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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

2980.0. "GPC's command" by ZPOVC::CHINGYUE () Thu Jul 08 1993 13:12

    Needs to know if 
    
    1.	Is there's an easy way to merge 2 conferences ?  
    	Understand that there isn't any easy way out for Notes of v2.0
    	Any improvment in ver2.1, 2.2 or maybe v2.3 ?
    
    2.	Could we mass delete notes created before a certain date
    	as in DCL's DELETE/SINCE=xxxx command ?
    
    I've no manual to reference. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    
    Thanks
    
    ching-U
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2980.1PAN?IDNTCR::RHOTONJohn Rhoton @TNO - DTN 871.7947Thu Jul 08 1993 13:535
    re: .0
    
    You may want to take a look at PAN (see ROCKS::PAN).
    
    John
2980.2GPC's Index for deletes; PAN for merging.IOSG::PYEGraham - ALL-IN-1 Sorcerer's ApprenticeFri Jul 09 1993 10:1317
    There's nothing as standard in either ALL-IN-1's GPC i/f to DEC Notes
    or DEC Notes itself to do merging of conferences.
    
    In GPC, you can do an index of a range of notes by date and then select
    them all for multiple deletion.
    
    As John suggests, the PAN tool will also do mass deletions of
    notes, however it doesn't have a /SINCE = date qualifier. You can do
    deletions of ranges like 300.* - 20.* for example.
    
    To do a merge of two conferences, PAN has a copy notes command which
    will transfer ranges of notes from one conference to another.
    
    Alternatively you could write scripts using ALL-IN-1's GPC functions to
    do similar things.
    
    Graham
2980.3Whereabout of GPC manualZPOVC::CHINGYUEFri Jul 09 1993 13:049
    Thanks for replying.
    PAN is an internal tool but the requests are from a customer.
    
    Could you let me know where to copy GPC manuals ?
    I'm refering to the one with all the GPC functions. 
    
    Thanks.
    
    ching-U
2980.4Location of GPC (NOTES) function documentationSCOTTC::MARSHALLSpitfire Drivers Do It ToplessFri Jul 09 1993 15:247
All the GPC functions are listed in the ALL-IN-1 Application Programmer's
Reference Manual Volume 2.  This is a standard book in the ALL-IN-1 doc set.

The main function verb is "NOTES", and it has a plethora of sub-functions to
do pretty much everything you could ever want :-)

Scott
2980.5OK for *YOU* to use PAN, even on Customer site...IOSG::PYEGraham - ALL-IN-1 Sorcerer's ApprenticeFri Jul 09 1993 16:0512
    If you were going on site to do the work for the customer, you could
    take the PAN tool, use it perform the merge, and then take PAN away
    again. Surely field people do this with internal tools all the time.
    
    It would be silly to write something new just to do this, when PAN can
    do it already.
    
    Of course if the customer is proposing to do this frequently, you're
    either going to make a lot of visits, or you should perhaps suggest a
    different way of working!
    
    Graham