Copying Programs

Quoting David A. Snyder @ Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA (Dave.Snyder@snide.com): > > Quoting John Baker Depot Sys Mgt Br... > > > > YES I certainly agree with you Tony. Perform is the wrong tool. What my > > users really need is a 4GL array. Unfortunately, the 4GL package is not > > loaded on the machine in question (we have 5 machines and only one has 4GL; > > the others have SQL). The users will have to get by with Perform for now. > > > John, are the 5 machines binary compatible? If they are (or the one with 4GL > and the one with the users are) why can't you compile the 4GL on the one > machine and put the executable on the other. I realize this is a mute point > if the machines are not the same. > > DAS > -- Dave, Our machines are identical. They are Unisys 5000/80's. They have the same versions of the operating system, and as far as I know, they are binary compatible (whatever that means *exactly*). I didn't bother trying this earlier, since I was told in a training class that Informix has some mechanism in their software that detects if you are trying to run copies of programs that came from different machines (with different serial numbers). I never tried this before, so I gave it a try today. I transferred the executable (.4ge) from the one machine to the other. I created the database (.dbs subdirectory) and made the table and transferred the compiled screen form (.frm). Perhaps the problem I encountered was due to the fact that I created the .dbs and the table using SQL version 2.10 and not version 4.00. Here's what happened: when I tried to run the .4ge program, I got this error message displayed and my prompt returned: "Please install an INFORMIX-4GL Run Time Facility and run this program again." So your suggestion sounded real promising, but it won't work. We have a copy of 4GL on order for our other machine. With government procurement, we may have it by next Christmas. In the meantime our users will endure the limitations of Perform. Thanks for the idea, John =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= John Baker USAISC - Lex Phone: (606) 293-3644 or 293-3743 Lexington - Blue Grass Army Depot DSN: 745-3644 or 745-3743 Lexington, KY 40511-5109 E-mail: jbaker@lexington-emh2.army.mil =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=