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 |
Hello It seems that the form WPSVMSGET has been changed since V2.3 to V2.4. The OA$DIR has been changed to OA$DIR_PARSE so that the user has to type "filename." in order to include "filename.". But with OA$DIR, typing "filename" can include "filename.". Is there any documentation on using the DSABs OA$DIR, OA$DIR_PARSE and OA$DIR_SEARCH? What is the purpose of having this change? One customer don't want the change because he is a bit slack in typing one more "."! Regards Banquo
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2404.1 | Ancient History! | IOSG::PYE | Graham - ALL-IN-1 Sorcerer's Apprentice | Fri Mar 12 1993 08:49 | 10 |
My researches show that this change was made during V2.3, rather than V2.4, development, on 22-Aug-1988.... Not surprisingly, after all this time, I can't find any detailed records of why this was done, and the CMS history just baldly states "Use OA$DIR_SEARCH". I expect it was done to work round one of the deficiencies in OA$DIR. If your customer doesn't like it, you can always customise it back again. Graham |