Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

1070.0. "decimal tab problem with wpsplusv4 opt" by SSUPD::PISTORELLO () Fri Jul 17 1992 11:20

    Hi all


    I have installed the WPS-PLUS V4.0 option for ALL-IN-1 in a multilanguage
    system with Italian language (default or primary language) and the German
    language (additional) at a customer of my account.

    The upgrade has been installed well without any error messages. Now the
    customer has some problems with the decimal tab function of the ruler.

    If he does a GOLD R and try to insert the decimal tab ( for the italian
    language the character is the COMMA (,) the character is not recognized and
    the keyboard beeps.

    So I have followed the suggestions in the note 153.3 but during the message
    compilation, a lot of errors are displaied (after this comment there are
    the messages.)

    Checking the list file coming from compilation, I have found that in the
    SRTTABLES.MSG and in WPLFORMS.MSG there are 2 messages with the same
    number.

    I have changed in the SRTTABLES.MSG the facility directive modifying the
    number from 303 to 200 and the compilation worked fine.
	
    So r-elinking ALL-IN-1 and restarting it all is OK. (decimal tab too).

    My questions :

    Can the procedure explained in the note 153.3 be used also in ALL-IN-1
    systems with the WPS-PLUS v4 option installed ?

    Change the number in the facility directive of the source SRTTABLES is
    correct or this operation can be/is dangerous ?

    Can this procedure negatively impact future upgrade of ALL-IN-1 (for
    example the V3.0) ?

    If there are some other procedures for to solve the problem of the decimal
    tab in a more secure way please tell me.

    Some information:

    VMS V5.4-3, ALL-IN-1 V2.4 with patches k601, K602, K603,installed and
    WPS-PLUS V4 option also installed, ALL-IN-1 multilanguage with ITALIAN
    language as primary and GERMAN language as additional.
	
    The srttables.msg -- where you see the ***** there is the facility number
    change.


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.FACILITY	WPSPLUS,303/PREFIX=WPSPLUS$_ ***** here i have changed the num-
					     ***** ber from 303 to 200 *****
.SEVERITY	SUCCESS
.BASE		300

.
.
.

	The compilation command ( i have copied the source files on my directory

message/list/symbols/notext/object=wplmess.obj wplmess,wplexcep,wplcurr_it -
_italian,wpldates_it_italian,srttables,wplforms

	The error messages produced by the compilation without the change in
	the SRTTABLES.MSG :

                                   5722 SORT_COLLATE_0	<000,001,002,003,004,005,006,007,008,009,010,011,012,013,014>
%MESSAGE-E-DUPMSG, message code 092F8961 already assigned to PRT_CMD_PAGE
                                   5723 SORT_COLLATE_1	<015,016,017,018,019,020,021,022,023,024,025,026,027,028,029>
%MESSAGE-E-DUPMSG, message code 092F8961 already assigned to PRT_CMD_PAGE
.
.
.
                                   5738 SORT_COLLATE_16	<090,096,098,099,100,101,102,103,104,111,112,113,114,119,120>
%MESSAGE-E-DUPMSG, message code 092F8961 already assigned to PRT_CMD_PAGE
                                   5739 SORT_COLLATE_17	<122>
%MESSAGE-E-DUPMSG, message code 092F8961 already assigned to PRT_CMD_PAGE
                                   5741 SORT_SPECIAL_0	<>   
%MESSAGE-E-DUPMSG, message code 092F8961 already assigned to PRT_CMD_PAGE
                                   5742 SORT_SPECIAL_1  <>
%MESSAGE-E-DUPMSG, message code 092F8961 already assigned to PRT_CMD_PAGE
.
.
.
                                   5763 SORT_SPECIAL_22 <>
%MESSAGE-E-DUPMSG, message code 092F8961 already assigned to PRT_CMD_PAGE
                                   5764 SORT_SPECIAL_23 <>
%MESSAGE-E-DUPMSG, message code 092F8961 already assigned to PRT_CMD_PAGE

There were 42 errors, 0 warnings, and 0 informational messages issued.

	Can anyone help me ?

				thanks in advance

					Ivo Pistorello

    You *MUST NOT* change the facility code to another number, since this
    could be used by another product. All of the numbers are allocated by a
    central organisation to prevent two products using the same numbers.
    
    What you can do, is change the .BASE number to prevent them clashing,
    but first check that you have all the right versions of the files as
    decribed in 153.*.
    
    In V3.0, the message files have the following numbers:
    
    	WPLCURR_US_ENGLISH.MSG:
    
    		.FACILITY       WPSPLUS,303/PREFIX=WPSPLUS$_
    		.BASE           3480
    
    	WPLDATES_US_ENGLISH.MSG:
    
    		.FACILITY               WPSPLUS,303/PREFIX=WPSPLUS$_
    		.BASE           3470
    
    	WPLSORT.MSG (which I think is the new name for SRTTABLES):
    
    		.FACILITY       WPSPLUS,303/PREFIX=WPSPLUS$_
    		.BASE           3500
    
    	WPLMESS.MSG:
    
    		.FACILITY       WPSPLUS,303/PREFIX=WPSPLUS$_
    		.BASE           1
    
    I would think that the 153.3 workround is fine to rebuild the
    messages for the WPS-PLUS V4.0 option as well.
    
    I don't think changing the message files will give you any problems
    when you upgrade to V3.0, because we will replace them all with new
    versions. I hope we have got it right in V3.0!
    
    Graham
    
    PS Please spell "ALL-IN-1" and "WPS-PLUS" correctly, as they are
    trademarked names. Also you don't need to post the whole file you
    changed here, just the differences. I have removed some of it, and some
    of the error messages from your base note.

    Thanks for your answer (very fast).
    
    The WPLSORT.MSG is present also in the system in question.
    So i have tried to compile the WPLMESS.OBJ using this instead of
    SRTTABLES.MSG and ALL IS O.K.
    
    Can now ask you if SRTTABLES.MSG has been substitute by WPLSORT.MSG
    in the WPS-PLUS v4 option for ALL-IN-1 v2.4 and what messagge source
    files have to be included at the compilation time for to produce
    the correct WPLMESS.OBJ ?
    
    		Again thanks in advance
    
    						Ivo Pistorello