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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

2115.0. "WordPerfect DOS called from ALL-IN-1 IOS" by SWAM2::RHODEWALT_BR (Pillage pillage, loot loot) Tue Jan 19 1993 00:06

    A customer who required WordPerfect DOS, because of the keypad, had us
    develop a custom editor that allowed him to create and edit ALL-IN-1
    IOS mail messages with the DOS editor, via ALL-IN-1 DESKtop for DOS
    remote scripts. This was under 2.3, and it worked fine for nearly two
    years. Although I meticulously reintegrated it under ALL-IN-1 3.0, it
    is broken. The DOS side seems to function as expected, and all of
    the VMS, ALL-IN-1 and Pathworks steps look fine, except that during
    creation of a mail message, ALL-IN-1 sees failure. (The message comes
    back, No message created.)
    
    This customization was based on the OATPU ASSET, and I have
    reintegrated under 3.0 the same way, with a couple additions to
    OAET.MAR and an OAWPDOS.BLI file which is successfully compiling and
    getting added to the object library. I am fairly certain that
    everything is included in the final image that was before.
    
    I will be happy to supply more detail for anyone interested in helping.
    I strongly suspect that MAIL CREATE is expecting a status from the
    called editor now that it wasn't looking for before, since the correct 
    [.MSG]mumble.WPC _is_ being created. Can anyone confirm this?
    
    On previously created files, our WPDOS editor works perfectly. It only
    fails during creation.
    
    VMS 5.5-2, Pathworks 4.1 (both sides), ALL-IN-1 3.0 (coexistent),
    WordPerfect VMS 5.1, WPOA 3.0, WordPerfect DOS 5.1, ALL-IN-1 DESKtop
    for DOS 1.0A.
    
    Thanks for any help.
    
    Bruce
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2115.4OA$STATUS....IOSG::PYEGraham - ALL-IN-1 Sorcerer's ApprenticeThu Jan 21 1993 16:0322
    Warning: I've looked at the code (OAEMDF1.B32\OA$emd_mail_edit), but I
             don't understand it all!
    
    I assume you've tried setting OA$STATUS to success before returning,
    It looks like the code might be checking that sometimes.
    
    Also, if the document is in a shared drawer, it calls a script
    (WP_EM_EDIT.SCP) to do the edit. You might want to look at that.
    
    My main confusion is because it does different things depending on
    whether it thinks you are using EDT or not. I'm not sure how this flag
    would be set for you. It looks like "EDT" means not WPS-PLUS, so this
    is probably you. It dispatches the EDIT function with a load of
    parameters, and checks the status from that.
    
    There's also a possibility of executing an editor in the subprocess.
    Again the status check is whatever the subprocess command dispatch
    returns.
    
    Clear as mud? :-)
    
    Graham
2115.6No sir, I didn't like itSWAM2::RHODEWALT_BRPillage pillage, loot lootSat Jan 23 1993 01:2711
    I set OA$STATUS to "1" at the end of the script called from
    OAWPDOS.BLI, my editor routine. This did not affect the outcome. Are
    there any Bliss-knowledgeable ALL-IN-1 guys left in the U.S. to talk to 
    about this? I don't really know how to debug these things. But I'm not
    stupid. And I've worked with ALL-IN-1 since 1.4.
    
    This is turning into a customer sat issue here.
    
    Thanks, you guys.
    
    Bruce
2115.10WPCORP$0A30_THANKS_FLAG=1SWAM2::RHODEWALT_BRPillage pillage, loot lootFri Jan 29 1993 02:0018
    Well, the customer came up with the simplest resolution for this
    problem: They'll bite the bullet and use WordPerfect VMS for their
    editor of choice until they convert from ALL-IN-1 to an as yet unnamed
    LAN-based mail system. (They originally said no on this editor because
    of the five-key function key shift. That's why we developed the bastard
    editor in the first place.)
    
    I wish I had seen the new code-level integration book for V3.0 
    (Digital Press) before this week. Where was that two years ago? This is
    like not discovering sex until there was an AIDS epidemic: Sure it's
    great, but there's not much you can do about it now.
    
    Anyway, thanks to you all. Check out the book if you haven't. You'll
    see me around here a lot. I still have this upgrade (including SCS) and
    a couple more ahead of me, and several customers chomping at the bit to
    get TeamLinks.
    
    Bruce