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<DIV><SPAN class=104330613-19072007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I will
add this to the list but it won't happen for the next release. I suspect that
the internals will not be as simple as they might seem. There are also timing
issues and the big one - how to handle data buffers back and forth. The reason I
say that is that QTP is not the same as QUICK in terms of event
timing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104330613-19072007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104330613-19072007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>While
this has been requested before, there are other things higher on the list with
less risk and less effort involved.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104330613-19072007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104330613-19072007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Bob</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Joe Boyle
[mailto:atla38@dsl.pipex.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> July 18, 2007 2:39
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Deskin, Bob<BR><B>Cc:</B>
powerh-l@lists.sowder.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: New feature suggestion :
Usage of cobol program in QTP<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The ability to call a
compiled object in as similar manner to the call to a stored
procedure,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">e.g. sql in
AXNWIND call dbo.ORDIDLINEHIGH ( ORDERID OF orders IN,
t_nextno out)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
powerh-l-bounces+atla38=dsl.pipex.com@lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+atla38=dsl.pipex.com@lists.sowder.com] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Deskin, Bob<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> 18 July 2007 18:44<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Viet Nguyen<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> powerh-l@lists.sowder.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: Usage of cobol program in
QTP</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">That's what Guy Werry
suggested. While that works, it does not get data to and from the COBOL
program within a QTP request.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Viet
Nguyen [mailto:VNguyen@wsboces.org] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> July 18, 2007 1:41 PM<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Deskin, Bob<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: Usage of cobol program in
QTP</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Why not create sub
file from cobol ?</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Deskin,
Bob [mailto:Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:39
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Viet Nguyen;
Pandurang Rajpurohit; powerh-l@lists.sowder.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Joe Boyle<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: Usage of cobol program in
QTP</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You can, but there
is no connection between the COBOL program and QTP. In other words, you
can't pass data back and forth.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bob</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Viet
Nguyen [mailto:VNguyen@wsboces.org] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> July 18, 2007 1:29
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Deskin, Bob;
Pandurang Rajpurohit; powerh-l@lists.sowder.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Joe Boyle<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: Usage of cobol program
in QTP</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Why can’t you do
a Shell command like “! cobol.sh” ?</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt"><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
powerh-l-bounces+vnguyen=wsboces.org@lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+vnguyen=wsboces.org@lists.sowder.com] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Deskin, Bob<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:26
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Pandurang
Rajpurohit; powerh-l@lists.sowder.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Joe Boyle<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: Usage of cobol program
in QTP</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt"><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You can't call a
COBOL subroutine directly from QTP. There is no equivalent of QUICK's DO
EXTERNAL. There may be other techniques to run a program as a subprocess
but there would be no connection between the COBOL program and
QTP.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->Bob</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
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[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+bob.deskin=cognos.com@lists.sowder.com]
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Pandurang
Rajpurohit<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> July
18, 2007 9:21 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
powerh-l@lists.sowder.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Joe Boyle<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Usage of cobol program in
QTP</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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All,</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US> <BR><BR><BR></SPAN><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any
one could suggest how to make use of cobol program in QTP.
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><BR><BR></SPAN><FONT face=Arial
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