Re: Path names for forms in Dynamic-4GL
This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. ---559023410-758783491-901904501=:17330 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Candy McCall wrote: > After even further investigation, what I stated below works > correctly. It appears that it does not like form names with > a "." in them. For example, it does not like the name > "ex1.1" . Pathnames where one of the directories has a > period (".") in it appears okay. I don't know if that's the > way it should be and 4GL did not catch it (it works in 4GL), or > its a problem in the D4GL. No problem here, will change > the name of the form for now. Yes, you're right, and congratulations on your persistence in tracking down the scope of the problem. I've attached (sorry Malcolm) a simple test case which works quite happily under I4GL but which fails under D4GL. I will be reporting this to 4J's for them to fix for us. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com) #include <witticism.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.59 -- http://www.perl.com/CPAN Informix IDN for D4GL & Linux -- http://www.informix.com/idn ---559023410-758783491-901904501=:17330 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name="kk.4gl" Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980731100141.17330F@osiris.informix.com> Content-Description: I4GL/D4GL source code main define s char(30) define i integer let s = "form.1" let i = 1 open window w at 1, 1 with form s display i to f000 sleep 1 close window w let i = i + 1 open window w at 1, 1 with form "form.1" display i to f000 sleep 1 close window w end main ---559023410-758783491-901904501=:17330 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name="form.1.per" Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980731100141.17330G@osiris.informix.com> Content-Description: I4GL/D4GL form ZGF0YWJhc2UgZm9ybW9ubHkNCnNjcmVlbg0Kew0KW2YwMDAgXQ0KfQ0KZW5k DQphdHRyaWJ1dGVzDQpmMDAwID0gZm9ybW9ubHkuZjAwMDsNCmVuZA0KDQo= ---559023410-758783491-901904501=:17330--