RE: [U2] Companies going belly up converting from PICK/MV

These all sound like companies that had issues because management were morons, and not because they used database X or Y. Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner LLP --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users

RE: [U2] UniDebugger question

If you can't resize the file / directory they are in to a type 19, then you will have to move / copy them to a type 19 directory to fix the folding of the name. Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner LLP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/27/04 08:43AM No,

RE: [U2] UniDebugger question

Not sure I'd call that a bug. Certainly not backward compatible to folded type 1 files, but the fix is easy, just resize. Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner LLP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/27/04 03:58PM I was able to resize the file after all. I

Re: [U2] UniVerse on Linux

I've used the PE edition with both SuSE and Gentoo without any problems other than the goofy install. I'm still stunned that something like PE which should be dirt simple to install, still requires a couple of quick google searches to get the right sequence of tasks to perform. Don Kibbey

Re: [U2] Printer Question

You will probably have to write a script to accept the print job, print it to disk and then resubmit it to the two printers you really want it to go to. I've used some perl scripts to produce pdf files in the same fashion. Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,

[U2] [OT]Postscript to a Laser on Dumb Term Aux Port

This usually occurs when the printer is either not Postscript capable or has PCL mode turned on. If this is an HP type printer with the postscript card, make sure your first set of commands actually sent to the printer switch it over to postscript mode (which is nothing more than an ascii data

Re: [U2] UniRPC question

Are you sure your talking about the /etc/hosts file? I think you may need to take a look at the /etc/services file and verify this line is in there somewhere. uvrpc 31438/tcp # uvNet rpc port Hope that helps. btw, need another programmer down there in Richmond?

Re: [U2] Partial withdrawal! (On Vacation)

I am out of the office today (July 20th) conducting personal business. If you need assistance, please contact the help desk at X. Thanks, u2-users 07/20/04 08:29 OK, I admit my error Yes, a dynamic file will split at a roughly regular interval as you add new records of a fixed

[U2] UniObjects - hpux - unix command??

Is it possible to execute a unix command directly from within UniObjects? Something like userdel userid? Thanks, Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner LLP --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit

Re: [U2] Univere Login Security

Setup a VPN and forget the ip number scheme. Yes, it will take a bit of reading to get this going, but the upside will be your comms channel between you and him will be encrypted over the internet. The current scheme is not. A second method would be to use something like putty to establish an

RE: [U2] Univere Login Security

I've had a couple vendors use webex on some of our sql based systems. It works well. I don't know about the cost. Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner LLP --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit

RE: [U2] Adding D-Descriptors

[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/05/04 12:37PM The disconnect of the dictionary from the actual data stored in a U2 file. Feature or Flaw?? Sharp knife. Use wisely! Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett

RE: [U2] UniObjects.Net

Program like a MAN, fill the dataset yourself. It's a bit of work, but in the end you get a Dataset that is setup exactly like you want/need it. I've been doing this for sometime with the UniObjects for Java imported via the J# tools. Since all of the user interface widgets take datasets,

RE: [OT] [U2] Technical Product Manager opening in Boston (PICK/UniV erse/U2)

Glad to hear you've made it through the hurricanes. Hope Ivan goes somewhere else. Also glad to hear I'm not alone in the doing the job without the sheepskin department. I bought a gag certificate from an online vendor that shows I've a doctorate of science in Silicon Interface Technologies

[U2] UniObjects.Net Nits....

Going over a couple small tools that I've written in the past with UniObjects for Java mangled into .Net code. I'm converting them over to use the new UniObjects.Net library and have found some annoying nits... 1) UniFile WriteField swaps the order of the field number with the data array from

RE: [U2] Alas .NET

Beware the UniObjects.Net manual! You'll also find references and examples for UniString objects that don't exist in the product. Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner LLP --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit

RE: [U2] hello ?

the list is very dead today - is some holiday somewhere ? Autumnal Equinox??? Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner LLP --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

RE: [U2] [UV] [OT] was - Wide Zero

[EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/23/04 06:56AM Could someone please put sarbane-oxley up a wall and do some practice shooting! I think it was our very own Benjamin Franklin who said something to the effect that no man is safe while congress is in session. I'm pretty sure that is true no matter which

RE: [U2] hello ?

Yep, time to torture the neighbors with the SG, the Carvin and the Fender Twin... Into the Arena by M. Schenker is usually enough to send them off to the Mall for a few hours. Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner LLP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/23/04

RE: [U2] [UV] Typo leads to discovery of new feature

Not to start anything here, but has anyone ever written up something along the lines of lint for Pick Basic? Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner LLP --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit

Re: [U2] Has anyone tried UniObjects for .NET?

I have a project that I'm using it for right now. So far, it's working O.K. It does take a bit of getting used to after using the UniObjects for Java stuff via .Net, but I hope to have this current project running by next Monday. It's a simple thing that will just build a set of records and

Re: [U2] Fancy Printer

Call Xerox and have a look at their Docuprint line of printers. The units come with a Sun workstation that handles the print ripping chores and a 65-135 page per minute print engine. I was able to set two of these up to print our bills. The bills come out with different color paper, letter

Re: [U2] Text to PDF Converter

Take a look at GhostScript. It's a pretty comprehensive method of dealing with postscript stuff that just happens to include the abiltiy to produce pdf documents with a command line interface. We've been using it on an hp-ux machine for a long time now. I also have it running on an XP

Re: [U2] Uniobjects.NET speed/performance

I found that using a select list within a loop was cause for a long nap... I fixed that by reading the entire list into an array and then looping through the array. I've read on this list that there is an updated uniobjects.dll available, but my VAR was not able to locate it?!? I really

Re: [U2] Session Virus ?

Does this site have network or systems admin? If so, are they upgrading or otherwise screwing with the system? Is there a router somewhere that is resetting itself? I've been victum of all this and more at our site. Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett

RE: [U2] Windows firewall and UVODBC

Andy Moore Selima Software Ltd. -Original Message- From: Donald Kibbey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 December 2004 14:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Windows firewall and UVODBC Add UVODBC to the exceptions. You can do this one of two ways, one is to make an UVODBC

Re: [U2] PCL point question.

HP printers will attempt to match your font command with what is internal to the printer. If there is not a perfect match, the next best match is used. This feature can be infuriating if you don't realize what's going on. Printout a font list from the printer and see if there's something

RE: [U2] LOOP or GOTO on READNEXT

spare us please. I think the posters were referring to days gone by AND coding closer to the machine. Have a look at most any assembler language, you'll find things like jumps (goto's in disguise). Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner LLP

Re: [U2] free txt-to-pdf converter

I've used ghostscript for this and though large, it works very well. I built a little printer script that calls the ghostscript routines to produce the pdf file and then copy it to a web directory that can be browsed by the users. There are numerous free and for fee methods of doing this.

Re: [U2] UV Pre-printed forms

I've done some very simple things with just the HPGL commands. Line drawing and such are very easy with those. I've also used a soft font for things like logo's and signatures. Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner LLP [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [U2] free txt-to-pdf converter

I've always made sure that Ghostscript received only raw text. When I needed to spiff it up a bit, I used the lead sheets feature of Ghostscript and inserted some postscript code for things like watermarks header fonts. I too have found that PCL will often not play nice with other printing

Re: [U2] [UV] SOX Compliance and Universe

We are a law firm, and so far no worries... Though having somewhat greater control than no control sounds like a great idea. Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner LLP --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please

Re: [U2] Printronix + HP-Ux + JetDirect

use the dumb driver (no thats not a joke) it outputs just plain ol ascii which is what that printer will want to deal with. You can telnet to the jet direct and set it up from there. I've done a few of these and once the jetdirect is setup to only send ascii, and the HP-UX system see's it as

RE: [U2] [UV] RAID debugger

I think if I were supporting that many users, I'd want to insure the system had the most reliable code base I could. Does not mean you do every upgrade, but it does requrie an effort to stay fairly current. With that many users, you probably have a test environment where upgrades could be

[U2] uvrestore question

I'm currently making an archive copy of our system using uvrestore. I'm attempting to build the archive with a uvbackup tape made on an HP-UX system. Im building the archive on a windows box running xp (it has a 2 user development license). I've noticed that during the uvrestore session Im

Re: [U2] uvrestore question

Sorry to bug the list with this. Setting the block size on the tape to match the block size on the backup seems to be the key here. 8192 works much better than 512... Thanks, things are restoring nicely now. Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner

[U2] Conversion to Windoze % vs ? character

I'm attempting to convert a system using a uvbackup tape from hpux to windows. I've noticed that many cataloged items now have a name that ends in the % character wheras on the production system they end in a ? character. Is there something I'm missing here as far as a conversion command or

[U2] Re-Catalog?

This is probably really silly, but is there a single command that will recatalog everything that is currently cataloged on a system? And, does the catalog process perform a compile as well? Or does that have to be done separately? Thanks, Don Kibbey Financial Systems Manager Finnegan,

Re: [U2] Re-Catalog?

Thanks for the reminder. I've um, tested this myself on my development machine And no, it's not pretty! The application I support uses almost a dozen accounts to service the main account. Potholes are everywhere as far as duplicate names in the voc. I was hoping there was a magic

RE: [U2] Re-Catalog?

into all kinds of problems. If you need access to files in another account set a pointer to the file and stay in the same account. Re andy -Original Message- From: Donald Kibbey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 February 2005 18:19 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Re