From rkreiss at gccconsulting.net Tue Jan 6 06:21:39 2009 From: rkreiss at gccconsulting.net (Richard Kreiss) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:21:39 -0500 Subject: RE @SBRKn Message-ID: <00ff01c9700a$176d4230$4647c690$@net> FYI Not sure how many of you noticed this new break function. I noticed it yesterday with 5.6.07. 5.6 @SBRKn "Start of break" event. This event is triggered on the first record of a subtotal break. Unlike @WBRKn, this processing is run prior to the normal processing, and if multiple @SBRKn's are triggered at the same time, they are executed from the outermost level inward. (e.g. the opposite order of @WBRKn processing.) Richard Kreiss GCC Consulting rkreiss at gccconsulting.net ? From nlp at vss3.com Tue Jan 6 08:37:20 2009 From: nlp at vss3.com (Nancy Palmquist) Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:37:20 -0500 Subject: RE @SBRKn In-Reply-To: <00ff01c9700a$176d4230$4647c690$@net> References: <00ff01c9700a$176d4230$4647c690$@net> Message-ID: <496388C0.8060702@vss3.com> Richard Kreiss wrote: > FYI > > Not sure how many of you noticed this new break function. > > I noticed it yesterday with 5.6.07. > > 5.6 @SBRKn "Start of break" event. > > This event is triggered on the first record of a subtotal break. > Unlike @WBRKn, this processing is run prior to the normal > processing, > and if multiple @SBRKn's are triggered at the same time, they are > executed from the outermost level inward. (e.g. the opposite order > of > @WBRKn processing.) > Richard, Since they stopped publishing a manual, these treasures get lost. I am so glad you posted it. I never noticed it and it could sure come in handy. Maybe in their spare time, they could post some of the new commands with examples to the list, just as a starting point. The manuals seem to be only intended for reference, and that implies that you know what you are looking for. New things only come to light if you happen to open that page by accident. Nancy -- Nancy Palmquist MOS & filePro Training Available Virtual Software Systems Web Based Training and Consulting PHONE: (412) 835-9417 Web site: http://www.vss3.com From bwiseman at optonline.net Tue Jan 6 08:53:23 2009 From: bwiseman at optonline.net (Barry Wiseman) Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:53:23 -0500 Subject: RE @SBRKn In-Reply-To: <496388C0.8060702@vss3.com> References: <00ff01c9700a$176d4230$4647c690$@net> <496388C0.8060702@vss3.com> Message-ID: <49638C83.8050609@optonline.net> Nancy Palmquist wrote: > Richard Kreiss wrote: >> FYI >> >> Not sure how many of you noticed this new break function. >> >> I noticed it yesterday with 5.6.07. >> >> 5.6 @SBRKn "Start of break" event. [snip] > Richard, > > Since they stopped publishing a manual, these treasures get lost. I am > so glad you posted it. I never noticed it and it could sure come in handy. > > Maybe in their spare time, they could post some of the new commands with > examples to the list, just as a starting point. The manuals seem to be > only intended for reference, and that implies that you know what you are > looking for. New things only come to light if you happen to open that > page by accident. > > Nancy Or if you happen to read the New Features document http://www.fptech.com/Products/Docs/g_fpplus.pdf when deploying a new release. :-) From nlp at vss3.com Tue Jan 6 10:44:42 2009 From: nlp at vss3.com (Nancy Palmquist) Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:44:42 -0500 Subject: RE @SBRKn In-Reply-To: <49638C83.8050609@optonline.net> References: <00ff01c9700a$176d4230$4647c690$@net> <496388C0.8060702@vss3.com> <49638C83.8050609@optonline.net> Message-ID: <4963A69A.4090707@vss3.com> Barry Wiseman wrote: > Nancy Palmquist wrote: > >> Richard Kreiss wrote: >> >>> FYI >>> >>> Not sure how many of you noticed this new break function. >>> >>> I noticed it yesterday with 5.6.07. >>> >>> 5.6 @SBRKn "Start of break" event. >>> > > [snip] > > >> Richard, >> >> Since they stopped publishing a manual, these treasures get lost. I am >> so glad you posted it. I never noticed it and it could sure come in handy. >> >> Maybe in their spare time, they could post some of the new commands with >> examples to the list, just as a starting point. The manuals seem to be >> only intended for reference, and that implies that you know what you are >> looking for. New things only come to light if you happen to open that >> page by accident. >> >> Nancy >> > > Or if you happen to read the New Features document > http://www.fptech.com/Products/Docs/g_fpplus.pdf when deploying a new > release. :-) > > _______________________________________________ > Filepro-list mailing list > Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com > http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list > > > Barry, That is very helpful, but my point is still the same. If you purchase an upgrade, the normal mode is to go to the web, download the new version and look at the documents briefly, if you even notice the new stuff at all. In the paper manual days, you got it all in a package, these new features would not only be listed in the document with the new features, but they would be in a paper manual that made reference and study a little easier. I guess my age is showing. I know you can search the on-line manual, but you can not find something unless you have an idea of what to search. A paper book can allow you to flip around and look for things. My quick reference guide - from Laura Brody - is the best tool I have at my desk. I can find syntax quickly. But if I do not know a command exists, I can only use it if I happen to notice it as I look for other things. I always find new commands, options and flags as I look in a book. I say new in the context that I did not remember they were there. But I find looking back at the reference on occasion will make you notice things that made no sense before or that did not meet any need. But on a return to the option, you see how it would solve a problem that has arisen since you noticed it last. So I think we learn based on need. Returning to the manual and looking around for something is often the best way to learn stuff - stuff you are looking for at the time and stuff that you just happen upon in your quest for other information. I never get that same result from the on-line docs. I search for the command and there is no rifling around, hence, no collateral learning. I miss that. Nancy -- Nancy Palmquist MOS & filePro Training Available Virtual Software Systems Web Based Training and Consulting PHONE: (412) 835-9417 Web site: http://www.vss3.com From bwiseman at optonline.net Tue Jan 6 12:45:54 2009 From: bwiseman at optonline.net (Barry Wiseman) Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:45:54 -0500 Subject: RE @SBRKn In-Reply-To: <4963A69A.4090707@vss3.com> References: <00ff01c9700a$176d4230$4647c690$@net> <496388C0.8060702@vss3.com> <49638C83.8050609@optonline.net> <4963A69A.4090707@vss3.com> Message-ID: <4963C302.2070807@optonline.net> Nancy Palmquist wrote: > Barry Wiseman wrote: >> Nancy Palmquist wrote: >> >>> Richard Kreiss wrote: >>> >>>> FYI >>>> >>>> Not sure how many of you noticed this new break function. >>>> >>>> I noticed it yesterday with 5.6.07. >>>> >>>> 5.6 @SBRKn "Start of break" event. >>>> >> >> [snip] >> >> >>> Richard, >>> >>> Since they stopped publishing a manual, these treasures get lost. I >>> am so glad you posted it. I never noticed it and it could sure come >>> in handy. >>> >>> Maybe in their spare time, they could post some of the new commands >>> with examples to the list, just as a starting point. The manuals >>> seem to be only intended for reference, and that implies that you >>> know what you are looking for. New things only come to light if you >>> happen to open that page by accident. >>> >>> Nancy >>> >> >> Or if you happen to read the New Features document >> http://www.fptech.com/Products/Docs/g_fpplus.pdf when deploying a new >> release. :-) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Filepro-list mailing list >> Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com >> http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list >> >> >> > Barry, > > That is very helpful, but my point is still the same. > > If you purchase an upgrade, the normal mode is to go to the web, > download the new version and look at the documents briefly, if you even > notice the new stuff at all. > > In the paper manual days, you got it all in a package, these new > features would not only be listed in the document with the new features, > but they would be in a paper manual that made reference and study a > little easier. > > I guess my age is showing. I know you can search the on-line manual, > but you can not find something unless you have an idea of what to search. > > A paper book can allow you to flip around and look for things. My quick > reference guide - from Laura Brody - is the best tool I have at my > desk. I can find syntax quickly. But if I do not know a command > exists, I can only use it if I happen to notice it as I look for other > things. > I always find new commands, options and flags as I look in a book. I > say new in the context that I did not remember they were there. But I > find looking back at the reference on occasion will make you notice > things that made no sense before or that did not meet any need. But on > a return to the option, you see how it would solve a problem that has > arisen since you noticed it last. So I think we learn based on need. > Returning to the manual and looking around for something is often the > best way to learn stuff - stuff you are looking for at the time and > stuff that you just happen upon in your quest for other information. > > I never get that same result from the on-line docs. I search for the > command and there is no rifling around, hence, no collateral learning. > I miss that. > > Nancy > Points well taken. I am certainly not an online-vs-paper advocate at all; I'm still dealing with feelings of betrayal and loss that neither Linux Review nor PC Magazine will continue in paper. These pubs for me were welcome at the kitchen table, on the bus, on my nightstand. There's more free content online than I will ever read, I don't need to subscribe to for-pay online content. Regards, Barry From mschw at athenet.net Tue Jan 6 12:53:53 2009 From: mschw at athenet.net (Mike Schwartz) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:53:53 -0600 Subject: RE @SBRKn In-Reply-To: <4963A69A.4090707@vss3.com> References: <00ff01c9700a$176d4230$4647c690$@net> <496388C0.8060702@vss3.com> <49638C83.8050609@optonline.net> <4963A69A.4090707@vss3.com> Message-ID: <008d01c97040$e36b55d0$aa420170$@net> > A paper book can allow you to flip around and look for things. My > quick > reference guide - from Laura Brody - is the best tool I have at my > desk. I can find syntax quickly. But if I do not know a command > exists, I can only use it if I happen to notice it as I look for other > things. > -- > Nancy Palmquist MOS & filePro Training Available Maybe we could talk Laura into releasing an upgraded version of her reference guide. Laura: Would it be worth your while to release new FP help notes and a new printed guide? Or is that more trouble than it is worth to you? ----- ----- ----- In other news, I just finished a 4-year contract programming job, and am available for other assignments. I really like working with filePro, and would like to stick with it. This contract job involved linking an entire filePro based order entry and accounting system to the Web, using Tomcat, PHP and especially Ruby on Rails. I worked with other web developers who wrote most of the web stuff, but I picked up a lot of web development tips while on this project. Right now, I'm spending most of my spare time mastering Web development tools, especially Ruby. If any of you want to put your filePro data on the Web, or if you have any other filePro work available, I would be interested in it. I'm available for small or large project contract work, and would consider relocating for a permanent or long-term contract work. As far a web development work, in order to expedite things for you, I could probably arrange to get the same team I worked with on my last project to assist me with the web work. Thanks, and everybody have a GREAT NEW YEAR! Mike Schwartz From rkreiss at gccconsulting.net Tue Jan 6 13:41:55 2009 From: rkreiss at gccconsulting.net (Richard Kreiss) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:41:55 -0500 Subject: RE @SBRKn In-Reply-To: <496388C0.8060702@vss3.com> References: <00ff01c9700a$176d4230$4647c690$@net> <496388C0.8060702@vss3.com> Message-ID: <015401c97047$985efa40$c91ceec0$@net> > -----Original Message----- > From: Nancy Palmquist [mailto:nlp at vss3.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 11:37 AM > To: rkreiss at gccconsulting.net > Cc: 'FilePro Mailing List' > Subject: Re: RE @SBRKn > > Richard Kreiss wrote: > > FYI > > > > Not sure how many of you noticed this new break function. > > > > I noticed it yesterday with 5.6.07. > > > > 5.6 @SBRKn "Start of break" event. > > > > This event is triggered on the first record of a subtotal break. > > Unlike @WBRKn, this processing is run prior to the normal > > processing, > > and if multiple @SBRKn's are triggered at the same time, they are > > executed from the outermost level inward. (e.g. the opposite order > > of > > @WBRKn processing.) > > > Richard, > > Since they stopped publishing a manual, these treasures get lost. I am > so glad you posted it. I never noticed it and it could sure come in handy. > > Maybe in their spare time, they could post some of the new commands with > examples to the list, just as a starting point. The manuals seem to be > only intended for reference, and that implies that you know what you are > looking for. New things only come to light if you happen to open that > page by accident. > > Nancy You are right about examples of how to use the function. Someone must have requested this and there should be some programming examples of how it is used that could/should be made available. I assume that this was tested; that's why there should be some programming examples available. Looks like we will have to play with this on to see what and how it works. Richard Richard From rkreiss1 at comcast.net Thu Jan 8 08:35:15 2009 From: rkreiss1 at comcast.net (RKreiss1) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 11:35:15 -0500 Subject: @sbrkn Message-ID: <000f01c971af$15f5de20$41e19a60$@net> Checked a client's 5.6.06 and the function is there. It appears from my reading that this function runs at the beginning of a break as opposed to @wbrkn end of break processing. Now the question I have, assuming I am correct, does this run prior to the report header being printed. If it does, then one could use it to print x page of y. Yes, this can be done using @once processing. But with the ability to reset the page number, one could do this for each section of a report. Now all we need is @wff to track when a form feed is done. Richard Kreiss GCC Consulting rkreiss at gccconsulting.net ? From dendil at electricalusa.com Thu Jan 8 17:18:42 2009 From: dendil at electricalusa.com (Dennis Diller) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 20:18:42 -0500 Subject: Fatal error check current user count Message-ID: <001001c971f8$35f470d0$6601a8c0@dennypc> *** A System Error Has Occurred *** Fatal error check current user count : Invalid argument I installed filepro 5.6.07D4 on a linux server fedora 7 redhat there are no other users and I get this mesage. Does anyone have a fix. Dennis Diller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20090108/1c8b542e/attachment.html From gccconsulting at comcast.net Thu Jan 8 20:22:04 2009 From: gccconsulting at comcast.net (GCC Consulting) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 23:22:04 -0500 Subject: Fatal error check current user count In-Reply-To: <001001c971f8$35f470d0$6601a8c0@dennypc> References: <001001c971f8$35f470d0$6601a8c0@dennypc> Message-ID: <000c01c97211$d3dcc040$7b9640c0$@net> From: filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial.com [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Diller Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:19 PM To: Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com Subject: Fatal error check current user count *** A System Error Has Occurred *** ? Fatal error check current user count : Invalid argument I installed? filepro 5.6.07D4 on a linux server fedora 7 redhat there are no other users and I get this mesage. Does anyone have a fix. Dennis Diller Dennis, Just a guess as I operate in Windows. Check your license and make sure the license service is running. Richard Kreiss GCC Consulting rkreiss at gccconsulting.net ? ? ? From ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com Mon Jan 12 17:18:16 2009 From: ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com (Scott Walker) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:18:16 -0500 Subject: Remove Line Feed Characters from text file Message-ID: <001e01c9751c$d11e7ca0$735b75e0$@com> Please remind me of the way to remove "0a" line feed characters from a text file. I don't want to replace them with anything, just remove them. Regards, Scott Scott Walker RAM Systems Corp (704) 896-6549 ScottWalker at RAMSystemCorp.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20090112/145263bc/attachment.html From bill at celestial.com Mon Jan 12 17:30:19 2009 From: bill at celestial.com (Bill Campbell) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:30:19 -0800 Subject: Remove Line Feed Characters from text file In-Reply-To: <001e01c9751c$d11e7ca0$735b75e0$@com> References: <001e01c9751c$d11e7ca0$735b75e0$@com> Message-ID: <20090113013019.GA20327@ayn.mi.celestial.com> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009, Scott Walker wrote: > > Please remind me of the way to remove "0a" line feed characters from a > text file. I don't want to replace them with anything, just remove > them. > In Linux/Unix systems, the newline character is the basic line separator, and the resulting file with then be one long line. A perl one-liner that will do this is: perl -e 'while(<>) {chomp; print;}' < infile > outfile Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. -- Thomas Jefferson From brian at aljex.com Mon Jan 12 17:39:39 2009 From: brian at aljex.com (Brian K. White) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:39:39 -0500 Subject: Remove Line Feed Characters from text file References: <001e01c9751c$d11e7ca0$735b75e0$@com> Message-ID: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Walker" To: "'FilePro Mailing List'" Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:18 PM Subject: Remove Line Feed Characters from text file > Please remind me of the way to remove "0a" line feed characters from a > text > file. I don't want to replace them with anything, just remove them. tr -d "\n" outfile -- Brian K. White brian at aljex.com http://www.myspace.com/KEYofR +++++[>+++[>+++++>+++++++<<-]<-]>>+.>.+++++.+++++++.-.[>+<---]>++. filePro BBx Linux SCO FreeBSD #callahans Satriani Filk! From nlp at vss3.com Tue Jan 13 09:44:59 2009 From: nlp at vss3.com (Nancy Palmquist) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:44:59 -0500 Subject: @sbrkn In-Reply-To: <000f01c971af$15f5de20$41e19a60$@net> References: <000f01c971af$15f5de20$41e19a60$@net> Message-ID: <496CD31B.9080008@vss3.com> RKreiss1 wrote: > Checked a client's 5.6.06 and the function is there. > > It appears from my reading that this function runs at the beginning of a > break as opposed to @wbrkn end of break processing. > > Now the question I have, assuming I am correct, does this run prior to the > report header being printed. If it does, then one could use it to print x > page of y. Yes, this can be done using @once processing. But with the > ability to reset the page number, one could do this for each section of a > report. > > Now all we need is @wff to track when a form feed is done. > > > Richard Kreiss > GCC Consulting > rkreiss at gccconsulting.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Filepro-list mailing list > Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com > http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list > > > Richard, I expect you want a report break that is marked with an F or do you want something that runs at the top of each page. Remember filePro does not form feed in the printer sense, but it does page break in the sort sense. Nancy -- Nancy Palmquist MOS & filePro Training Available Virtual Software Systems Web Based Training and Consulting PHONE: (412) 835-9417 Web site: http://www.vss3.com From nlp at vss3.com Wed Jan 14 09:44:40 2009 From: nlp at vss3.com (Nancy Palmquist) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:44:40 -0500 Subject: Memo Printing Message-ID: <496E2488.5030406@vss3.com> I have not used MEMO's for printing data and I just wondered if anyone that is up-to-date on this could post a quick answer. Can a memo be printed by just putting the field number on a report? I could not remember if this is the method. Were any other printing options added in 5.6? Nancy -- Nancy Palmquist MOS & filePro Training Available Virtual Software Systems Web Based Training and Consulting PHONE: (412) 835-9417 Web site: http://www.vss3.com From gccconsulting at comcast.net Wed Jan 14 10:46:03 2009 From: gccconsulting at comcast.net (GCC Consulting) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:46:03 -0500 Subject: Memo Printing In-Reply-To: <496E2488.5030406@vss3.com> References: <496E2488.5030406@vss3.com> Message-ID: <010c01c97678$5a61c600$0f255200$@net> > -----Original Message----- > From: filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial.com > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial.com] On > Behalf Of Nancy Palmquist > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:45 PM > To: filePro List > Subject: Memo Printing > > I have not used MEMO's for printing data and I just wondered if anyone > that is up-to-date on this could post a quick answer. > > Can a memo be printed by just putting the field number on a report? > > I could not remember if this is the method. > > Were any other printing options added in 5.6? > > Nancy > > -- > Nancy Palmquist MOS & filePro Training Available > Virtual Software Systems Web Based Training and Consulting > PHONE: (412) 835-9417 Web site: http://www.vss3.com > Nancy, There is an option in output. Press F8 and select option J. This will ask what field and where you want it. Have not tested this with 5.6.07 about printing across a page break. I did this for a client who needed a full page of extra shipping instructions. Set a field in the file to Y when he added a memo. When the finished contract printing, the processing checked for the Y. If there, the program systemed out and printed a full page memo. Works nicely. Richard Kreiss GCC Consulting rkreiss at gccconsulting.net ? From nlp at vss3.com Thu Jan 15 14:38:37 2009 From: nlp at vss3.com (Nancy Palmquist) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:38:37 -0500 Subject: Telephony - filepro interface Message-ID: <496FBAED.9010902@vss3.com> Esteemed filepro Programmers, Has anyone connected filePro to a telephone system to pick up Caller ID in filepro so the customer info can be displayed when the phone is answered and also to dial a phone if that is required? OS - will be Windows (flavor to be determined), but at this point probably a singe user setup. Telephone - to be determined. I am just checking possibilities and what hardware/software might make it work. Nancy -- Nancy Palmquist MOS & filePro Training Available Virtual Software Systems Web Based Training and Consulting PHONE: (412) 835-9417 Web site: http://www.vss3.com From ras at anzio.com Thu Jan 15 14:52:54 2009 From: ras at anzio.com (Bob Rasmussen) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:52:54 -0800 (PST) Subject: Telephony - filepro interface In-Reply-To: <496FBAED.9010902@vss3.com> References: <496FBAED.9010902@vss3.com> Message-ID: On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Nancy Palmquist wrote: > Esteemed filepro Programmers, > > Has anyone connected filePro to a telephone system to pick up Caller ID > in filepro so the customer info can be displayed when the phone is > answered and also to dial a phone if that is required? > > OS - will be Windows (flavor to be determined), but at this point > probably a singe user setup. > > Telephone - to be determined. > > I am just checking possibilities and what hardware/software might make > it work. I have done this in AnzioWin. Can dial out, also trigger a user-specified event when a Caller-ID call comes in (or when a standard call comes in). Not widely in use among AnzioWin users. Windows has a Telephone Application Programming Interface (TAPI). Its tricky, due to a huge number of options at every step. There are some independent books on it - I can look up details if you like. If your filePro will run on the Windows desktop, I'm not sure what options there are in fP for communicating a) with Windows DLLs, or b) with an intervening DLL that somebody might write. Regards, ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com company e-mail: rsi at 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 From scott at logicdatasystems.com Thu Jan 15 16:04:46 2009 From: scott at logicdatasystems.com (Scott Nelson) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:04:46 -0800 Subject: Telephony - filepro interface In-Reply-To: <496FBAED.9010902@vss3.com> References: <496FBAED.9010902@vss3.com> Message-ID: <496FCF1E.4070903@logicdatasystems.com> You should talk to the guys at Facet Corp, their FacetPhone product. Try to reach Eric Luntz in tech support, he has been to filePro conferences and is a wizard! Scott Nancy Palmquist wrote: > Esteemed filepro Programmers, > > Has anyone connected filePro to a telephone system to pick up Caller ID > in filepro so the customer info can be displayed when the phone is > answered and also to dial a phone if that is required? > > OS - will be Windows (flavor to be determined), but at this point > probably a singe user setup. > > Telephone - to be determined. > > I am just checking possibilities and what hardware/software might make > it work. > > Nancy > > From fairlite at fairlite.com Thu Jan 15 16:09:28 2009 From: fairlite at fairlite.com (Fairlight) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:09:28 -0500 Subject: Telephony - filepro interface In-Reply-To: ; from ras@anzio.com on Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 02:52:54PM -0800 References: <496FBAED.9010902@vss3.com> Message-ID: <20090115190928.B6342@iglou.com> This public service announcement was brought to you by Bob Rasmussen: > > If your filePro will run on the Windows desktop, I'm not sure what options > there are in fP for communicating a) with Windows DLLs, or b) with an > intervening DLL that somebody might write. -Possibly- perl using Win32::API, although I'd have to seriously research the dependencies and such before I could state that with any certainty. Hell, for all I know there's a TAPI module for perl... It's just something to consider. mark-> -- "I'm not subtle. I'm not pretty, and I'll piss off a lot of people along the way. But I'll get the job done" --Captain Matthew Gideon, "Crusade" From dendil at electricalusa.com Thu Jan 15 19:35:52 2009 From: dendil at electricalusa.com (Dennis Diller) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:35:52 -0500 Subject: memo delete Message-ID: <000f01c9778b$8828e230$6701a8c0@dennypc> Im have a memo Field when I use the command memo 26 edit it would display the memo screen and I could add and edit the memo now when I press the @key to trigger it I get booted out. I tried memo 26 delete but no luck. How can I permently remove the memo. so I can use it again for this record. thanks Denny -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20090115/c231d793/attachment.html From gccconsulting at comcast.net Thu Jan 15 20:32:25 2009 From: gccconsulting at comcast.net (GCC Consulting) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:32:25 -0500 Subject: memo delete In-Reply-To: <000f01c9778b$8828e230$6701a8c0@dennypc> References: <000f01c9778b$8828e230$6701a8c0@dennypc> Message-ID: <000901c97793$6eefd8c0$4ccf8a40$@net> From: filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial.com [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Diller Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:36 PM To: Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com Subject: memo delete Im have a memo Field when I use the command memo 26 edit it would display the memo screen and I could add and edit the memo now when I press the @key to trigger it I get booted out. I tried memo 26 delete but no luck. How can I permently remove the memo. so I can use it again for this record. thanks Denny Have you checked to see if there is actually data in the memo field? Richard Kreiss GCC Consulting rkreiss at gccconsulting.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20090115/cf7ccb45/attachment.html From john at valar.com Thu Jan 15 20:33:07 2009 From: john at valar.com (John Esak) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:33:07 -0500 Subject: memo delete In-Reply-To: <000f01c9778b$8828e230$6701a8c0@dennypc> Message-ID: <200901160433.n0G4X7PI014900@admin114.securesites.net> Before I would try anything else... I would dump the memo to a file and see what's in there... or at worst case if you really just want to clear it on that record... Just set that field eq to null. Build and @key that does it... maybe something like this: if: then: end @keyC if: then: input popup q(1,yesno) ("Are you sure you want to clear the memo? (y/n) " if: q ne "Y" then: end if: then: 26=""; write; end That should do it. John _____ From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Diller Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:36 PM To: Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com Subject: memo delete Im have a memo Field when I use the command memo 26 edit it would display the memo screen and I could add and edit the memo now when I press the @key to trigger it I get booted out. I tried memo 26 delete but no luck. How can I permently remove the memo. so I can use it again for this record. thanks Denny -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20090115/5c3244f8/attachment-0001.html From wvaughan at steelerubber.com Fri Jan 16 06:00:17 2009 From: wvaughan at steelerubber.com (Walter Vaughan) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:00:17 -0500 Subject: Telephony - filepro interface In-Reply-To: <496FBAED.9010902@vss3.com> References: <496FBAED.9010902@vss3.com> Message-ID: <497092F1.2080406@steelerubber.com> I have connected facetPhone to filePro. If your phone system is facetPhone, you can get callerID info, call status info, and DID number called for either Windows or Unix clients. They have a program called fp_cid that returns an xml string for live information and their other TAPI systems (utapi nettapi) deliver post call details. Three years ago when we purchased facetPhone it was the only commerical product that had something that we could get live call information from. Make sure if you need live info (is the call currently in progress) you ask that question and if the phone system you are having to integrate with can supply data while the call is in progress. Lots of systems supply the data only after the call is completed. I'm working on a project right now in Syspro where the customer is found or created new based upon information from facetphone and a web 2.0 lookup to whitepages.com. The person at facet you want to talk to is Paul Vance if you want to look into a system that will integrate with filePro. -- Walter From joe at magnatechonline.com Fri Jan 16 08:10:13 2009 From: joe at magnatechonline.com (Joe Chasan) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:10:13 -0500 Subject: memo delete In-Reply-To: <000f01c9778b$8828e230$6701a8c0@dennypc>; from dendil@electricalusa.com on Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:35:52PM -0500 References: <000f01c9778b$8828e230$6701a8c0@dennypc> Message-ID: <20090116111013.A5113@magnatechonline.com> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:35:52PM -0500, Dennis Diller wrote: > Im have a memo Field when I use the command memo 26 edit it would display the memo screen and I could add and edit the memo now when I press the @key to trigger it I get booted out. I tried memo 26 delete but no luck. How can I permently remove the memo. so I can use it again for this record. you don't say what version of filePro you have, and early versions did have a few small bugs with memo fields, so having the latest version (now v5.6.7) is recommended. also, more importantly, see if you have the 'blobfix' utility (in the same fp directory as all your other binaries, but its not on the filePro menu), and if you do, try running it on the filepro file that this memo is stored in. -joe -- -Joe Chasan- Magnatech Business Systems, Inc. joe - at - magnatechonline -dot- com Hicksville, NY - USA http://www.MagnatechOnline.com Tel.(516) 931-4444/Fax.(516) 931-1264 From tyler.style at gmail.com Fri Jan 16 05:38:36 2009 From: tyler.style at gmail.com (Tyler) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:38:36 -0700 Subject: Filepro-list Digest, Vol 60, Issue 6 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1e78e1e80901160538s19b8ceb0y279245d766aa7089@mail.gmail.com> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:33 PM, wrote: > Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:38:37 -0500 > From: Nancy Palmquist > Subject: Telephony - filepro interface > > Esteemed filepro Programmers, > > Has anyone connected filePro to a telephone system to pick up Caller ID > in filepro so the customer info can be displayed when the phone is > answered and also to dial a phone if that is required? > > OS - will be Windows (flavor to be determined), but at this point > probably a singe user setup. > > Telephone - to be determined. > > I am just checking possibilities and what hardware/software might make > it work. > > Nancy While I haven't actually done it, I am confident you could do it with Trixbox. It is an extremely flexible opensource virtual PBX with the ability to shell out commands, take in data, etc. It is a CentOS based OS, and has enormous support both from community and from corporate subscription services (much like RedHat). -- Tyler Style http://malthusian-solutions.com http://nirdvana.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20090116/c5cac866/attachment.html From dendil at electricalusa.com Fri Jan 16 10:45:26 2009 From: dendil at electricalusa.com (Dennis Diller) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:45:26 -0500 Subject: Fw: memo delete and blobfix Message-ID: <006801c9780a$99866e60$6701a8c0@dennypc> ----- Subject: Re: memo delete >I'm having a problem I'm running the lattest and greatest > filepro just >upgraded to linux 5.6.07D4 > I dont see a meune to fix blobrix can you tell me where it is Im have a memo Field when I use the command memo 26 edit it would display >>> the memo screen and I could add and edit the memo now when I press the >>> @key to trigger it I get booted out. I tried memo 26 delete but no luck. >>> try a different record it won't let me save. Anyone have any clues Thanks Denny >>> How can I permently remove the memo. so I can use it again for this >>> record. > Thanks > Denny > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Chasan" > To: "Dennis Diller" > Cc: > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 11:10 AM > Subject: Re: memo delete > > >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:35:52PM -0500, Dennis Diller wrote: >>> Im have a memo Field when I use the command memo 26 edit it would >>> display the memo screen and I could add and edit the memo now when I >>> press the @key to trigger it I get booted out. I tried memo 26 delete >>> but no luck. How can I permently remove the memo. so I can use it again >>> for this record. >> >> you don't say what version of filePro you have, and early versions did >> have a few small bugs with memo fields, so having the latest version >> (now v5.6.7) is recommended. >> >> also, more importantly, see if you have the 'blobfix' utility (in the >> same >> fp directory as all your other binaries, but its not on the filePro >> menu), >> and if you do, try running it on the filepro file that this memo is >> stored >> in. >> >> -joe >> >> -- >> -Joe Chasan- Magnatech Business Systems, Inc. >> joe - at - magnatechonline -dot- com Hicksville, NY - USA >> http://www.MagnatechOnline.com Tel.(516) 931-4444/Fax.(516) >> 931-1264 >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.8/1897 - Release Date: 1/16/2009 > 6:52 AM > From joe_kroboth at chernay.com Mon Jan 19 14:02:02 2009 From: joe_kroboth at chernay.com (Kroboth, Joe) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:02:02 -0500 Subject: ddir and password Message-ID: <3479549061D7B949A43692E2613A37B71225FE86E1@pink.intra.chernay.com> I'm trying to automate some end of month procedures. I have a password protected file. I'm using the command '/appl/fp/ddir invoices -k' to delete the key and data. Is there any way to accomplish this without it asking for the password? Thanks. Joe Kroboth Chernay Printing, Inc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20090119/0677672f/attachment.html From john at valar.com Mon Jan 19 14:14:45 2009 From: john at valar.com (John Esak) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:14:45 -0500 Subject: ddir and password In-Reply-To: <3479549061D7B949A43692E2613A37B71225FE86E1@pink.intra.chernay.com> Message-ID: <200901192214.n0JMEjKm033001@admin114.securesites.net> Since you mention "ddir" rather than "dprodir"... I'll assume you are on Unix. So, yes you can redirect the pasword in a script to the command. On Windows you can not do this. John _____ From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Kroboth, Joe Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 5:02 PM To: Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com Subject: ddir and password I'm trying to automate some end of month procedures. I have a password protected file. I'm using the command '/appl/fp/ddir invoices -k' to delete the key and data. Is there any way to accomplish this without it asking for the password? Thanks. Joe Kroboth Chernay Printing, Inc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20090119/e8aa685d/attachment.html From wvaughan at steelerubber.com Mon Jan 19 14:18:03 2009 From: wvaughan at steelerubber.com (Walter Vaughan) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:18:03 -0500 Subject: ddir and password In-Reply-To: <3479549061D7B949A43692E2613A37B71225FE86E1@pink.intra.chernay.com> References: <3479549061D7B949A43692E2613A37B71225FE86E1@pink.intra.chernay.com> Message-ID: <4974FC1B.9010302@steelerubber.com> Kroboth, Joe wrote: > I?m trying to automate some end of month procedures. I have a password > protected file. I?m using the command ?/appl/fp/ddir invoices ?k? to > delete the key and data. Is there any way to accomplish this without > it asking for the password? > If you can run dxmaint without a password, you could stand on another filePro file, and run a system command to cat /dev/null to the key and data segments, and then rebuild the indexes with dxmaint system command. Messy but should work. From laura at hvcomputer.com Mon Jan 19 14:19:25 2009 From: laura at hvcomputer.com (Laura Brody) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:19:25 -0500 Subject: ddir and password In-Reply-To: <3479549061D7B949A43692E2613A37B71225FE86E1@pink.intra.chernay.com> References: <3479549061D7B949A43692E2613A37B71225FE86E1@pink.intra.chernay.com> Message-ID: <20090119171925.jtlao53eskwscowc-ynhenoebql@webmail.spamcop.net> Quoting "Kroboth, Joe" : > I'm trying to automate some end of month procedures. I have a > password protected file. I'm using the command '/appl/fp/ddir > invoices -k' to delete the key and data. Is there any way to > accomplish this without it asking for the password? > > Thanks. Yes, you could drop to a command line and empty the key and data files from there. > /appl/filepro/invoices/key > /appl/filepro/invoices/data I just tried it on a Linux system, and it worked. -- Laura Brody +------------- Hudson Valley Computer Associates, Inc ----------+ | PO Box 859; 120 Sixth Street http://www.hvcomputer.com | | Verplanck, NY 10596-0859 Voice mail: (914) 739-5004 | +------ PC repair locally, filePro programming globally --------+ From r.hemer at w-link.net Mon Jan 19 19:59:55 2009 From: r.hemer at w-link.net (Rodgers Hemer) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:59:55 -0800 Subject: Printer Specs Message-ID: <8A50B5C9-023B-4884-BFCC-F66B71033B21@w-link.net> Can anyone confirm that the following excerpt from a HP printer spec means that the printer is able to process PCL code or is reliant upon a Windows box to provide the final print stream? Thanks, Rodgers Hemer 206.523.2329 r.hemer at w-link.net "HP PCL 6, HP Postscript Level 3 emulation, HP PCL5c emulation" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20090119/ce43b64e/attachment.html From jlasman at telus.net Mon Jan 19 20:32:51 2009 From: jlasman at telus.net (Jim Asman) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:32:51 -0800 Subject: Printer Specs Message-ID: --------------- Original Message --------------- At 07:59P Mon Jan 19 2009, Rodgers Hemer wrote: > Can anyone confirm that the following excerpt from a HP printer spec > means that the printer is able to process PCL code or is reliant upon > a Windows box to provide the final print stream? > > Thanks, > > Rodgers Hemer > 206.523.2329 > r.hemer at w-link.net > > "HP PCL 6, HP Postscript Level 3 emulation, HP PCL5c emulation" The PCL5c should do you, although, I can't imagine why it would be an "emulation" if it is an HP printer. If it really says emulation in the specs, then there may be a danger of it being done in the driver. We assume that this is a color printer. What model? printer. Which model.? Jim -- jlasman at telus.net Spectra Colour Services Ltd. Jim Asman 10221 144a Street Phone: (604)584-0977 Surrey, BC V3R 3P7 CANADA Cell: (604)619-0977 www.spectracolorservices.com From r.hemer at w-link.net Tue Jan 20 07:14:06 2009 From: r.hemer at w-link.net (Rodgers Hemer) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:14:06 -0800 Subject: Printer Specs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <486610A0-5702-4CE0-AF16-0DCD4397AAE4@w-link.net> On Jan 19, 2009, at 8:32 PM, Jim Asman wrote: > > > --------------- Original Message --------------- > At 07:59P Mon Jan 19 2009, Rodgers Hemer wrote: > >> Can anyone confirm that the following excerpt from a HP printer spec >> means that the printer is able to process PCL code or is reliant upon >> a Windows box to provide the final print stream? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rodgers Hemer >> 206.523.2329 >> r.hemer at w-link.net >> >> "HP PCL 6, HP Postscript Level 3 emulation, HP PCL5c emulation" > > The PCL5c should do you, although, I can't imagine why it would be > an "emulation" if it is an HP printer. If it really says emulation in > the specs, then there may be a danger of it being done in the driver. > > We assume that this is a color printer. What model? > > printer. Which model.? Jim: It is a multifunction HP color LaserJet, model CM2320nf Rodgers Hemer From jlasman at telus.net Tue Jan 20 09:53:21 2009 From: jlasman at telus.net (Jim Asman) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:53:21 -0800 Subject: Printer Specs Message-ID: --------------- Original Message --------------- At 07:14A Tue Jan 20 2009, Rodgers Hemer wrote: > > > On Jan 19, 2009, at 8:32 PM, Jim Asman wrote: > > > > > > > --------------- Original Message --------------- > > At 07:59P Mon Jan 19 2009, Rodgers Hemer wrote: > > > >> Can anyone confirm that the following excerpt from a HP printer spec > >> means that the printer is able to process PCL code or is reliant upon > >> a Windows box to provide the final print stream? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Rodgers Hemer > >> 206.523.2329 > >> r.hemer at w-link.net > >> > >> "HP PCL 6, HP Postscript Level 3 emulation, HP PCL5c emulation" > > > > The PCL5c should do you, although, I can't imagine why it would be > > an "emulation" if it is an HP printer. If it really says emulation in > > the specs, then there may be a danger of it being done in the driver. > > > > We assume that this is a color printer. What model? > > > > printer. Which model.? > > Jim: > > It is a multifunction HP color LaserJet, model CM2320nf OK. Looking at the specs, I would say that it will not work properly as a PCL5 printer. You will notice that there are NO PCL5 fonts specified. Jim -- jlasman at telus.net Spectra Colour Services Ltd. Jim Asman 10221 144a Street Phone: (604)584-0977 Surrey, BC V3R 3P7 CANADA Cell: (604)619-0977 www.spectracolorservices.com From scooter6 at gmail.com Tue Jan 20 20:09:47 2009 From: scooter6 at gmail.com (scooter6 at gmail.com) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:09:47 -0500 Subject: export pipe delimitted Message-ID: <445ca8160901202009g977c4c3w704e12f1b24eb0d9@mail.gmail.com> Client wants some select records sent to them using pipe delim format. I think I'm fairly close on the output processing, but it's all hard coded. I want to make this where the user select the records by entering a client number or a range of client numbers. This calls for a second output processing? So, eventually I can put this on a menu that would call something like /u/appl/fp/rreport file -f export -u -a -v clientsel In clientsel, I need to put what exactly that would ask the user for a beginning client number and ending client number? Also, is it customary in a pipe delim file to have a pipe at the end of the record? So, should it look like: John|Smith|1234|field1|field2| or just: John|Smith|1234|field1|field2 ?? thanks in advance for any guidance Scott -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Yes > > So, eventually I can put this on a menu that would call something like > > /u/appl/fp/rreport file -f export -u -a -v clientsel > > In clientsel, I need to put what exactly that would ask the user for a > beginning client number and ending client number? Yes > > Also, is it customary in a pipe delim file to have a pipe at the end > of the record? > > So, should it look like: > > John|Smith|1234|field1|field2| > > or just: > > John|Smith|1234|field1|field2 ?? Depends upon what's sucking the data in. I seem to remember having a problem with PostgreSQL vs MySQL with trailing pipe requirements. If they are bringing it into Excel, it could care less. You gotta find out what's reading the data in. Kinda why XML is used for data import, no ambiguity. -- Walter From ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com Wed Jan 21 06:23:51 2009 From: ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com (Scott Walker) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:23:51 -0500 Subject: export pipe delimitted In-Reply-To: <445ca8160901202009g977c4c3w704e12f1b24eb0d9@mail.gmail.com> References: <445ca8160901202009g977c4c3w704e12f1b24eb0d9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <001501c97bd3$e4070130$ac150390$@com> From: filepro-list-bounces+scottwalker=ramsystemscorp.com at lists.celestial.com [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+scottwalker=ramsystemscorp.com at lists.celestial. com] On Behalf Of scooter6 at gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:10 PM To: filePro Mailing List Subject: export pipe delimitted Client wants some select records sent to them using pipe delim format. I think I'm fairly close on the output processing, but it's all hard coded. I want to make this where the user select the records by entering a client number or a range of client numbers. This calls for a second output processing? So, eventually I can put this on a menu that would call something like /u/appl/fp/rreport file -f export -u -a -v clientsel In clientsel, I need to put what exactly that would ask the user for a beginning client number and ending client number? The "second output processing" is called Sort/Select processing in fp. As you said above, it's called on the command line with "-v" Try something like this: Say Client Number is field #1 If: bc eq "" Then: input bc(5,*,g)"Enter Begin Client Number: " If: ec eq "" Then: input ec(5,*,g)"Enter End Client Number: " If: 1 gt bc and 1 lt ec Then: select If: Then: end Also, is it customary in a pipe delim file to have a pipe at the end of the record? 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I want to make this where the user select the records by entering a client number or a range of client numbers. This calls for a second output processing? So, eventually I can put this on a menu that would call something like /u/appl/fp/rreport file -f export -u -a -v clientsel In clientsel, I need to put what exactly that would ask the user for a beginning client number and ending client number? Also, is it customary in a pipe delim file to have a pipe at the end of the record? So, should it look like: John|Smith|1234|field1|field2| or just: John|Smith|1234|field1|field2 ?? thanks in advance for any guidance Using -v sort/select processing, as previously mentioned, one can us start and ending numbers as long as they are contiguous. I have a number of -v processes that also use an array to hold the values wanted. This method allow for selecting specific client's without having to run them one at a time. Richard Kreiss GCC Consulting rkreiss at gccconsulting.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20090121/f968e7d9/attachment.html From joe_kroboth at chernay.com Wed Jan 21 08:26:36 2009 From: joe_kroboth at chernay.com (Kroboth, Joe) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:26:36 -0500 Subject: ddir and password In-Reply-To: <20090119171925.jtlao53eskwscowc-ynhenoebql@webmail.spamcop.net> References: <3479549061D7B949A43692E2613A37B71225FE86E1@pink.intra.chernay.com> <20090119171925.jtlao53eskwscowc-ynhenoebql@webmail.spamcop.net> Message-ID: <3479549061D7B949A43692E2613A37B71225FE87C1@pink.intra.chernay.com> Quoting "Kroboth, Joe" : > I'm trying to automate some end of month procedures. I have a > password protected file. I'm using the command '/appl/fp/ddir > invoices -k' to delete the key and data. Is there any way to > accomplish this without it asking for the password? > > Thanks. > Walter said: If you can run dxmaint without a password, you could stand on another filePro file, and run a system command to cat /dev/null to the key and data segments, and then rebuild the indexes with dxmaint system command. Messy but should work. Laura said: >Yes, you could drop to a command line and empty the key >and data files from there. > > > /appl/filepro/invoices/key > /appl/filepro/invoices/data > >I just tried it on a Linux system, and it worked. > >-- >Laura Brody I'll try this. I guess as Walter stated I would need to rebuild the indexes, Correct? Joe From mschw at athenet.net Wed Jan 21 08:35:47 2009 From: mschw at athenet.net (Mike Schwartz) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:35:47 -0600 Subject: export pipe delimitted In-Reply-To: <445ca8160901202009g977c4c3w704e12f1b24eb0d9@mail.gmail.com> References: <445ca8160901202009g977c4c3w704e12f1b24eb0d9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <001f01c97be6$51811b80$f4835280$@net> From: filepro-list-bounces+mschw=athenet.net at lists.celestial.com [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+mschw=athenet.net at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of scooter6 at gmail.com ? > So, should it look like: > John|Smith|1234|field1|field2| > or just: > John|Smith|1234|field1|field2??? ?? You have to ask the person who asked you for the file whether or not to add the last pipe onto the end. If they don't care, then I would suggest adding it anyway, especially if your data line building code is complex. I've had a couple of instances where I didn't add one when I initially wrote a delimited export. Weeks later, I came back to add more fields to the data lines but forgot that I hadn't added the pipe to the end of the original line. Oops! Tip of the day: If you have a lot of fields to export, rather than adding the pipes as literals, such as: op(200,*)=dt{"|"{du{"|" put the pipe (or other delimiter) into a variable: p(1,*)="|" so your code looks like: op(200,*)=dt{p{du{p Doing this can save you a lot of typing and headaches, especially if you miss a quote mark someplace along the way. Mike Schwartz From rkreiss1 at comcast.net Sat Jan 24 09:13:35 2009 From: rkreiss1 at comcast.net (RKreiss1) Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:13:35 -0500 Subject: Menu help file Message-ID: <004201c97e47$17a7a3d0$46f6eb70$@net> I am creating a new menu help file and copied an fp help file to use as a master. Normally I expect to see 4 values to define the help window which opens. However I noted the following: ##(10,39,6,1)B # xfer To transfer a filePro file between different types of computers (from MS-DOS to XENIX 386 for example), you must use this program. A copy A number of options had a 5th option, the 1. Anyone know what this option is for? Richard Kreiss GCC Consulting rkreiss at gccconsulting.net ? From gccconsulting at comcast.net Mon Jan 26 09:28:52 2009 From: gccconsulting at comcast.net (GCC Consulting) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:28:52 -0500 Subject: Menu help file In-Reply-To: <004201c97e47$17a7a3d0$46f6eb70$@net> References: <004201c97e47$17a7a3d0$46f6eb70$@net> Message-ID: <00de01c97fdb$8f03b500$ad0b1f00$@net> FYI Top post: Fp support answered the question below: Parameters can be defined as follows. (row,height) (row,col,height,width) (row,col,height,width,dropshadow) The second version (4 parameters) means no dropshadow. With 5 parameters, 0=off, 1=on for the dropshadow. Will add to help and fPmanual on future rev. Richard Kreiss GCC Consulting rkreiss at gccconsulting.net ? > -----Original Message----- > From: filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial.com > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial.com] On > Behalf Of RKreiss1 > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 12:14 PM > To: 'filePro Mailing List' > Cc: fpsupport at fptech.com > Subject: Re: Menu help file > > I am creating a new menu help file and copied an fp help file to use as a > master. > > Normally I expect to see 4 values to define the help window which opens. > However I noted the following: > > > ##(10,39,6,1)B > # xfer > To transfer a filePro file between > different types of computers (from > MS-DOS to XENIX 386 for example), > you must use this program. A copy > > A number of options had a 5th option, the 1. > > Anyone know what this option is for? > > > Richard Kreiss > GCC Consulting > rkreiss at gccconsulting.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Filepro-list mailing list > Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com > http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list From henry at vegena.net Mon Jan 26 12:39:23 2009 From: henry at vegena.net (Enrique Arredondo) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:39:23 -0800 (PST) Subject: sz command within filepro menus Message-ID: Is there a way so that when I use the "sz" command and it exists from transfering the file it won't show me any *0XBB0000000 output. This output is making the menus change and lock after the file transfer is over. I tried putting sz -z "filename" > /dev/null 2>&1 but no luck Thanks From ras at anzio.com Mon Jan 26 16:09:28 2009 From: ras at anzio.com (Bob Rasmussen) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:09:28 -0800 (PST) Subject: sz command within filepro menus In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, Enrique Arredondo wrote: > Is there a way so that when I use the "sz" command and it exists from > transfering the file it won't show me any *0XBB0000000 output. This output > is making the menus change and lock after the file transfer is over. I > tried putting sz -z "filename" > /dev/null 2>&1 but no luck You must be sending files to the client PC, is that right? In that case, what displays is dependent on what terminal emulation client you are using. What is it? If it is Anzio, be advised that we are working on some issues releated to Zmodem transfer, although more related to when things go wrong than when things go right. Regards, ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com company e-mail: rsi at 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 From fairlite at fairlite.com Mon Jan 26 16:41:29 2009 From: fairlite at fairlite.com (Fairlight) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:41:29 -0500 Subject: sz command within filepro menus In-Reply-To: ; from ras@anzio.com on Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 04:09:28PM -0800 References: Message-ID: <20090126194129.B21860@iglou.com> Four score and seven years--eh, screw that! At about Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 04:09:28PM -0800, Bob Rasmussen blabbed on about: > On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, Enrique Arredondo wrote: > > > Is there a way so that when I use the "sz" command and it exists from > > transfering the file it won't show me any *0XBB0000000 output. This output > > is making the menus change and lock after the file transfer is over. I > > tried putting sz -z "filename" > /dev/null 2>&1 but no luck Hate to jump in on a sub-reply, but I already had deleted the original, sorry. But something just struck me as odd. That attempted command makes no sense to me. Zmodem sends things -over- the terminal, and you just told it to send the file to /dev/null. *scratches head* The client should never see anything to pick up. Not sure what the -z does, as the version on this Solaris box doesn't have that flag, but anything that sends all stdout/stderr to /dev/null -should- make zmodem patently useless. What about getting the cursor to a particular location, SYSTEMing the command, then doing a SHOW over the top of that to get rid of the initialisation trigger string? mark-> -- "I'm not subtle. I'm not pretty, and I'll piss off a lot of people along the way. But I'll get the job done" --Captain Matthew Gideon, "Crusade" From rac at custom-mobility.com Mon Jan 26 17:57:37 2009 From: rac at custom-mobility.com (Roger Cornelius) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:57:37 -0500 Subject: Quirky label behaviour Message-ID: <20090127015737.GA4898@custom-mobility.com> filepro 5.06.06 SCO OSR507 In an input processing table is a subroutine at label "A8CC". In that section of code is a subsection at label "A8CC-01". E.g.: A8CC::: :' some processing:: :xx ne yy:goto A8CC-01: :' some processing:: A8CC-01::: :' some processing:: ::return: The problem is the "goto A8CC-01" command jumps to the "A8CC" label instead of "A8CC-01", resulting in an infinite loop. This was determined by adding "show" statements. The problem occurs only if the table is executed with rclerk. If dclerk is used, the code works as expected. Removing the "-" from the label allows it to execute correctly in rclerk or dclerk. No syntax or duplicate label errors are produced when saving the table which is approximately 3700 lines. I couldn't find anyplace in the online filepro manual where it describes what characters are legal in a label name, but I've used "-" many times over the years w/o a problem. Is there an explanation for this behavour? Thanks. -- Roger Cornelius rac at custom-mobility.com From john at valar.com Mon Jan 26 20:44:19 2009 From: john at valar.com (John Esak) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:44:19 -0500 Subject: Menu help file In-Reply-To: <00de01c97fdb$8f03b500$ad0b1f00$@net> Message-ID: <200901270444.n0R4iJ9K011178@admin114.securesites.net> You can add another essentially udocumented feature for "help".... Actually it *is* documented... I just don't know where. You can specify the help file if you place it along with the help file name. So this means you can point to a specific help file and name as well. Very cool. John > -----Original Message----- > From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.co m] On Behalf Of GCC Consulting > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 12:29 PM > To: rkreiss1 at comcast.net; 'filePro Mailing List' > Subject: RE: Menu help file > > FYI > > Top post: > > Fp support answered the question below: > > Parameters can be defined as follows. > > (row,height) > (row,col,height,width) > (row,col,height,width,dropshadow) > > The second version (4 parameters) means no dropshadow. With > 5 parameters, > 0=off, 1=on for the dropshadow. > > Will add to help and fPmanual on future rev. > > > Richard Kreiss > GCC Consulting > rkreiss at gccconsulting.net > ? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: > filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial.com > > > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.c elestial.com] > On > > Behalf Of RKreiss1 > > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 12:14 PM > > To: 'filePro Mailing List' > > Cc: fpsupport at fptech.com > > Subject: Re: Menu help file > > > > I am creating a new menu help file and copied an fp help > file to use as a > > master. > > > > Normally I expect to see 4 values to define the help window > which opens. > > However I noted the following: > > > > > > ##(10,39,6,1)B > > # xfer > > To transfer a filePro file between > > different types of computers (from > > MS-DOS to XENIX 386 for example), > > you must use this program. A copy > > > > A number of options had a 5th option, the 1. > > > > Anyone know what this option is for? > > > > > > Richard Kreiss > > GCC Consulting > > rkreiss at gccconsulting.net > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Filepro-list mailing list > > Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com > > http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list > > _______________________________________________ > Filepro-list mailing list > Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com > http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list > From kenbrody at bestweb.net Tue Jan 27 07:23:11 2009 From: kenbrody at bestweb.net (Kenneth Brody) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:23:11 -0500 Subject: Quirky label behaviour In-Reply-To: <20090127015737.GA4898@custom-mobility.com> References: <20090127015737.GA4898@custom-mobility.com> Message-ID: <20090127102311.xwhkcx97s4swoc48-xraoebql@webmail.spamcop.net> Quoting Roger Cornelius (Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:57:37 -0500): > filepro 5.06.06 > SCO OSR507 > > In an input processing table is a subroutine at label "A8CC". In that > section of code is a subsection at label "A8CC-01". E.g.: > > A8CC::: > :' some processing:: > :xx ne yy:goto A8CC-01: > :' some processing:: > A8CC-01::: > :' some processing:: > ::return: > > The problem is the "goto A8CC-01" command jumps to the "A8CC" label > instead of "A8CC-01", resulting in an infinite loop. This was > determined by adding "show" statements. The problem occurs only if the > table is executed with rclerk. If dclerk is used, the code works as > expected. Removing the "-" from the label allows it to execute > correctly in rclerk or dclerk. No syntax or duplicate label errors are > produced when saving the table which is approximately 3700 lines. [...] This sounds familiar from something a long time ago. If you recompile the processing in the 5.6.06 rcabe, does the problem go away? If not, contact fpsupport. -- KenBrody at BestWeb dot net spamtrap: http://www.hvcomputer.com http://www.fileProPlus.com From rac at custom-mobility.com Tue Jan 27 07:45:25 2009 From: rac at custom-mobility.com (Roger Cornelius) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:45:25 -0500 Subject: Quirky label behaviour In-Reply-To: <20090127102311.xwhkcx97s4swoc48-xraoebql@webmail.spamcop.net> References: <20090127015737.GA4898@custom-mobility.com> <20090127102311.xwhkcx97s4swoc48-xraoebql@webmail.spamcop.net> Message-ID: <20090127154525.GB26449@custom-mobility.com> On 01/27/2009 10:23, Kenneth Brody wrote: > Quoting Roger Cornelius (Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:57:37 -0500): > >> filepro 5.06.06 >> SCO OSR507 >> >> In an input processing table is a subroutine at label "A8CC". In that >> section of code is a subsection at label "A8CC-01". E.g.: >> >> A8CC::: >> :' some processing:: >> :xx ne yy:goto A8CC-01: >> :' some processing:: >> A8CC-01::: >> :' some processing:: >> ::return: >> >> The problem is the "goto A8CC-01" command jumps to the "A8CC" label >> instead of "A8CC-01", resulting in an infinite loop. This was >> determined by adding "show" statements. The problem occurs only if the >> table is executed with rclerk. If dclerk is used, the code works as >> expected. Removing the "-" from the label allows it to execute >> correctly in rclerk or dclerk. No syntax or duplicate label errors are >> produced when saving the table which is approximately 3700 lines. > [...] > > This sounds familiar from something a long time ago. If you recompile the > processing in the 5.6.06 rcabe, does the problem go away? If not, contact > fpsupport. The problem doesn't go away with recompile, so I will contact support about it tomorrow. Thanks. -- Roger Cornelius rac at custom-mobility.com From wvaughan at steelerubber.com Tue Jan 27 13:39:16 2009 From: wvaughan at steelerubber.com (Walter Vaughan) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:39:16 -0500 Subject: array help needed Message-ID: <497F7F04.3050802@steelerubber.com> We've been using the IMPORT facility to read in a text file that has 3 different types of records I'd really like to change that so we read in something from the environment, and I was hoping arrays could be used, something along the lines of how the import fields are used. For example if the input (tildes between fields) is "1~~AB~12~A~" (actually nearly a hundred fields), Is there some reasonable bit of code that would emulate IMPORT stuf (xx) f=~ r=\n that would look at stuf(4) and show it as "12" using arrays? I want to import via @pm fields and get the same functionality so we don't have to rewrite a ton of fragile code. -- Walter From gccconsulting at comcast.net Tue Jan 27 14:02:08 2009 From: gccconsulting at comcast.net (GCC Consulting) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:02:08 -0500 Subject: array help needed In-Reply-To: <497F7F04.3050802@steelerubber.com> References: <497F7F04.3050802@steelerubber.com> Message-ID: <00a301c980ca$e6069530$b213bf90$@net> > -----Original Message----- > From: filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial.com > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial.com] On > Behalf Of Walter Vaughan > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:39 PM > To: filePro > Subject: array help needed > > We've been using the IMPORT facility to read in a text file that > has 3 different types of records > > I'd really like to change that so we read in something from > the environment, and I was hoping arrays could be used, > something along the lines of how the import fields are used. > > For example if the input (tildes between fields) is > "1~~AB~12~A~" (actually nearly a hundred fields), > Is there some reasonable bit of code that would emulate > IMPORT stuf (xx) f=~ r=\n > that would look at stuf(4) and show it as "12" using arrays? > > I want to import via @pm fields and get the same functionality > so we don't have to rewrite a ton of fragile code. > > -- > Walter Try 4.8 STRTOK Returns the location of the first occurrence of any of the specified characters. Syntax n=STRTOK(string,characters[,startpos]) Example: l=strtok(aa," 1234567890,./[]{}()!@#$%^&*+=-_<>?",l+"1") Note: STRTOK is different from the INSTR() function in that it will return the first occurrence of any of the specified characters, not a string of characters. You would need to do this to find the first position of the tilde and then use a mid statement to get the first element of the array. Using the current value add "1" to move the start position and then get the next tilde location and repeat until all the data has been read into the array. It may be necessary to read 1 character passed the current tilde location and test for another tilde to see if that "field' is blank. Richard Kreiss GCC Consulting rkreiss at gccconsulting.net ? From john at valar.com Tue Jan 27 17:47:42 2009 From: john at valar.com (John Esak) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:47:42 -0500 Subject: array help needed In-Reply-To: <497F7F04.3050802@steelerubber.com> Message-ID: <200901280147.n0S1lgRP088750@admin114.securesites.net> I wrote an infrastructure piece for my EDI suite that parses lines by field (using field_separator and record_separator) in such a way that I could refer to any field along the line just as you might refer to a field in an import or export. I used readline and writeline of course... Not import/export. You have complete flexibility with the full processing set of tools when you take control of the reading and writing of a file rather than leaaving it upt to import/export. These are valuable tools when you are in a hurry, or the task is just that a simple import or export. Otherwise, the other route seems preferable. John > -----Original Message----- > From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.co m] On Behalf Of Walter Vaughan > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:39 PM > To: filePro > Subject: array help needed > > We've been using the IMPORT facility to read in a text file that > has 3 different types of records > > I'd really like to change that so we read in something from > the environment, and I was hoping arrays could be used, > something along the lines of how the import fields are used. > > For example if the input (tildes between fields) is > "1~~AB~12~A~" (actually nearly a hundred fields), > Is there some reasonable bit of code that would emulate > IMPORT stuf (xx) f=~ r=\n > that would look at stuf(4) and show it as "12" using arrays? > > I want to import via @pm fields and get the same functionality > so we don't have to rewrite a ton of fragile code. > > -- > Walter > _______________________________________________ > Filepro-list mailing list > Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com > http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list > From r.hemer at w-link.net Tue Jan 27 20:00:05 2009 From: r.hemer at w-link.net (Rodgers Hemer) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:00:05 -0800 Subject: Data Selection Process for Dclerk Message-ID: <5CCD34E5-1EC0-49C6-813D-230C5AA87994@w-link.net> SCO 6.0/ filePro 5.0.14 I am trying to create a process that can run from a user menu to permit selection of a group of records for view and access within dclerk. What I want, and cannot find, is a way of requesting records similar to that using sort/selection processing under dreport. I do not want to use scan table processing which I believe is not suitable for new and untrained clerical personnel and certainly cannot be consider user friendly. The selection consists of a single client ID and a range of dates (earliest to latest). The problem with using an automatic index is that it requires a specific date that is in the data base, and it does not stop after the last item for that client ID. It is possible that creating a demand index would work but I do not see an obvious way to create it using a question and answer technique as can be used in output sort/selection processing. Does any one have a suggestion of how to provide a user friendly solution to this question. Thanks in advance for your assistance. Rodgers Hemer 206.523.2329 r.hemer at w-link.net From john at valar.com Tue Jan 27 20:11:08 2009 From: john at valar.com (John Esak) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:11:08 -0500 Subject: Data Selection Process for Dclerk In-Reply-To: <5CCD34E5-1EC0-49C6-813D-230C5AA87994@w-link.net> Message-ID: <200901280411.n0S4B9iq042172@admin114.securesites.net> Yes, I have a solution. On the first line of script, go into clerk and on a popup screen ask the questions needed to build the demand index. Then drop to a system command and build the index. Then exit clerk. The second line of the script should take you back into clerk using that index. The speed of today's computers would make this very viable. Now, do you want to know what *I* would do instead of this. I think this is a fairly kludgy way to do what you want. It will work... But it lacks a lot. I would stand in a 'stand" file and bring up a browse of just the records desired. Build all the processing needed in that table and let them go at it. You would pretty much have to copy all the INPUT table processing and screens from INPUT to the new processing... Then change the real fields on the screen to dummies and change the appropriate parts of the processing including @w[ef]l* fields to the new dummies. This is the very best way to maintain complete control and allows the added nicety of not having to use a demand index. A good thing because what if the user changes a demand indexed field to take that record *out* of the appropriate slection set for that demand index. With the method I'm suggesting it would dissappear from the browse as it should. In the other more kludgy method it would still be visible when it really shouldn't be. You may say John is crazy to spend so much time as to copy and modify a whole INPUT table just to do this one job... But that is prcisely what I do for almost every application. Consider each as a tiny input table all its own with its own @wlf/@wdf at wuk etc., etc. type processing. You just have such complete control, it is worth it. John > -----Original Message----- > From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.co m] On Behalf Of Rodgers Hemer > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 11:00 PM > To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com > Subject: Data Selection Process for Dclerk > > SCO 6.0/ filePro 5.0.14 > > I am trying to create a process that can run from a user menu to > permit selection of a group of records for view and access within > dclerk. What I want, and cannot find, is a way of requesting > records > similar to that using sort/selection processing under dreport. I do > not want to use scan table processing which I believe is not > suitable > for new and untrained clerical personnel and certainly cannot be > consider user friendly. > > The selection consists of a single client ID and a range of dates > (earliest to latest). The problem with using an automatic index is > that it requires a specific date that is in the data base, > and it does > not stop after the last item for that client ID. It is > possible that > creating a demand index would work but I do not see an > obvious way to > create it using a question and answer technique as can be used in > output sort/selection processing. > > Does any one have a suggestion of how to provide a user friendly > solution to this question. > > Thanks in advance for your assistance. > > Rodgers Hemer > 206.523.2329 > r.hemer at w-link.net > > _______________________________________________ > Filepro-list mailing list > Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com > http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list > From r.hemer at w-link.net Wed Jan 28 10:18:09 2009 From: r.hemer at w-link.net (Rodgers Hemer) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:18:09 -0800 Subject: Data Selection Process for Dclerk In-Reply-To: <200901280411.n0S4B9iq042172@admin114.securesites.net> References: <200901280411.n0S4B9iq042172@admin114.securesites.net> Message-ID: <532D7FA9-032F-4A85-83A7-F994E595DD45@w-link.net> On Jan 27, 2009, at 8:11 PM, John Esak wrote: > Yes, I have a solution. > On the first line of script, go into clerk and on a popup screen ask > the > questions needed to build the demand index. Then drop to a system > command > and build the index. Then exit clerk. The second line of the > script should > take you back into clerk using that index. The speed of today's > computers > would make this very viable. > > Now, do you want to know what *I* would do instead of this. I think > this is > a fairly kludgy way to do what you want. It will work... But it > lacks a > lot. I would stand in a 'stand" file and bring up a browse of just > the > records desired. Build all the processing needed in that table and > let them > go at it. You would pretty much have to copy all the INPUT table > processing > and screens from INPUT to the new processing... Then change the real > fields > on the screen to dummies and change the appropriate parts of the > processing > including @w[ef]l* fields to the new dummies. This is the very best > way to > maintain complete control and allows the added nicety of not having > to use a > demand index. A good thing because what if the user changes a demand > indexed field to take that record *out* of the appropriate slection > set for > that demand index. With the method I'm suggesting it would > dissappear from > the browse as it should. In the other more kludgy method it would > still be > visible when it really shouldn't be. >> John: Thanks for the very useful solutions. I am going to use the first immediately and then consider the second. My concern as to the second solution has to do with the process that would have to be rewritten. It is a header file already doing a lot of work with a detail file using dummy fields, and it has many @keyx processes controlling access and processing for both files. The gain may not equal the pain. Thanks again, Rodgers Hemer From appl at jpr.com Wed Jan 28 11:34:02 2009 From: appl at jpr.com (Jean-Pierre A. Radley) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:34:02 -0500 Subject: Bob Stockler Message-ID: <20090128193402.GA17938@jpradley.jpr.com> I just found Bob Stockler's obituary in the Louisville Courier-Journal. He left us on Friday 16th. -- JP From gccconsulting at comcast.net Wed Jan 28 11:49:51 2009 From: gccconsulting at comcast.net (GCC Consulting) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:49:51 -0500 Subject: Data Selection Process for Dclerk In-Reply-To: <532D7FA9-032F-4A85-83A7-F994E595DD45@w-link.net> References: <200901280411.n0S4B9iq042172@admin114.securesites.net> <532D7FA9-032F-4A85-83A7-F994E595DD45@w-link.net> Message-ID: <008a01c98181$960516d0$c20f4470$@net> > -----Original Message----- > From: filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial.com > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial.com] On > Behalf Of Rodgers Hemer > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:18 PM > To: john at valar.com > Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com > Subject: Re: Data Selection Process for Dclerk > > > On Jan 27, 2009, at 8:11 PM, John Esak wrote: > > > Yes, I have a solution. > > On the first line of script, go into clerk and on a popup screen ask > > the > > questions needed to build the demand index. Then drop to a system > > command > > and build the index. Then exit clerk. The second line of the > > script should > > take you back into clerk using that index. The speed of today's > > computers > > would make this very viable. > > > > Now, do you want to know what *I* would do instead of this. I think > > this is > > a fairly kludgy way to do what you want. It will work... But it > > lacks a > > lot. I would stand in a 'stand" file and bring up a browse of just > > the > > records desired. Build all the processing needed in that table and > > let them > > go at it. You would pretty much have to copy all the INPUT table > > processing > > and screens from INPUT to the new processing... Then change the real > > fields > > on the screen to dummies and change the appropriate parts of the > > processing > > including @w[ef]l* fields to the new dummies. This is the very best > > way to > > maintain complete control and allows the added nicety of not having > > to use a > > demand index. A good thing because what if the user changes a demand > > indexed field to take that record *out* of the appropriate slection > > set for > > that demand index. With the method I'm suggesting it would > > dissappear from > > the browse as it should. In the other more kludgy method it would > > still be > > visible when it really shouldn't be. > >> > John: > > Thanks for the very useful solutions. I am going to use the first > immediately and then > consider the second. My concern as to the second solution has to do > with the process > that would have to be rewritten. It is a header file already doing a > lot of work with > a detail file using dummy fields, and it has many @keyx processes > controlling access > and processing for both files. The gain may not equal the pain. > > Thanks again, > > Rodgers Hemer Just an addendum to what John has suggested. Instead of recreating all of the screens and processing, one can read the record # of the record to update. The system out to the file using clerk and use @once processing to move to that specific record. When finished, the program will return to the main processing and then return to the browse. I am currently doing something like this for one client when an initial record is entered and the operator wants to continue entering information about this person which is not available when entering a new client. Again, speed of the systems today will make this process very fast. Richard Kreiss GCC Consulting rkreiss at gccconsulting.net ? From kenbrody at bestweb.net Wed Jan 28 11:54:49 2009 From: kenbrody at bestweb.net (Kenneth Brody) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:54:49 -0500 Subject: Bob Stockler In-Reply-To: <20090128193402.GA17938@jpradley.jpr.com> References: <20090128193402.GA17938@jpradley.jpr.com> Message-ID: <20090128145449.t640e8nikkoo088g-xraoebql@webmail.spamcop.net> Quoting Jean-Pierre A. Radley (Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:34:02 -0500): > I just found Bob Stockler's obituary in the Louisville Courier-Journal. > > He left us on Friday 16th. FYI: http://www.legacy.com/Louisville/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=122968866 -- KenBrody at BestWeb dot net spamtrap: http://www.hvcomputer.com http://www.fileProPlus.com From wally at tbull.com Wed Jan 28 11:57:43 2009 From: wally at tbull.com (Wally Turnbull) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:57:43 -0500 Subject: Bob Stockler In-Reply-To: <20090128193402.GA17938@jpradley.jpr.com> References: <20090128193402.GA17938@jpradley.jpr.com> Message-ID: <7E788D98-F22A-4C8E-A600-1C5C4D99E142@tbull.com> On Jan 28, 2009, at 2:34 PM, Jean-Pierre A. Radley wrote: > I just found Bob Stockler's obituary in the Louisville Courier- Journal. > He left us on Friday 16th. > -- > JP Thank you JP for sharing that with us. We miss Bob and remember him with respect and fondness. Wally Turnbull From mschw at athenet.net Wed Jan 28 12:10:53 2009 From: mschw at athenet.net (Mike Schwartz) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:10:53 -0600 Subject: Bob Stockler In-Reply-To: <7E788D98-F22A-4C8E-A600-1C5C4D99E142@tbull.com> References: <20090128193402.GA17938@jpradley.jpr.com> <7E788D98-F22A-4C8E-A600-1C5C4D99E142@tbull.com> Message-ID: <000801c98184$8653e100$92fba300$@net> I'm just leaving for Texas now. I'm connecting in Atlanta, and should pass right over Louisville. I know Bob was a fellow pilot, so I'll see if our airline captain will dip the wings on our plane as he passes over Louisville... Mike Schwartz > -----Original Message----- > From: filepro-list-bounces+mschw=athenet.net at lists.celestial.com > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+mschw=athenet.net at lists.celestial.com] On > Behalf Of Wally Turnbull > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:58 PM > To: Fplist > Subject: Re: Bob Stockler > > On Jan 28, 2009, at 2:34 PM, Jean-Pierre A. Radley wrote: > > > I just found Bob Stockler's obituary in the Louisville Courier- > Journal. > > > He left us on Friday 16th. > > > -- > > JP > > > Thank you JP for sharing that with us. > We miss Bob and remember him with respect and fondness. > > Wally Turnbull > > _______________________________________________ > Filepro-list mailing list > Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com > http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.15/1921 - Release Date: > 1/28/2009 6:37 AM From fairlite at fairlite.com Wed Jan 28 12:27:35 2009 From: fairlite at fairlite.com (Fairlight) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:27:35 -0500 Subject: Bob Stockler In-Reply-To: <000801c98184$8653e100$92fba300$@net>; from mschw@athenet.net on Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 02:10:53PM -0600 References: <20090128193402.GA17938@jpradley.jpr.com> <7E788D98-F22A-4C8E-A600-1C5C4D99E142@tbull.com> <000801c98184$8653e100$92fba300$@net> Message-ID: <20090128152735.B28917@iglou.com> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 02:10:53PM -0600, after drawing runes in goat's blood, Mike Schwartz cast forth these immortal, mystical words: > I'm just leaving for Texas now. I'm connecting in Atlanta, and should > pass right over Louisville. I know Bob was a fellow pilot, so I'll see if > our airline captain will dip the wings on our plane as he passes over > Louisville... Given the weather conditions in the last 48hrs, I'd personally rather you didn't, Mike! :) Tragic to hear about Bob. He was a kind and gentle man that knew how to forgive and look past people's shortcomings. His contributions to this community and to his friends speak for themselves. He will indeed be missed. mark-> From eric at shconsulting.com Wed Jan 28 12:06:25 2009 From: eric at shconsulting.com (Eric Swinford) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:06:25 -0500 Subject: Unix fpTransfer v4.5 ... Message-ID: <213DC1298E614702926AC4FE84DB41B7@aragorn> I have a client that needs to transfer some Filepro16+ data from an old SCO System V unit. I have the DOS transfer program but need the Unix copy on 3.5 Floppy. If anyone can help out, I would be forever in your debt ! Thanks, Eric B. Swinford S&H Consulting Co., Inc. Phone: (859) 635-4060 Fax: (859) 474-3934 http://www.shconsulting.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20090128/0a1483a1/attachment-0001.html From ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com Wed Jan 28 12:43:51 2009 From: ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com (Scott Walker) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:43:51 -0500 Subject: Bob Stockler In-Reply-To: <20090128193402.GA17938@jpradley.jpr.com> References: <20090128193402.GA17938@jpradley.jpr.com> Message-ID: <002801c98189$21a6c510$64f44f30$@com> I will always remember all the kind help Bob offered me over the years and his great articles in the Guru & FP Developers Journal. He will be missed. -----Original Message----- From: filepro-list-bounces+scottwalker=ramsystemscorp.com at lists.celestial.com [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+scottwalker=ramsystemscorp.com at lists.celestial. com] On Behalf Of Jean-Pierre A. Radley Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:34 PM To: FilePro Mailing List Subject: Bob Stockler I just found Bob Stockler's obituary in the Louisville Courier-Journal. He left us on Friday 16th. -- JP _______________________________________________ Filepro-list mailing list Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list From fairlite at fairlite.com Fri Jan 30 20:46:49 2009 From: fairlite at fairlite.com (Fairlight) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:46:49 -0500 Subject: OT: Dream Systems. :) Message-ID: <20090130234649.A14467@iglou.com> My brother pointed this out to me. *drool* http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/falcon-northwest-mach-v/4505-3118_7-33370265.html That's one hell of a system. :) mark-> -- Fairlight-> ||| "Here comes success, over my | Fairlight Consulting __/\__ ||| hill..." --Iggy Pop/Bowie | <__<>__> ||| | http://www.fairlite.com \/ ||| | info at fairlite.com From appl at jpr.com Sat Jan 31 14:54:29 2009 From: appl at jpr.com (Jean-Pierre A. Radley) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:54:29 -0500 Subject: OT: Dream Systems. :) In-Reply-To: <20090130234649.A14467@iglou.com> References: <20090130234649.A14467@iglou.com> Message-ID: <20090131225429.GA11434@jpradley.jpr.com> Mark Luljak propounded (on Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:46:49PM -0500): | My brother pointed this out to me. *drool* | | http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/falcon-northwest-mach-v/4505-3118_7-33370265.html | | That's one hell of a system. :) I do a fair amount of drooling when visiting dynamism.com. -- JP