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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

2858.0. "script symbiont and concealed devices" by SUOSWS::HAMANN () Mon Jun 14 1993 12:01

    Hi,
    
    I am using ALL-IN-1 3.0 on VMS 5.5.
    
    I want to use the script symbiont to MERGE_LIST a document in batch.
    The data for the list file are provided by an application running in
    the subprocess of this batch job.
    
    The problems are with logical names.
    
    The application depends on the definition of concealed logical names,
    however there seems to be no way to access these from the script.
    
    1. Normally the definitions are executed in the LOGIN.COM of the user,
       however the script symbiont does no execute the LOGIN.COM of the 
       submitter.
    
    2. A definition from the Subprocess in the JOB logical name table does
       not help, because this table cannot be used from the script.
    
    3. A definition in the GROUP logical name table does not help because
       the script symbiont does not seem to look at it.
    
    4. A definition in the script using the "LOGICAL" function does not
       permit a CONCEALED attribute.
    
    Does anybody know a solution to this problem?
    
    Many thanks in advance
    
    Klaus

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2858.1	May not be supported	TINNIE::SETHI	Ahhhh (-: an upside down smile from OZ	`Tue Jun 15 1993 04:15`	10
	Hi Klaus, Unless I am really mistaken CONCEALED and ROOTED logicals aren't supported by ALL-IN-1 IOS. If I am wrong Andrew will no doubt beat me up :-) !!! Regards, Sunil
2858.2	why not in batch?	SUOSWS::HAMANN		`Tue Jun 15 1993 16:37`	6
	Hi Sunil, it does work interactively! Klaus
2858.3		TINNIE::SETHI	Ahhhh (-: an upside down smile from OZ	`Wed Jun 16 1993 04:12`	11
	Hi Klaus, >-< why not in batch? >- I go back to my reply .1, however to be fair to you can you provide more details or give me a pointer to the code. I am on lates this week so I maybe able to help you out but I make no promisses. Regards, Sunil
2858.4	no problem, only work (and lost profit)	SUOSWS::HAMANN		`Wed Jun 16 1993 09:15`	35
	Hi Sunil, thank you for your effort, but I will have to change my application. To explain the essence of the problem look at a simplified example: I have to use a VMS-directory tree to store documents (don't ask, why I don't use the file cabinet! This is ported software needing a three level directory structure). The root of this directory structure is defined as a concealed device in the LOGIN.COM of the user like $ define/trans=concealed text$root $1$dua5:[project.text.] The subprocess passes the current directory and file via the OAMAILBOX to an ALL-IN-1 script like OA get #directory = "MUMBLE" OA get #doc = "FOO" The script constructs a file spec like get #finaldoc = "text$root:[" #directory "]" #doc and uses it for the MERGE_LIST function. This does work interactively but cannot be made to work in the Script symbiont. The workaround will be to translate the logical in the subprocess and pass the expanded file spec to ALL-IN-1. Klaus
2858.5		TINNIE::SETHI	Ahhhh (-: an upside down smile from OZ	`Wed Jun 16 1993 10:42`	9
	Hi Klaus, This is not an application ported from PRIMOS ? I had some problems when I managed a Telemarking system with the funny file access methods that are used. Regards, Sunil
2858.6	No, OFFICE VISION	SUOSWS::HAMANN		`Thu Jun 17 1993 08:29`	1