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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

168.0. "Cardfiler" by AKO455::SHEPRO (NOW what'd I do?) Thu Feb 09 1989 11:26

    I can't find a confernece for the Cardfiler so I'll ask my question
    here.  What is the default file used by the Card-Filer?  Every time
    I involk it, it creates a new cardfiler.tmp file.

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168.1Anybody listening?AKO455::SHEPRONOW what'd I do?Tue Feb 14 1989 15:542
    

168.2Temporary StorageVIA::REILLYCome see the violence inherent in the system!Tue Feb 14 1989 16:089
    The cardfiler.tmp file is used for temporary storage for the Cardfiler.
    It is being created in SYS$SCRATCH on VMS, so you can redefine where
    it is created. It should be deleted when you exit. If this isn't
    happening, then please submit a QAR.
    
    Paul
    

168.3PEABOD::HOLTBe glad I'm not a nut...Fri Feb 17 1989 14:133
    
    What does "sys$scratch" point to?

168.4SYS$SCRATCH = SYS$LOGINVIA::REILLYCome see the violence inherent in the system!Fri Feb 17 1989 14:2013
    By default SYS$SCRATH points to SYS$LOGIN, but it can be redefined
    by the user. You can see what it is currently defined to be by doing
    the following at the DCL command prompt:
    
    		SHOW LOGICAL SYS$SCRATCH
    
    You can redefine it by doing the following:
    
    		DEFINE SYS$SCRATCH Directory-specification
        
    Paul
    

168.5What are the resource names?DRIFT::WOODLaughter - the best medicineFri Feb 17 1989 16:1517
Can someone tell me what the resource names are for the Cardfiler?  Specifically
those for the Card window.

I am trying to position both the cardfiler and card windows and have managed to
get the cardfiler window to work, but not the card window.

From the supplied defaults file, I found:

	Cardfiler.y:                    200
	Cardfiler.x:                    100

But need the corresponding ones for the card window.

Thanks,

John

168.6Not very mnemonic, but thereVIA::REILLYCome see the violence inherent in the system!Fri Feb 17 1989 16:3010
    If you check the sys$library:decw$cardfiler.dat there is also
    
    *cardmainwindow.width:          330
    *cardmainwindow.height:         200
    
    which can be changed. I just tried them out and they change the
    size of the card window.
    
    Paul

168.7I can change the size, not the locationDRIFT::WOODLaughter - the best medicineMon Feb 20 1989 10:129
I am successfully using the width and height resources, but haven't been able
to change the x and y locations of where the card window appears.

Are there resources for these like there are for the cardfiler window?

Thanks,

John

168.8Cardfiler window slider doesn't pick up color DRIFT::WOODLaughter - the best medicineMon Feb 20 1989 13:2612
A minor nit:

I had turned on color in all of my sliders with the following line in my
DECW$XDEFAULTS.DAT file:

	*Slider: lightGrey

This colors the slider for all windows except the Cardfiler one (it works on 
the Card window).

John

168.9Cardfiler crashCADSYS::COOKALOE, ALOEFri Feb 24 1989 11:2834
I crash the cardfiler when I access most - but not all - of my cards. It worked
fine until this morning. If I changed anything, I don't know about it. Until now,
I had been using the cardfiler without problems.

It crashed as I clicked on a card. Clcking on the first card seems to be OK -
just the subsequent ones cause the crash. It happens when I invoke it from
DECW$LOGIN and from FileView. I just checked and the "Next" button on the first
card causes an identical crash.

%SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=04, virtual address=0005AE00, PC
=0005FAD4, PSL=03C00001

  Improperly handled condition, image exit forced.

        Signal arguments              Stack contents

        Number = 00000005                00000050
        Name   = 0000000C                00000000
                 00000004                200C0000
                 0005AE00                7FF0BF7C
                 0005FAD4                7FF0BF54
                 03C00001                0005CD5C
                                         00000008
                                         00005260
                                         00000003
                                         0007F48E
       Register dump

        R0 = 0007F48E  R1 = 0005AE00  R2 = 000577CC  R3 = 7FF0BF4C
        R4 = 00026CF8  R5 = 00013664  R6 = 00013660  R7 = 0022BDB4
        R8 = 00000002  R9 = 0022BE3A  R10= 0016BBB8  R11= 00000000
        AP = 7FF0BEE4  FP = 7FF0BEA4  SP = 7FF0BF20  PC = 0005FAD4
        PSL= 03C00001

168.10Cardfiler crash. Signature #2CADSYS::COOKALOE, ALOEFri Feb 24 1989 12:4339
I accessed the last card first this time and got a different signature. Unlike
the previous occasions when I had invoked the cardfiler from FileView, this time
there was no global selection. Otherwise, the only difference was the card I
selected.

X error event received from server: not a valid window ID
  Failed request major op code 61 X_ClearArea
  Failed request minor op code 0 (if applicable)
  ResourceID 0x500020 in failed request (if applicable)
  Serial number of failed request 269
  Current serial number in output stream 322
%XLIB-E-ERROREVENT, error event received from server
%SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=04, virtual address=0005AE00, PC
=0005FAD4, PSL=03C00001

  Improperly handled condition, image exit forced.

        Signal arguments              Stack contents

        Number = 00000005                00000050
        Name   = 0000000C                00000000
                 00000004                200C0000
                 0005AE00                7FF0BF7C
                 0005FAD4                7FF0BF54
                 03C00001                0005CD5C
                                         00000008
                                         00005260
                                         00000003
                                         0007F48E

        Register dump

        R0 = 0007F48E  R1 = 0005AE00  R2 = 000577CC  R3 = 7FF0BF4C
        R4 = 00026CF8  R5 = 00013664  R6 = 00013660  R7 = 0022BDB4
        R8 = 00000002  R9 = 0022BE3A  R10= 0016BBB8  R11= 00000000
        AP = 7FF0BEE4  FP = 7FF0BEA4  SP = 7FF0BF20  PC = 0005FAD4
        PSL= 03C00001
 

168.11Some answersVIA::FINNEGANAll of the best intentions are less than one good act.Fri Mar 10 1989 17:1716
    Sorry,
    
    I trying to catch up on this conference.
    
    I explicitly place the card to the right of the index at creation
    time.  I am considering using the default x,y unless they are 0,0
    in the next version.
    
    The slider does not turn grey because it is not a standard slider,
    I will forward this off to the developer but I don't expect much.
    
    I would like to see the database that is causing the problem.  Is
    that possible??
    
    Neal    

168.12TAB key in Cardfiler22073::gabrielThank You Very LittleWed May 17 1989 11:2017
The following is from a customer...Any ways to change the
behavior of the TAB key ???



Contrary to the documentation, the TAB key seems to act as a "SELECT ALL" in the 
cardfiler.  This makes it VERY EASY to inadvertantly delete large amounts of 
text, and is contrary to the use of this key in all other applications.  It also 
makes getting a decent text layout on a card difficult; I keep reaching for the 
TAB key.  Is there a way to change this ????

Thanks for any info...


/Joe

168.13This was QARedVIA::FINNEGANAll of the best intentions are less than one good act.Thu May 18 1989 19:596
It is fixed in V2.0 of the cardfiler.

Sorry for the incovience,

Neal

168.14exUSHS08::HELLERHONDOWed Jun 28 1989 12:2642
    Recently, I've been using the Cardfiler in interesting and appreciated
    ways: cue cards for a demo (the customer loved it !!) and to maintain
    bibliographies and abstracts on literature pertinent to my work. The
    glitch is the print command(s) do not work consistently. Sometimes they
    work; sometimes they don't. I can't figure out why. I keep getting the
    following error:
                      
    %SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=01, virtual
    address=62206666, PC=80000010, PSL=03C00000
    
    Improperly handled condition, image exit forced.
    
          Signal arguments              Stack contents
    
          Number = 00000005                8019A86E
          Name   = 0000000C                00000002
                   00000001                7FE71830
                   62206666                7FE71818
                   80000010                00000004
                   03C00000                7FE71A90
                                           00000001
                                           00000000
                                           000273BA
                                           05000001
    
    Register dump
    
    R0 = 7FE71A91  R1 = 62206666  R2 = 0000039F  R3 = 000273BA
    R4 = 0002701B  R5 = 7FE71AC0  R6 = 00000000  R7 = 69636564
    R8 = 00000021  R9 = 00025BEC  R10= 00013724  R11= 000FF084
    AP = 7RE717CC  FP = 7FE7178C  SP = 7FE71808  PC = 80000010
    PSL= 03C00000  
    
        
    Also, I am trying to figure out if there isn't someway to format the
    contents of the card. I have tried the OPTIONS button when I'm lucky
    enough to get the dialog box. But all the formatting options I have
    tried so far are ignored. If a word hits the right margin, it is split
    there. 
    
    Thank you in advance for your explanations or suggestions.

168.15PSW::WINALSKICareful with that VAX, EugeneFri Jun 30 1989 12:356
RE: .14

QAR it.

--PSW

168.16Can't be fixed for this VersionVIA::FINNEGANAll of the best intentions are less than one good act.Fri Aug 18 1989 14:0610
I am just now going through the notesfile and this has not been QARed.

Unfortunately its now too late to fix this for VMS, if it had been QARed when
the note was enetered then I would have had time to look into it and maybe fix
either the cardfiler of the print widget for V2.0

The notesfile is NOT a substitue for QARs!

Neal