Re db4glgen problems

Bob Peirce (rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us) writes - > In attempting to run db4glgen 2.2, the first problem encountered is that > make does not like the following construction in the first few lines of > c4gl. It chokes on the "'", producing > > Unmatched '. This looks like you're getting the wrong shell outta make(1); try csh $INFORMIXDIR/bin/c4gl # missing quote error sh $INFORMIXDIR/bin/c4gl # missing file error (that's okay !) The line SHELL=/bin/sh added to the makefile (near the top !) might cure that problem. > So I changed test.per to test in the makefile. This worked, as did > mkmessage. > > form4gl -s test > mkmessage test.hlp test.msg Every time I mkmessage, with perfectly good files and a perfectly acceptable result, I get non-zero exit status (this isn't a db4glgen complaint, it's an Informix complaint, you understand). make(1) objects to this. A leading hyphen in the line (as in "- mkmessage ...") tells make to ignore the exit status, but can someone tell me why I get that ? (S'only a trivia question, of course). Using -V gives me: Usage: mkmessage input_file output_file but it shipped with INFORMIX-SQL Version 2.10.03B. uname -a: OSx64 moses 5.0d-900928 0909i Pyramid-9815 Re db4glgen, I'm sure it's not perfect but it seems extremely useful. Mainly learning from the way someone else gets the job done (often better 8^). Outstanding value, for something shoved thru' your mailbox free. Thanks, DAS. Do you mind if we use bits of the code in normal applications, BTW, with a name/address check ? -- Cheers - Tony. ____________________________________________________________________________ Tony Heskett: theskett@lhr-sys.ssf-sys.dhl.com | Vox: (+44) 81 747 8330 DHL Systems : Kings House, Great West Road, TW8 9HS | Fax: (+44) 81 747 0875