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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

1089.0. "List function with Attachments" by LARVAE::PATON_S (It's not easy having a good time!) Tue Jul 21 1992 15:34

    I'm sure the answer to this will point me to another note, but I have
    had a good look!
    
    I have a FORMAT defined called SIMON with the list function as DO SIMON.
    
    I have a document with handling of SIMON.
    
    When I read the document in WP it does the list function I defined.
    
    When I read the document in EM it does the list function I defined.
    
    However, when I read the attach the document to a mail message and do a
    READ it does NOT do the list function I defined.
    
    Is this the correct behavoir?
    
    Thanks
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1089.1IOSG::WDAVIESThere can only be one ALL-IN-1 MailTue Jul 21 1992 16:114
    currently, yes. Formatting is taken to be the first one... Dunno why,
    but is a possible change in a PFR.
    
     Winton
1089.2Documents and MessagesIOSG::NEWLANDRichard Newland, IOSG, REO1-D/4ATue Jul 21 1992 16:4220
The behaviour you are seeing is correct.  The type of processing performed 
depends on whether you are reading a Document or a Message.  This isn't 
always true in V2.4, but is in V3.0.

When reading a Document formatting is performed, as defined by the FORMAT
master entry.  When reading a Message the message and any attachments are
listed using the compound document text dataset, and formatting is not
performed. 

If you want to display a message and attachments with each being fully
formatting do a Print to TERMINAL. 

The answer in .1 is wrong, because when reading a message we do not look at 
the handling at all.  The reason for displaying messages in the way we do 
is for performance.


Richard
1089.3Messages have formats - did I get the worng end of the stick ?IOSG::WDAVIESThere can only be one ALL-IN-1 MailTue Jul 21 1992 17:307
    Richard, 
        I think this is wrong - (*I know you are the maestro of it all -but!*)
    because my GPC Document worked by using a FORMAT of GPCMAIL and thus   
    invoking a script to read it - but the limitation was that it had to be
    the first document - and this was in EM, not WP.
                                                    
    Winton
1089.4Message handlingSHALOT::NICODEMAvoid traffic; leave work at noonMon Jul 27 1992 19:015
	My experience is the same as Winton's -- I have had mail messages with
special handling which were processed correctly... but attachments stay as-is.
I don't know that that's changed.

	F