| 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 |
Prior notes don't seem to address this...
I have an INDEX form that scrolls a dataset just fine. The scroll
data is derived from OA$DIR and I would like to incorporate a status
field that indicates whether or not the file exists on a batch queue.
Hence, I need to call a script/comfile combination to gather data for
this status field. I have this part working fine, but I can't seem to
figure out a way to call this script on a per-line basis on the INDEX
form.
I tried /PRE_FUNCTION on the ;;FIELD;; that references the file from
OA$DIR, but (not surprisingly) that did not work - display only field,
so I presume the preprocessing wouldn't kick in anyway.
As an experiment, I qualified the ;;STATUS;; field with /ALIAS=#XYZ,
and succeeded in loading the contents of #XYZ into each and every line
of the form, so all I have to do is find a way to load that symbol
after calling my script, yet before the line is displayed on the form.
Is this possible? I know it is not "really" the intent of INDEX forms
to do this sort of thing.
Don
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1127.1 | P.S. | INFACT::BEVIS | Pigs, Pigs, Pigs... | Mon Jul 27 1992 18:03 | 4 |
By the ALL-IN-1 V2.4, not V3.0
dnb
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| 1127.2 | /ALIAS=OA$FUNCTION="DO your-script" | HYTIDE::CREAMER | Mon Jul 27 1992 18:35 | 11 | |
Don,
Insert a display-only, no-echo field before the status field on each
line and use /ALIAS=OA$FUNCTION="DO script" to load the #XYZ symbol.
Then the STATUS field will have /ALIAS=#XYZ to display the value of
#XYZ on the screen.
HTH,
Jack
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| 1127.3 | Neat! | INFACT::BEVIS | Beware the treacherous Eye of Terror | Mon Jul 27 1992 20:08 | 7 |
Very clever, Jack. Had'nt considered OA$FUNCTION as a "symbol" that
/ALIAS would accept. Yet, it works!
thanks,
Don
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| 1127.4 | Another method... | LARVAE::PATON_S | It's not easy having a good time! | Tue Jul 28 1992 14:19 | 13 |
Another method which avoids creating a dummy field is to put the
assigning of the /ALIAS symbol into the BIND statement.
Eg. In EM$INDEX$OPTIONS
;;~~BIND_USING_SEARCH_FOLDER~~;;
.IF #EMIPH == "*EMI1" THEN GET #NEWPH = "*EMI2" ELSE GET #NEWPH = "*EMI1"\
GET OA$FUNCTION = "BIND " #NEWPH " TO CAB$ WITH .FOLDER == #SEARCH_FOLDER
AND @'#X'=OA$FUNCTION='DO FWP_CHECK_TYPE' NES '1'"\
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