Re: D4GL text editing

Posted in 1998

Art S. Kagel — Mon, 16 Nov 1998 18:36:36 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Colin M McGrath wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, I wrote: > > > > Dynamic 4GL Text Editing: > > > > Is there a way to bring the text file we LOCATE via our 4GL program > > over from our UNX box to the client PC and use a windows editor (winword?) > > to display/add/edit the text and return it back to the Unix box to use > > in the subsequent SQL add/update commands? > > I came up with a simple C function that grabs the temporary filename > that Informix assigns when you choose "LOCATE <my_rec.text_field> IN FILE". It would most likely be easier to write an ESQL/C function to use LOCUSER to do this rather than LOCFILE as the 4GL LOCATE IN FILE... does. Just a suggestion. Art S. Kagel