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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>How can I say this without being to being too vague or controversial….lol<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>NO, It doesn’t work on Windows and on Unix/Linux<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I don’t care what the manual says.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The manuals came from the HP/Vax era and I could never get that to work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ken<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> powerh-l-bounces+ken.langendock=rogers.com@lists.sowder.com [mailto:powerh-l-bounces+ken.langendock=rogers.com@lists.sowder.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michel Adam<br><b>Sent:</b> June 7, 2012 3:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> power-l<br><b>Subject:</b> [Bulk] Re: QTP in batch file (job ?) in Windows ?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ken replied as well that it doesn't work.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Can I get a definitive answer from the folks at Cognos, about the example on page 138? I include it below. Is it flat out wrong, or are there magic parameters that would make it work?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Windows:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>QTP</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>SET DICTIONARY MYDICT</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>ACCESS FILEA</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>CHOOSE FIELDA PARM</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>SUBFILE FILEB KEEP INCLUDE FILEA</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>GO</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>10</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>EXIT</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On the same page are example with VMS and Unix, which all seem to imply a behaviour similar to that of a 3000 JOB.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The paragraph on page 137 seems pretty clear:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Submitting Jobs as Text Files</b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The text file that you create for your batch job must include execution-time values (responses) for<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>all CHOOSE, DEFINE, and GLOBAL TEMPORARY statement prompts. These values are placed<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>in the file starting on the line below the GO statement (or the EXECUTE statement, if compiled<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>reports or runs are used).<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Should this not work?????<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Michel<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Brian Stephens <<a href="mailto:bws001@gmail.com" target="_blank">bws001@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Windows does read data from the batch file. After it executes a command it expects it to go away and do its thing. Next line in the batch file is the next command it will execute. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On 2012-06-07, at 12:34, Michel Adam <<a href="mailto:michel.adam@gmail.com" target="_blank">michel.adam@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sorry, that should have been page 137 to 139, especially the example on page 139.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Michel<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Michel Adam <<a href="mailto:michel.adam@gmail.com" target="_blank">michel.adam@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi listers,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>trying to run a batch file and have QTP prompt for a few parameters (after RTFM the QTP manual, page 137).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>QTP will just stop cold and prompt without reading the parameters. What am I missing?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The bat file is:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>c:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>cd \foambin</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>rem QTP auto=C:\FOAMbin\XFSPR20D < %PHTEMP%\FFSPARAM.dat</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>QTP</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>execute C:\FOAMbin\XFSPR20D</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>02</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>@</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>@</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>@</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>execute C:\FOAMbin\XFSPR20Z</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>exit</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>QUIZ auto=C:\FOAMbin\XFSZR20Z</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The 'rem' statement is from a prior attempt, which works, of having QTP execute the run and get the values for the prompts from a file (FFSPARAM.dat).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>when testing, the results are:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--------------<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>G:\>c:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>C:\>cd foambin</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>C:\FOAMbin>dir jfsrp20a.bat</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> Volume in drive C has no label.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> Volume Serial Number is 8C96-214D</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> Directory of C:\FOAMbin</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><a href="tel:2012-06-07%20%C2%A011" target="_blank">2012-06-07 11</a>:15 264 JFSRP20A.bat</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> 1 File(s) 264 bytes</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> 0 Dir(s) 1,863,245,824 bytes free</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>C:\FOAMbin>jfsrp20a</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>C:\FOAMbin>c:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>C:\FOAMbin>cd \foambin</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>C:\FOAMbin>rem QTP auto=C:\FOAMbin\XFSPR20D < C:\Users\madam\AppData\Local\PHTemp</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>\FFSPARAM.dat</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>C:\FOAMbin>QTP</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>IBM(R) Cognos(R) PowerHouse(R) 4GL 8.41G - QTP</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(C) Copyright IBM Corp. 1982, 2010</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>></span><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>------------<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>and that is it. QTP just stops there and waits for input.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Is page 137 of the QPT reference manual accurate?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Michel Adam<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><a href="mailto:michel.adam@gmail.com" target="_blank">michel.adam@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>--<br>= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =<br>Mailing list: <a href="mailto:powerh-l@lists.sowder.com" target="_blank">powerh-l@lists.sowder.com</a><br>Subscribe: 'subscribe' in message body to <a href="mailto:powerh-l-request@lists.sowder.com" target="_blank">powerh-l-request@lists.sowder.com</a><br>Unsubscribe: 'unsubscribe &lt;password&gt;' in message body to <a href="mailto:powerh-l-request@lists.sowder.com" target="_blank">powerh-l-request@lists.sowder.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.sowder.com/mailman/listinfo/powerh-l" target="_blank">http://lists.sowder.com/mailman/listinfo/powerh-l</a><br>This list is closed, thus to post to the list you must be a subscriber.<br>Add 'site:<a href="http://lists.sowder.com" target="_blank">lists.sowder.com</a> powerh-l' to your search terms to search the list archive at Google.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>