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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

3980.0. "Still RTF..." by ROM01::KNOSSO::Negro () Tue Mar 15 1994 17:04

I've red a lot of topics about RTF, CDA, etc. but I'm still not able to 
view an RTF document on a system with ALL-IN-1 3.0A (Mupa installed) and 
CDA Conv. Library 2.2. (ALL-IN-1 first installed, then CDA CVTLIB, and then
relink ALL-IN-1)
I've had a look to OAET.MAR and RTF is already in it (MUPA put it in it), 
Ddif$read_(write)_rtf installed. The document has a FOREIGN value in DSAB 
field and RTF2 in HANDLING.
I can convert the document from RTF to WPL, and I can also see it at DCL 
level with a "VIEW /format=RTF" command. When I do a read on it from 
ALL-IN-1, I just see blank lines (also with <list_alt oa$curdoc_filename).

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Paola Negro
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name		DateLines
3980.1Is the file type .RTF?IOSG::NEWLANDRichard Newland, IOSG, REO2-G/L2Tue Mar 15 1994 17:239
Two things to check:

1.  Is the file type .RTF?

2.  Can you perform a CDA convert using the ALL_IN-1 CDA_CONVERT API 
    function?


Richard
3980.2ROM01::KNOSSO::NegroWed Mar 16 1994 09:438
Do you mean the file extension?
Yes, it's .RTF

And I can also succesfully convert the document with a <CDA_CONVERT command.

Thanks.

Paola
3980.3Any messages in the Message buffer?IOSG::NEWLANDRichard Newland, IOSG, REO2-G/L2Wed Mar 16 1994 13:2917
Yes, I meant the file type/extension, but I used RMS terminology, and .RTF 
is what it should be.  Also, if a:

	<CDA_CONVERT 'file.rtf', 'rtf', 'file.wpl', 'wpl'

works this shows that ALL-IN-1 can call CDA, which in turn can call the RTF 
front-end. 

You have checked all the things I would usually check for.  When you do:

	<list_alt oa$curdoc_filename

are there any errors in the ALL-IN-1 message buffer?


Richard
3980.4No errors...ROM01::KNOSSO::NegroWed Mar 16 1994 13:495
No errors in the buffer.

Could it be a problem in how MUPA modified OAET.MAR? 

Paola.
3980.5Check the OAET CDATABLEIOSG::NEWLANDRichard Newland, IOSG, REO2-G/L2Wed Mar 16 1994 14:0912
It could be the CDATYPES table in OAET.MAR, because it is that which tells
ALL-IN-1 to process a '.RTF' file through the FOREIGN text dataset using
CDA.  There should be an entry: 

        ct      <.RTF>,         <RTF>

in the CDATYPES table.


Richard
3980.6Encountered the same problem with RTF fileVNASWS::GACHRobert Gach, NSTC Vienna, 754/1360Tue Mar 29 1994 09:4512
Hi all,

I got exactly the same problem. If i try to read an RTF File within ALL-IN-1
V3.0A I get only blank lines. Maybe a hint: My installation is multi-lingual.

In the OAET.MAR file is an entry for the RTF File.

Any hint is appreciated.

Regards,

Robert
3980.7generic prob with RTF??AIMTEC::WICKS_AAtlanta&#039;s Most (In)famous WelshmanTue Mar 29 1994 16:5310
    robert, 
    
    I don't think that being multi-lingual is relevant as OAET is in
    SITEOALIBR not SITEOALLV. I know many people who can't get RTF to
    work even on a single-languge American v3.0A system - see the TeamlInks
    conference for extensive discussion
    
    Regards,
    
    Andrew.D.Wicks
3980.8Problem occured after installing CDA V2.2VNASWS::GACHRobert Gach, NSTC Vienna, 754/1360Fri Apr 01 1994 14:5721
Hi Andrew,

I know a lot of problem with viewing RTF files :-), but the problem occured
after installing CDA V2.2.

<CDA_CONVERT 'file.rtf', 'rtf', 'file.wpl', 'wpl'

returns the warning message %CONVERT-W-ERRSTYLNO, error parsing style number 23.

I get the same warning message if i try to view the file from VMS with
$ VIEW/INTER=CHAR/FORMAT=RTF file.rtf but the content of the file is shown.

<LIST_ALT OA$CURDOC_FILENAME

displays an empty document with only a top and a bottom line.



regards,

Robert