Designer Proc Nodata

[Deskin, Bob]

The NODATA option doesn't mean anything for numbered DESIGNER procedures. I
haven't checked the exact wording in the manual but it sounds mistaken or at
a minimum misleading. If you have a data screen (i.e. not a menu), then
numbered designer procedures are expected to deal with data or be links to
subscreens. Therefore QUICK assumes that you should have data already on the
screen in order for them to be executed. Granted that's not always valid,
but that's the way QUICK has always been (barring the occasional
inconsistant glitch). I don't think this is any different in 7.10E vs G.

Bob Deskin              
Senior Product Advisor, Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc.
bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 4205 FAX: (613) 228-3149
3755 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 9707 Stn. T, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA


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> From: 	Thomson, Martyn EDUC:EX[SMTP:martyn.thomson@gems1.gov.bc.ca]
> Sent: 	June 21, 1999 6:14 PM
> To: 	'POWERHOUSE Listserv'
> Subject: 	Designer Proc Nodata
> 
> Hello,
> I have a designer procedure called "64" with the NoData option.  It calls
> an
> inquiry screen, but it wont execute giving me the message "There is no
> data.".  If I give it an alphabetic name e.g. "PEN" it works fine, with or
> without data on screen!
> 
> The manual states that a number OR a name can be used as a designer
> procedure identifier.
> It also states that the nodata option is ignored for numbered procedures
> if
> the number is also a field ID-number, but this is not the case in this
> instance - my highest field number is 14.
> 
> We've just upgraded to 7.10G1 on OpenVMS and Oracle Rdb 7.0., (and removed
> the previous version 7.10E1) so I have no easy way of checking is due to
> the
> upgrade or not.
> Can anyone test this for me and/or offer a suggestion as to what is
> causing
> this?
> 
> Martyn
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