Powerhouse 8.20 D - Open VMS

[Pickering, John (NORBORD)]

I'll bet Odette isn't too impressed with this answer :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Hamilton, Allison [SMTP:Allison.Hamilton@Cognos.COM]
> Sent:	Tuesday, January 09, 2001 3:09 PM
> To:	'Odette McMillan'; Powerhouse Newgroup
> Subject:	RE: Powerhouse 8.20 D - Open VMS
> 
> Odette - 
> Use PDL, the dictionary compiler.  You have it in 710 as well, but
> probably
> have never used it.  That screen system will be in 8.30... but we're still
> working on it. 
>  
> Go into QSHOW in 7.10 - 
> set lang pdl
> generate all
> (If you use security then SET SECURITY first!)
> exit
> This will create a qshogen.pdl file which is your dictionary syntax that
> will go into the PDL compiler.  Add a create dictionary command as the
> first
> line (or type it in manually in PDL) and a LOAD as the last line and feed
> it
> through PDL in 8.20.
>  
> One note - there are a couple of things you will have to change for 8.20
> (we've tried to resolve most of these for 8.30).  If you aren't using the
> Metacharacter section of the system options - just remove it from the
> generated list as there are a few things in there that are different in
> 8.20
> and won't parse.  Remove Dictionary Owner and Dictionary Security from the
> System Options.  Change any RDB/VMS file types to just RDB.
>  
> There may be other things that won't parse, but those are the most obvious
> that I can think of.   You may get a number of warnings on the Elements.
> They are just warnings, and shouldn't pose any problems.
>  
> Hope this helps.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Odette McMillan [mailto:omcmilla@milk.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 3:00 PM
> To: Powerhouse Newgroup
> Subject: Powerhouse 8.20 D - Open VMS
> 
> 
> Sounds like a dumb question but anyways:  In PH7.10F2 we were able to
> maintain the dictionary via a screen.  How do you maintain the dictionary
> in
> version 8.20D now that the screen is no longer available?  I'd like to
> unload a record definition from the dictionary and reload it with the
> enhancements.  Can someone please tell me how this is possible with the
> version on an Alpha system?
> Thanks!
> 
> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
> =
> Subscribe: "subscribe powerh-l" in message body to
> majordomo@lists.swau.edu
> Unsubscribe: "unsubscribe powerh-l" in message to majordomo@lists.swau.edu
> This list is closed, thus to post to the list, you must be a subscriber.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Subscribe: "subscribe powerh-l" in message body to majordomo@lists.swau.edu
Unsubscribe: "unsubscribe powerh-l" in message to majordomo@lists.swau.edu
This list is closed, thus to post to the list, you must be a subscriber.