| 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 |
How can I access the full mail address associated with the TO & CC
fields while in EMHEAD? I'm developing an application which formats
the address via an overlay form. It collects info to put on a FAX
header page and then builds an address which lookes like:
/TO=addressee/FAX=fax_number/PHN=addressee's_phone/etc. @FAX
I can put the address to OA$FIELD_NAME but the address gets truncated
to the length of the TO field on EMHEAD. I also need to be able to
retreive the address in case the user accesses the overlay form again
on a TO field for which the address as already been formated. I need
to parse this address and fill in the fields on the overlay form.
Since the user has not filed the current EMHEAD form, CAB$ATTRIBUTES
has not yet been updated.
Is there anyway to access (READ/WRITE) the address value which will
eventually written to CAB$ATTRIBUTES?
Thanks,
Joe
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2112.1 | Use X400 form as an example | SCOTTC::MARSHALL | Spitfire Drivers Do It Topless | Mon Jan 18 1993 23:34 | 5 |
I don't know if it will help, but look at the way the "X400" address
and overlay form work. It might give you a few ideas.
Scott
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| 2112.2 | There is nothing that you can't do in ALL-IN-1, it is just knowing how . . . | BRUMMY::MARTIN::BELL | Martin Bell, TCC, Birmingham UK | Tue Jan 19 1993 08:07 | 27 |
Joe, this might help with half of your problem ... When adding an address, as you correctly point out, loading the current field will truncate the address. To get around this, use the "MAIL TO" sub-function to add the address, eg. MAIL TO "/TO=addressee/FAX=fax_number/PHN=addressee's_phone/etc. @FAX" Which will place the full address into the mail header, even though the displayed value is still truncated. The only problem is that (in v2.4 at least) the newly added address will appear AT THE TOP of the list of TOs, rather than in the field which the use _was_ in. Thus your code may want to check the length of the address, and if it will fit in the TO field, use GET @OA$FIELD_NAME="The address" otherwise use the MAIL TO stuff. As to the ability to extract (and change) existing long values, well maybe an intergalactically famous, legendary, and brilliant Welsh person (sorry, i went a little over the top there) may be able to cast a little more light on the dark secrets behind the MAIL functions! Good luck, mb | |||||