Re: 4.11 and 4.13 4GL. Incompatible?

I don't know if this is generally known but just in case it's not. Prompt lines that are wider than the window they are being displayed in will not be truncated as under 4.11 but will cause the program to crash under 4.13. (6.01) Construct statements that do not check for int_flag exhibit the following behaviour when int is struck. 4.11 - padded with ' 1=1', result get all rows. 4.13 - left null, result program crashes with syntax error. I admit to hacking the 288 programs that i found were not checking int_flag by programming my function keys with variations of 'if int_flag then let fv_where_part = " 1=1" end if' It only took three hours to work through the lot. In article <D7otqJ.4nv@crystal.co.uk>, irb@crystal.co.uk says... > >In article <3nlqmm$1fl@aztec.co.za>, Storm Software <storm@aztec.co.za> wrote: >>We have found that Rapid code compiled under 4.11 and run under 4.13 >>on SCO Unix 3.2.4 does not work and vice versa. >> >>I thought they were both Pcode 8 or is that irrelevant. >> >>I don't mind, I'll upgrade the customers, but should it be like that? >>-- >>Neil - @storm@aztec.co.za < ANOTHER ESSEX LAD > > > >We have just run intoi this problem - which has just been confirmed by >Informix here in the UK. Although the p-code versions are the same, Informix >have made a change between versions 4.12 and 4.13 and virtually NO programs >will run unless they are "re-compiled" using the 4.13 RDS. > >Specifically, Informix have changed something in the DISPLAY command and >any program that uses this statement will crash with an undefined opcode >error. > >There may well be good reasons for this change but my major gripe is that >Informix or Frontline (The sole distributors in the UK) didnt tell anyone >that this change had happened - there isnt even any documentation on the >release disks. This has caused us major problems with one customer that >we did a platform change and upgrade to over the weekend. > >Hope this helps > >Best wishes > >Ian > > ========================================================================= > || C R Y S T A L C L E A R C O M P U T E R S E R V I C E S L T D || > || +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ || > || Ian Bucklar || > || Premier House + Email: irb@crystal.co.uk || > || Forest Court + || > || Oaklands Park, Wokingham + Phone: +44 (1734) 776144 || > || Berkshire RG11 2FD (UK) + Fax: +44 (1734) 776055 || > ========================================================================= >