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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

1625.0. "How do I convert one NICKNAMES.DAT manually ?" by MASALA::GMURRAY (Have Mercy I Cry City !) Mon Oct 19 1992 12:57

    
    	Hi,
    
    	After the 3.0 upgrade we found one account whose NICKNAMES.DAT file
    hadn't been converted to the new format. 
    
    	It contains a large number of nicknames. Is there an easy way to do
    a manual conversion on this one file ?
    
    	Thanks,
    
    		Gil
    
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1625.1OA$CNV_CONVERT, but it should happen automatically!IOSG::PYEGraham - ALL-IN-1 Sorcerer's ApprenticeMon Oct 19 1992 14:2013
    You just need to do a <OA$CNV_CONVERT into the new form name. That's
    all that's done during initialisation, it's just done in BLISS so you
    can't see it.
    
    Unfortunately I can't remember the new form name, and my Workstation's
    down so I can't look in another window :-)
    
    However the mail initialisation code should check every time the user
    starts up the image, so as long as they don't have a OANICKNAMES.DAT
    file in their [.A1] directory, the code should od it next time they
    enter ALL-IN-1.
    
    Graham
1625.2Old form name ?MASALA::GMURRAYHave Mercy I Cry City !Mon Oct 19 1992 16:3713
    
    	Hi Graham,
    
    	I've sussed the new form name - NIENTR - but can't figure out what
    	the old one is to do the convert ! Any ideas ?
    
    	There may be an underlying problem as the user has been into
    	ALL-IN-1 numerous times since the upgrade.
    
    	Cheers,
    
    		Gil
    
1625.3Obvious (when you know!)IOSG::PYEGraham - ALL-IN-1 Sorcerer&#039;s ApprenticeMon Oct 19 1992 17:088
    The old form is called:
    
    			OLDNIENTR  !!!!!!!!!
    
    But seriously (??) it may be that we can't open the old file for some
    reason. In any case, doing it manually might reveal the cause.
    
    Graham
1625.4Got it !MASALA::GMURRAYHave Mercy I Cry City !Mon Oct 19 1992 17:3414
    
    	Thanks Graeme,
    
        Highly esoteric !
    
    	The convert worked no problem at all, and coincidentally solved a
    	weird problem that the user had reported - after Forwarding a
    	message while Reading it and then EXiting he always wound up in his
    	[.ALLIN1] sub-directory.
    
    	Cheers,
    
    		Gil
    	
1625.5Mysterious....IOSG::PYEGraham - ALL-IN-1 Sorcerer&#039;s ApprenticeTue Oct 20 1992 16:357
    Both the convert not being done, and the exit into the wrong directory
    indicate that something must have gone wrong during initialisation,
    that we weren't handling properly.
    
    I wonder what it was?
    
    Graham
1625.6How was that again...???AKOCOA::MINEZZIFri May 21 1993 20:4216
    
    For us non-ALL-IN-1 people;
    
    Would we;
    Get into the ALL-IN-1 managers account
    
    <NEWDIR user
    <OA$CNV_CONVERT OLDNIENTR NIENTR
    
    ???
    
    This gave me an error message... hElP!
    
    Thanks,
    
    Ron.
1625.7Well, you've got to help us as well!FORTY2::ASHGrahame Ash @REOTue May 25 1993 11:2413
                     <<< Note 1625.6 by AKOCOA::MINEZZI >>>
                         -< How was that again...??? >-

>    <NEWDIR user
>    <OA$CNV_CONVERT OLDNIENTR NIENTR
>    
>    ???
>    
>    This gave me an error message... hElP!
    
And what was the error message?! Did the newdir work?

g
1625.8Convert the NICKNAMES.DATAKOCOA::MINEZZITue May 25 1993 19:3719
    re.-1
    
    Yes the newdir command brought up the users record....
    
    <OA$CNV_CONVERT OLDNIENTR NIENTR command returns;
    
    %OA-E-DBNODBFORM,Form OLDNIENTR NIENTR is not in the library
    
    If I try; 
    
    <OA$CNV_CONVERT OLDNIENTR
    
    This stack dumps with an access violation.
    
    Should I be doing this from the users account?
    
    Thanks in advance,
    
    Ron.
1625.9Where the comma when you need itAIMTEC::ZANIEWSKI_DWhy would CSC specialists need training?Tue May 25 1993 20:285
        I believe a comma is reqired between the two dataset names.
        
        <OA$CNV_CONVERT OLDNIENTR, NIENTR
        
        Dave Zaniewski
1625.10You need a commaSCOTTC::MARSHALLSpitfire Drivers Do It ToplessTue May 25 1993 20:299
Here's the problem / solution:

<OA$CNV_CONVERT OLDNIENTR,NIENTR
                         ^
                         ^

The two form names must be separated by a comma.

Scott
1625.11Great minds think alikeSCOTTC::MARSHALLSpitfire Drivers Do It ToplessTue May 25 1993 20:291
re .9,.10 Clash! :-)