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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

4167.0. "SETUP field in DOCDB form?" by KERNEL::VANRIXTELE (Emma van Rixtel) Mon May 16 1994 12:53

    
    Customer is running ALL-IN-1 V3.0 and she wants to know if there are
    any plans to blow away the field SETUP in the DOCDB form in any future
    releases of ALL-IN-1.
    
    She wants to be able to modify this field to make certain documents
    unprintable by assigning this field with the value NOPRINT. She does
    not want to go to the trouble of setting this up if, at a later date
    future releses decide to abandon this field.
    
    So could someone please let me know if there are any plans to change
    this field in anyway, not just for v3.1 but any other versions?
    
    I would appreciate a quick response..
    
    Thank you very much,
    
    Emma.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
4167.1	Yes, no, maybe...	IOSG::MARSHALL	A glitch in reality	`Mon May 16 1994 15:10`	13
	Officially, I think the DOCDB record format is "proprietary" - ie we reserve the right to change it whenever we want, and don't support anything beyond what is officially documented. Unofficially, we are unlikely to remove the field for the sake of it; DOCDB conversions are a pain during upgrades at the best of times! Also, we try and be sympathetic to customers who may be using these fields for their own thing, so we don't pull the carpet out from under the feet unless we have to. In short: yes they can probably use it, and it's likely to be there for ever, but we (IOSG), and hence Digital, don't guarantee it. Scott
4167.2	What about the handling field?	BRUMMY::MARTIN::BELL	Martin Bell, Central PSC, Birmingham UK	`Mon May 16 1994 15:29`	7
	... or could your customer use the HANDLING (FORMAT) field, rather than SETUP, and modify the behavior when they try to print the document? Just a thought, mb
4167.3	Thank you..	KERNEL::VANRIXTELE	Emma van Rixtel	`Mon May 16 1994 15:54`	12
	Is the Handling field less likely to be changed than the Setup field then??? I will put it to the customer, I don't think it will really matter what she uses, she is more concerned with the fact that it may be changed in future releases more than anything!! Thanks anyway, Emma.
4167.4	Handling can be changed	IOSG::NEWLAND	Richard Newland, IOSG, REO2-G/L2	`Mon May 16 1994 17:41`	6
	The Handling field is unlikely to be changed. However, it can be modified by a user using the U (Update) option and therefore the NOPRINT setting can be removed, which may not be what the customer wants. Richard