBR that I deleted the post - now that is dumb! Anyway - I've searched the archives, searched my mail, searched, and searched, and have no record of such a proggie... Two requests: (1) Could someone forward me their

RE: [U2] [OT] Cost of Oracle vs PICK

2004-06-09 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Ta mate! -Original Message- Here you go. --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

RE: [U2] Craig Coe passed away

2004-06-14 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Kevin You also make the people on this list sound like stalkers. Ever since this list became a web site, anybody can view the post. I'm not casting aspersions on the legitimate technical members, but pointing out that since there are privacy issues on the web, and companies are doing what they

RE: [U2] [UV] WHILE READNEXT id DO

2004-06-18 Thread Dennis Bartlett
My first job was in Fortran. I understand why GOTO's are evil. That said, I can see where someone in that frenzy of getting an idea down, and not having time to return and tidy one's code, can end up (only too soon) with an un-manageable system. Long-time maintenance programmers have things they

RE: [U2] [UV] 'Press any key...'

2004-06-18 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hi Alexey All the other replies have focussed on pressing N (or setting NO.PAGE) If you're in a program you could always do the select in such a way that no text appears on the screen, but that you have the results in variable that you can test, eg CMD = SELECT FILE EXECUTE CMD CAPTURING X

RE: [U2] Piotr KIRYLUK/RCB-WARSAW/PL : nie ma mnie w pracy.

2004-06-21 Thread Dennis Bartlett
dear Peter (Piotr) whilst we are deeply moved by your sentiments, we're awfully sorry, old chap, to do this to you, but we sincerely believe that, to quote a local song, a leetle beet of eenglish might just serve here... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE:[OT] [U2] Piotr KIRYLUK - Seriously OT

2004-06-21 Thread Dennis Bartlett
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Bartlett Sent: 21 June 2004 09:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Piotr KIRYLUK/RCB-WARSAW/PL : nie ma mnie w pracy. dear Peter (Piotr) whilst we are deeply moved by your sentiments, we're awfully sorry, old chap

RE: [U2] [UV] WHILE READNEXT id DO {{not a holy war,just a code example)

2004-06-22 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Just a quick look, it appears the code is adding to the city and state totals before checking if the city or state values have changed. Allen, have you had this vision problem for long - quick look, my apple! *test if city has changed? IF (CITY NE LAST.CITY) THEN GOSUB

RE: [U2] [UV] WHILE READNEXT id DO {{not a holy war,just a code example)

2004-06-22 Thread Dennis Bartlett
This code example is also flawed in that a break-on state should automatically break-on city first regardless if the city has changed. As it is, it assumes that there could never be this situation: Agreed... knew there was summat I was missin' :0) --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL

RE: [U2] [UV] WHILE READNEXT id DO {{not a holy war,just a code example)

2004-06-22 Thread Dennis Bartlett
(A) Also, what do the CRT SPACE(40) lines do besides CRT? (B) And shouldn't this have been written using PRINT in case the output wishes to go to the printer and you can use PRINTER ON instead of changing the CRT lines. (A) The crt space(40) lines line up the totals under the relevant

RE: [U2] Propagating an array

2004-06-23 Thread Dennis Bartlett
well, if you want to be truly esoteric, dim array( {big enough to cater for WorkCount} ) matparse array from WORK1 using @VM mat array = WorkValue matbuild Work2 from array using @VM -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Boydell Sent: 23

RE: [U2] Performancing of File Universe

2004-06-25 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hi Cisar Type 30 is a dynamic file, so it should be looking after itself pretty well. I believe there are time one of these needs resizing, but as I have none here, I cannot tell you how/where/when 200,000 records is not really very much. I have some with 2,000,000. What WOULD help you

RE: [U2] Available Memory Exceeded

2004-06-28 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hi Ang Suan You'll have to give us more information: - what machine (IBM RS600, or HP, or whatever) - what operating system? (Windows 2000, Unix, ?) - how much memory in machine? - how many users at time of error? What you might look at though is that the program

RE: [U2] COMO capturing EXECUTE output

2004-06-28 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hi Chuck drop the hush commands. just execute the COMMAND EXECUTE COMMAND CAPTURING X RETURNING Y the X will stop any output appearing on the COMO and the Y will stop any universe system messages like 102 records selected the X will contain all the results of the command the Y will contain

RE: [U2] Available Memory Exceeded

2004-06-29 Thread Dennis Bartlett
politically incorrect question - hey, just what is your name? do we call you ang or is that your surname? just asking.. -Original Message- Our settings: DELL POWEREDGE 6300 1GB RAM (small I know - getting new server with more) 130 users WAN with 6 branches Wind0ws 2000 Server Current

RE: [U2] problems with XP and PE

2004-07-02 Thread Dennis Bartlett
XPHome cannot run anything that requires you to login as administrator, as you cannot login as administrator unless you do so from safe mode, and safe mode won't allow you to do anything! XP Pro is more lenient In your first post you said XP Pro In the last one you said XP Home which is it?

RE: [U2] CREATE.FILE one liner and UVSH.EXE

2004-07-07 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hi Andy Yes I got your post, but didn't reply as I had only an inkling of what possible direction you could choose. I toddled off to the manuals, and as yet haven't found anything of value, so ... here's my theory: why can't you use the mkdbfile executable in UV\bin? Or it's pal create.file?

RE: [U2] [UV] Dynamic Array Delimiters

2004-08-26 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Please ignore - testing - have been unable to post to list - list's anti-spam filter considered the company sig line to be spam... PRE - GWK BEPERK/LIMITED (REG: 1997/022252/06) POSBUS 47 PO BOX 8730 DOUGLAS Direkteure/Directors: NB

[U2] Trigger problem!

2004-08-26 Thread Dennis Bartlett
I have a situation in which I need to store data to be moved elsewhere I have a working trigger attached to a local file - works brilliantly LIST.SICA TRX-TRANSACTIONS 03:45:34pm 26 Aug 2004 Page1 == Sica Region for Data File TRX-TRANS000

RE: [U2] Trigger problem!

2004-08-26 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Oops! Sorry... I overlooked that concept - it couldn't find a file, and therefore bombed! Thanks! On the same score tho - the trigger is passing the file name as the short form, ie TRX-TRANSACTIONS is arriving in the trigger as TRX-TRANS000 Is there any way of getting the full name? (The

[U2] Trigger not intensive, it's what you do with trigger! Was RE: [U2] Dot Commands

2004-08-31 Thread Dennis Bartlett
A trigger need not necessarily be intensive - tho' admittedly the concept of an audit or any process requiring a write will mean the extra overhead of that write. The thing to watch out for is the temptation to read lots and write lots... Then imagine this blowing out exponentially as 3 zillion

RE: [U2] Trigger problem!

2004-08-31 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Good point tho', Rich. My problem was a file that I'd not checked existed. I come from a site that used .s in file name creation, this site uses -s, so I had created a file called TRX.TRANSACTIONS, not TRX-TRANSACTIONS... oh well My programs are globally cataloged, so what is needed to have a

RE: [U2] Trigger problem!

2004-09-02 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Funny that. My catalog verb is identical, but I think it is the actual wording of the statementthat is different.. I've been ICAT {file} {program name} where as you've been CAT {file} {*program name} {program name} -Original Message- From: John Reid [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [U2] Trigger not intensive, it's what you do with trigger! Wa s RE: [U2] Dot Commands

2004-09-02 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Alas! I have to return with my tail 'tween my legs! --- IBM P615 AIX 5.2 Universe 10.1.2 2 cpu --- Test Data : 500,000 invoice records, a trigger with a

RE: [U2] Anyone have experience mirroring a HDD over a WAN

2004-09-03 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Jeff Triggers that have little effect on performance would indeed be ideal. Alas, our experiments (prompted by Adrian Matthews post) have lead to the firm decision to stay away from triggers as implemented in UniVerse... A trigger that merely activated (ie a two line program having a RETURN

RE: [U2] Anyone have experience mirroring a HDD over a WAN

2004-09-06 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Ok, so something has to be different... we still think you're smoking something... my ratio is somewhere around 1 to 10 your ratio is 1 to 1.15 with your ratio I'd happily embrace triggers. Please post (possibly privately?) your uvconfig file, what the specs of your machine

RE: [U2] UK U2 Account managers

2004-09-10 Thread Dennis Bartlett
It's general, methinks... -Original Message- From: Ian Byrne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] I just want to know if we are the only ones experiencing this problem or is it much more general? Regards, Ian Byrne --- to unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ PRE

RE: [U2] ANNOUNCEMENT: Commercial MultiValue Database released as Open Source under GPL

2004-09-17 Thread Dennis Bartlett
When I last looked for an alternative position (read job) I found a possible three positions. Like most multivalue professionals I've wondered what was to become of the MV world, and my security in the furure... Why? The multivalue world has always been a closed shop, a dying (or at least never

RE: [U2] [UV] Processing a string

2004-09-20 Thread Dennis Bartlett
an alternative approach would be to write your string once-off to a sequential file, then do READBLK's of one char in a loop... READBLK's work at an amazing rate -Original Message- From: Nick Cipollina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 15 September, 2004 2:32 PM To: [EMAIL

RE: [U2] U2 User Group Charter

2004-09-20 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Thanks for the offer, but as I am around 17000kms from Las Vegas this weekend, I think I'll pass (ref http://www.wcrl.ars.usda.gov/cec/java/lat-long.htm) -Original Message- From: Dana Baron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you're planning to be in town [a fine example of misquoting and

RE: [U2] [UD] BASIC COMPILE ERROR: Too many constants near line

2004-10-13 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Craig Cant it be read ONCE and put into one (or more) named common variables? Split over several variables the size won't count, various programs can reference it, you can consolidate multiple constants into one delimited variable (thus reducing number of constants) -Original Message-

[U2] UV licencing - Machine hangs

2004-10-15 Thread Dennis Bartlett
We have a problem... UniVerse 10.1.2 AIX 5.2 IBM p615 184 user licence Today we had 174 users working. There was a power dip at one of our remote sites (WAN), and the users there attempted to log in again. Naturally the user licences were fully used up (the pre-dip users were still logged in).

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-28 Thread Dennis Bartlett
You can afford a version control system? -Original Message- From: Adrian Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 26 September, 2004 9:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe Surely you use a version control system in a multi-programmer

RE: [U2] [UV] Max Files Per Directory

2004-10-01 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Stephen We just had to laugh - Literally, we have seen directories (accounts) with upwards of 4,000 files dictionaries! We have around 100 000 files (incl dicts)... We just have to ask now, in light of our recent conversations regarding triggers, file performance, and JFS2, do your statements

[U2] Spooler question

2004-10-19 Thread Dennis Bartlett
We have two system printers, and would like to set up the following scenario... One form queue that prints the next incoming job on any of the two printers, BUT allows us to specify certain reports that need to come out one after the other (ie on one printer) Thanks dennis

RE: Memo: RE: [U2] Spooler question

2004-10-20 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hi Piers/Anthony Yes I've looked at classes - the idea would hold is we only wanted to print to any one of several available printers... the bummer is getting the month-end / genled reports to come out one after the other (ie on one printer) There've been some great ideas - I'm rudimentary at

RE: [U2] RE: running a subroutine [AD]

2004-10-21 Thread Dennis Bartlett
wow, the mighty (friendly) joslyn lives and breathes..smile hi susan! -Original Message- From: Susan Joslyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - GWK BEPERK/LIMITED (REG: 1997/022252/06) POSBUS 47 PO BOX 8730 DOUGLAS

RE: [U2] UV 10.1.2 ?

2004-11-10 Thread Dennis Bartlett
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 locks - it completely loses all trace of logged in users The lictool thang only becomes an issue at crisis time, but the missing

RE: [U2] UV 10.1.2 ?

2004-11-11 Thread Dennis Bartlett
... -Original Message- From: Mats Carlid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 11 November, 2004 10:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] UV 10.1.2 ? Did You by chance have a UV.PROMPT ... in the login paragraph in the uv account ?? -- mats Dennis Bartlett wrote

RE: [U2] UV 10.1.2 ?

2004-11-11 Thread Dennis Bartlett
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 -Original Message- From: Mats Carlid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 11 November, 2004 3:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

[U2] Begin Transaction / Commit without turning on transaction logging

2004-11-30 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hi All I've been told that using BEGIN TRANSACTION at the start of an update routine, and COMMIT at the end will cause the system to store (in memory) all pending updates until the commit... how true is this, and are there any caveats? -

RE: [U2] Universe ON.EXIT

2004-12-10 Thread Dennis Bartlett
On the contrary, the concept of a uvconfig switch that defaults to the way it currently is would be superb. If we're going to go on in life never changing anything because it was always done that way... a working resolution works as long as you know to add a quit. A better solution would be to

RE: [U2] How to exit out mulitple loops?

2005-01-20 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Since you insist... FOR T=1 TO 10 FOR Q=1 TO 6 FOR X=1 TO 9 IF CONDITION THEN EXIT ; EXIT OR IF CONDITION THEN CONTINUE T NEXT X NEXT Q NEXT T FOR T=1 TO 10 until abort.flag 0 FOR Q=1 TO 6 until abort.flag 0

[U2] Universe upgrade 10.1.2 to 10.1.4

2005-01-26 Thread Dennis Bartlett
for what its worth we did this upgrade last night, and had a problem in that the installation disk contained only a single directory in root, called Universe. The script however referenced the install scripts as being in root, and not in a second level directory. The install failed. We then

RE: [U2] Universe upgrade 10.1.2 to 10.1.4

2005-01-27 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Further to my last post, Addressed directly to IBM The documentation that accompanies an install is so out of date - most of our install notes are scratched out options replaced by pencilled in notes - - the mount command did not work as instructed, - the fix for our problem, ie using REWIND

RE: [U2] [AD] Programmer needed in New Jersey

2005-01-27 Thread Dennis Bartlett
waal, ah'll be danged... you must be psychic.. ah'm 44 with 24 years... -Original Message- From: Phil Gurnee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 27 January, 2005 9:44 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] [AD] Programmer needed in New Jersey Wouldn't that remove

[U2] Problem un-subbing

2005-02-18 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hi all I need to unsub for a while, and can't. I've been away for a day or two and received 665 U2 posts today. On going to the link I've entered both my email addresses and it cannot find any subscription details for No subscribed Lists For [EMAIL PROTECTED] Found.

[U2] What is the BREAK key setting for Dynamic connect?

2008-01-22 Thread Dennis Bartlett
-C I get a dialog saying noth is highlighted. I'm getting really bored opening another session to kill the looping process. (2) How do I set the terminal to 132 chars wide to view reports? Thanks Dennis bartlett --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe

RE: [U2] Dynamic Connect keyboard definitions

2008-01-22 Thread Dennis Bartlett
After you change the Keyboard etc settings, you need to click Save under the File menu - this will preserve your settings. -Original Message- Subject: [U2] Dynamic Connect keyboard definitions I am trying to save keyboard definitions from one session to the next. Mainly the keypad. The

RE: [U2] Dynamic Connect keyboard definitions

2008-01-23 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Tim Are you sure you have removed the post session keyboard settings? grin At risk of being flamed by the group, this is the config script for mine... (I use Notepad++ which allows me to view and change beyond the gobbledygook...) * Full configuration script * Saved on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:29

RE: [U2] Problems with disconnects - telnet

2008-01-23 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hi Gabe There is a guy who has written a terminal emulator with a bit of class. Its called BRIZ, the guy's name is Grygory Pryamov, and you can find him on Mytmppost [at] mail.ru. He is really keen and willing to adapt his emulator to do what you want it to do. As a matter of interest he has

RE: [U2] Totaling an Oconv'd DICT column

2008-02-06 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Regards Dennis Bartlett DB Admin/Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] +27-21-526 4300 (tel) +27-21-555 3970 (fax) For what it's worth, I've been known to COMO the output of a LIST statement and then run the COMO file through a program that reformats the report... some things are just not possible

[U2] CSV output

2008-02-07 Thread Dennis Bartlett
If you are into kewl, crazy short cuts (and other clever devices) For those who are lazy to write fancy routines to create CSV files, I've created two dict items, namely COMMA and QUOTE, as follows: COMMA 001: I 002: , 003: 004: , 005: 1T QUOTE 001: I 002: '' 003: 004: 005:1T To

[U2] a data view utility of great use

2008-02-07 Thread Dennis Bartlett
And since I'm into sharing my dark secrets, here's a very useful util I wrote a while back (probably from some-one else's inspiration, so don't sue me...) GLOBAL catalog it, then at the UV prompt enter SEE HPMAST HPMAST.FILE - KEY...: 001-01011 RECORD #1 001:

[U2] NotePad++ User Defined Language

2008-02-07 Thread Dennis Bartlett
I use NotePad++ as my default code writing tool - it plugs directly into the server via SAMBA and saves code straight into TYPE1 files.. If anyone is interested I have created a universe User defined Language (basically a syntax highlighter). Does anybody use an MV IDE like the sierra bravo one?

RE: [U2] Web Developer Needed Full Time ***REVISED***

2008-02-08 Thread Dennis Bartlett
In defence of the original poster, one had to go all the way to the bottom to see the UPenn bit... Job ads need to be clear in the first 20 lines... I simply delete anything that doesn't make sense in one glance. For a JOB I see no point in going to page 2 if it is on the other side of the

[U2] Too many users

2008-02-11 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hi As stated before I'm the proud owner of a UniVerse Admin course certificate, but I cannot remember how to do most of it (spent a few years out the MV arena)... So.. (1) I have too many users + phantoms logging on and we have run out of licences. Is there a utility out there that monitors

[U2] Time zone issues?

2008-02-13 Thread Dennis Bartlett
This has probably already been dealt with before, but I'm getting the mail all out of sync... time zones! ie mail sent in reply to a mail are being sorted before the original mail. Is there any way to beat this? The point in question here Re: [U2] SLEEP 60 slept... sent by Louie

RE: [U2] Excel downloads

2008-02-13 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Laure Then it sounds like you could do the option described in these posts For those who are lazy to write fancy routines to create CSV files, I've created two dict items, namely COMMA and QUOTE, as follows: COMMA 001: I 002: , 003: 004: , 005: 1T QUOTE 001: I 002: '' 003: 004: 005:

RE: [U2] CSV output

2008-02-14 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hi Is there any way to change the prompt to something like BR299? It would really help to know where I am, whilst hopping from branch to branch. Thanks --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

[U2] Change Prompt

2008-02-14 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Oops sent the last on the wrong subject... sorry! -Original Message- From: Dennis Bartlett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 February 2008 05:20 PM To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org' Subject: RE: [U2] CSV output Hi Is there any way to change the prompt to something like BR299

RE: [U2] Change Prompt

2008-02-18 Thread Dennis Bartlett
This code works a bomb! Brilliant thank you! The only problem is that now there aren't any when a search (SEARCH) finds anything. Has anybody a solution? (its just blank...) Eg BR201 SEARCH BP STRING:SETTL STRING: 11 record(s) selected to SELECT list #0. There are records selected, but the

[U2] Info for BillB (sorry about the use of the list - no other way to tell him)

2008-02-19 Thread Dennis Bartlett
- Transcript of session follows - [EMAIL PROTECTED]... Deferred: Connection refused by mail.hkmetalcraft.com. Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours Will keep trying until message is 5 days old --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please

[U2] [off topic] 32 bit vs 64 bit + JRE

2008-02-19 Thread Dennis Bartlett
I don't know who else to ask, and uncle googl is not being that helpful... so (1) how do I find out if my server is 32bit SUSE or 64bit SUSE (googl says you can tell at install, but that's a bit late..) (2) I want to download the Java Runtime to install on SUSE 10 - it asks me whether I want

RE: [U2] Type ahead buffer overflow

2008-02-26 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Can't you simply paste into a text file in a type 1 directory, and then read and process the input? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Dodds Sent: 25 February 2008 07:41 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Type ahead buffer

RE: [U2] Type ahead buffer overflow

2008-02-26 Thread Dennis Bartlett
A! OK, so with your 500 lines of data, is it a single INPUT statement for all 500 lines? Or a loop over INPUT? AND 500 lines of 80 COL wide If so, then the code you're looking for is LOOP INPUT LN, 80 IF TRIM(LN) = '' THEN EXIT GOSUB PROCESS.LINE REPEAT That way the INPUT

[U2] EN4 documentation

2008-02-26 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hi The company I've just joined uses EN4 and DEFINE. I know I've seen these before, but I simply cannot remember how EN4 fits together... and I have dropped into a place that believes that every programming task should take 30 minutes or less. There is no-one to ask, and no manuals. Only the

RE: [U2] Type ahead buffer overflow

2008-02-26 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Agreed. You may find tho', that the extra call out to TRIM may cause the input loop to be too slow to collect all the incoming data. Better to get the data, then trim as you process it... Your loop doesn't cater for 80 col lines (or whatever length) and therefore runs the risk of getting to the

RE: [U2] AE editor replacement

2008-02-27 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Step 1: Rename voc entry for AE to AE.VERB Step 2: Write a prog to - read source from file, store in BEFORE - execute AE.VERB - read source from file, store in AFTER - compare line by line BEFORE vs AFTER - record

RE: [U2] AE editor replacement

2008-02-27 Thread Dennis Bartlett
I didn't know triggers worked on Type 1 files... isn't that the place where one one want most auditing of changes made??? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Butera Sent: 27 February 2008 10:01 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org

RE: [U2] AE editor replacement [AD]

2008-02-28 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hi Brian How does one get syntax highlighting with the new mvDeveloper? slightly perplexed... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Leach Sent: 28 February 2008 11:12 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] AE editor

RE: [U2] mvDeveloper

2008-02-29 Thread Dennis Bartlett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Bartlett Sent: 28 February 2008 15:44 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] AE editor replacement [AD] Hi Brian How does one get syntax highlighting with the new mvDeveloper

RE: [U2] AE editor replacement [AD]

2008-02-29 Thread Dennis Bartlett
include files and commenting in/out code. Regards Brian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Bartlett Sent: 28 February 2008 15:44 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] AE editor replacement [AD] Hi Brian How

[U2] INCLUDE weirdo

2008-03-03 Thread Dennis Bartlett
I have an INCLUDE statement that brings in code from a snippets file called SNIPPETS. INCLUDE SNIPPETS GIVE.FEEDBACK If I compile the compiler hangs as it hits the include statement. If I then change it to include from BP INCLUDE BP GIVE.FEEDBACK it works fine. What am I

RE: [U2] INCLUDE weirdo

2008-03-04 Thread Dennis Bartlett
GIVE.FEEDBACK in SNIPPETS ? Does the compiler time out after a while (say five minutes) or hang interminably ? - Original Message - From: Dennis Bartlett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] INCLUDE weirdo Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:11:35 +0200 I have an INCLUDE

RE: [U2] INCLUDE weirdo

2008-03-05 Thread Dennis Bartlett
You're a genius...!!! Thanks for that - added a blank line and all is happy! dennis David Beaty wrote: Does the BP version of this item have a blank line at the end? We've experience problems with INCLUDES that don't have that. Dennis Bartlett wrote: 0033 WRITESEQ LOG.FILE

RE: [U2] INCLUDE weirdo

2008-03-05 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Currently the system uses the following coding structure: OPEN 'HPMAST.FILE' TO F1 ELSE STOP OPEN 'HPCONTRACT' TO F2 ELSE STOP OPEN 'HPTRANS.FILE' TO F3 ELSE STOP READ F1R FROM F1, KEY THEN... READ F2R FROM F2, KEY THEN... READ F3R FROM F3, KEY THEN... F1R36,X = F2R13 / F3R82 * F1R8 + F3R43 Just

RE: [U2] INCLUDE weirdo

2008-03-05 Thread Dennis Bartlett
- Original Message - From: Dennis Bartlett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:11 PM Subject: [U2] INCLUDE weirdo I have an INCLUDE statement that brings in code from a snippets file called SNIPPETS. INCLUDE SNIPPETS GIVE.FEEDBACK If I

RE: [U2] INCLUDE weirdo

2008-03-05 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hey, in a normal world I would agree. No religious war needed... ;-) Thanks for the heads up - its something I'll put a bit more thought into... Its just the magnitude of what I have to achieve that's pushing me this way. I'm currently getting around a hour to work on a particular source code

RE: [U2] INCLUDE weirdo

2008-03-05 Thread Dennis Bartlett
It is a maintenance nightmare from the 1980s that needs to be corrected. Agreed. I started here on Jan 7th. I've so far been assigned 97 tasks, each in some state of investigation / repair before the next one hits. At this rate, with no hope of time to do a thorough overhaul, I had to find a

RE: [U2] INCLUDE weirdo

2008-03-05 Thread Dennis Bartlett
And here I am complaining... I documented a library system written entirely in PROC.. boy, I am giving my age away... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 March 2008 07:10 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject:

RE: [U2] INCLUDE weirdo

2008-03-06 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Well, THANKS for that - because that is precisely what I'm doing right now... looping thru dicts to create attribute equates... Perhaps we should have an area we can post all these utilities so we don't have to reinvent the wheel every time... Anyone? -Original Message- Rex Gozar wrote:

RE: [U2] INCLUDE weirdo

2008-03-07 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Welll I use Notepad++ to edit, on a LIVE system, making every error instantly visible in 11 branches across a 300km range... yes, of course I'm using version control, its called panic 101, aka The Fire Station... Rex Gozar WROTE: You ARE using source code control tools (i.e. not home

RE: [U2] Skype cannot connect

2008-03-07 Thread Dennis Bartlett
That's really weird coz my skype is set to update on its own, and the version is 3.2.. -Original Message- From: Tony G Yes, but the current release is 3.5. :) --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

RE: [U2] INCLUDE weirdo

2008-03-08 Thread Dennis Bartlett
You do realise that you are showing U2 to be a sport of the pre-historic? My first experience with computers was paper tape. Version control was performed with a pencil on the leader of the tape. How many remember punch cards. How about a half a day turnaround to see if your program compiled?

[U2] blank lines in code / mixed case

2008-03-08 Thread Dennis Bartlett
How come my code won't compile if there are blank lines in it? And yet when I find source on the net it has blank lines in it? and while we're at it, what is the case for / against using lower or upper case code, and what do I need to set to allow this to happen? Thanks --- u2-users mailing

[U2] Indexes

2008-03-14 Thread Dennis Bartlett
My dumb question for the day (just cant remember how to... and the manual's example is too simplistic...) How do I programmatically get an index value out, eg I have a STOCK file, and a REPAIRS file. Whoever designed this needs their head read, but the repairs file only has the stock code as a

RE: [U2] Indexes

2008-03-14 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Thanks! This is by far the easiest, and it works! -Original Message- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the universe tcl: SELECT REPAIR SAVING UNIQUE STOCK.ID --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

RE: [U2] filepeek documentation

2008-04-02 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hi Enrico Here's some info on filepeek altho a little sketchy http://www.ibm.com/Search/?q=filepeekv=14lang=encc=zz http://osdir.com/ml/db.u2.general/2004-06/msg00334.html http://212.241.202.162/U2UGWiki/moin.cgi/Resize http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg01352.html ---

[U2] COMMON

2008-04-03 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Hi I have a subroutine that WRITESEQ to a record in a type 1 file called INTEGRITY. Is there anyway I can open the file once (in the subroutine) and thereafter use the same file handle (to avoid opening the file each time the subroutine is called) ? All the code on this site opens the file in

RE: [U2] COMMON

2008-04-04 Thread Dennis Bartlett
Following up on the common thread, can one OPENSEQ to a COMMON variable? -Original Message- --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

RE: [U2] Keys with @AM in them...

2008-04-07 Thread Dennis Bartlett
I open the file in a program, then use an internal select and loop readnext Eg Open 'file' to handle else... Select handle Loop readnext key else exit if index(key,@fm,1) then delete handle,key Repeat This simply moves a pointer thru the file and doesn't attempt a value judgement of the

[U2] Uppercase

2008-04-08 Thread Dennis Bartlett
This system wont allow me to compile code written in any form of lowercase or with blank lines in the source... Does anyone know how to change this? I've found some software which looks really promising called FlashGUI which effectivly creates a windows looking GUI using pickbasic commands

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