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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:	OLD ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:	Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:	IOSG::PYE

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4343
Total number of notes:	18308

335.0. "Lotus Interface and CALLBACK" by UTROP1::CARLIER_J (John - Utrecht The Netherlands) Thu Mar 26 1992 13:13

Does anyone have a detailed specification of the ALL-IN-1/Lotus interface ?

I would like to know EXACTLY what can be given as parameters when Lotus is 
called, and what we can do with these within the Worksheet.

Also I see that Lotus is called via the INSTALL/EXECUTE with the CALLBACK 
parameter. Is it possible to use this feature from within Lotus and if so 
how ?

I have added this note to both the Lotus and ALL-IN-1 notes file.

Regards

John.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
335.1	Lotus 1-2-3 fr ALL-IN-1: The syntax	SIOG::T_REDMOND	Thoughts of an Idle Mind	`Thu Mar 26 1992 21:04`	14
	Sorry John, Lotus don't publish the list of parameters that they use. The list may also change in a future release, so it's unwise to start playing with them. INSTALL is used to define the LOTUS_123 function to ALL-IN-1. EXECUTE is used to call LOTUS_123 (a shareable image which in turns calls the Lotus 1-2-3 for VMS image). Parameters are passed in a single string, with components being separated by "^^". The command string is terminated by "^^^^^^^^". All parsing of the command string is performed within the LOTUS_123 image itself. You could collect all valid combinations by examining all the scripts and noting the calls that are made. Ciao, Tony
335.2	But can WE use the CALLBACK ?	UTROP1::CARLIER_J	John - Utrecht The Netherlands	`Fri Mar 27 1992 13:51`	13
	I was afraid of that... but is there any known way to use the CALLBACK. i.e. is there a LOTUS function ? or something that allows us to pass commands back to ALL-IN-1 ? I see that this is used by LOTUS itself. i.e. some LOTUS commands cause a script to be started via the CALLBACK. I would like to be able to do this too. Ideas ? John.
335.3		SIOG::T_REDMOND	Thoughts of an Idle Mind	`Fri Mar 27 1992 14:02`	6
	The callback in LOTUS_123 is the same as the callback available from any function introduced with INSTALL that specifies CALLBACK. What do you really want to do? Tony
335.4	Get information from ALL-IN-1	UTROP1::CARLIER_J	John - Utrecht The Netherlands	`Fri Mar 27 1992 15:06`	18
	I want to be able to get information from ALL-IN-1 and add it to cells in the spreadsheet. This information could be in a RMS file, i.e. field on Entry form, or symbol etc. First idea is to execute a script from out of the spread sheet which will deliver the information so that LOTUS get pick it up. I see that you can get the value of a logical into a cell. So if I can call a script which can set the logical I can then get the information into the spreadsheet. I am of course open to other ideas Regards John.
335.5	Need a data set?	SIOG::T_REDMOND	Thoughts of an Idle Mind	`Mon Mar 30 1992 16:29`	8
	I think you'd need Lotus to develop a data set to do what you want, the only other way I can think of doing it is with a macro... like they have for GOLD/F, etc. We have talked with Lotus in the past about writing a data set, but with no luck so far. It certainly won't happen in ALL-IN-1 V3.0. Tony
335.6	Worse then I thought.. No logicals/No symbols	UTROP1::CARLIER_J	John - Utrecht The Netherlands	`Tue Mar 31 1992 11:53`	13
	I seem to have made an error in one of my replies. I can NOT get the value of a VMS logical into a cell, nor a symbol for that matter. It seems that the only way to communicate is via a temporary file. i.e. write a file from ALL-IN-1 and then read it via Lotus macro's OPEN READLN etc... Any other ideas ? Regards John.