I didn't really fix the progress bar popups, nor did I edit the .INI
files, but the popups went away.  I guess I finally killed enough
.DLLs so that a reboot fixed it.

But now a new problem has raised its head -- one that appeared briefly
earlier and then went away without explanation.  The problem is that
when the program (even after successfully building) gets to the statement
Sem.os = Vpsemaphore('MUTEX','CREATE',"",0)
the program bombs with a "Routine not found" error.

Does anybody know where to look for this problem?

Thanks again,

Jerry

This VPR add-on is still a problem.  I have replaced it's presence in
my project with my own version and erased all references I can find,
but I still get errors reported when the program opens.  It's not
disasterous, but it is a pain in the neck.

Doing a text search for VPZxPBar shows that the program is still
installed in VPR as I find it mentioned in both OS2.INI and
OS2SYS.INI.  There does not appear to be an uninstall routine for this
add-on.  I have zero experience in editing the .INI files and am a
little hesitant to go blundering around.

Again, I'm asking for suggestions for a way to kill this monster.

Thanks again..

Jerry

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:57:20 -0700, Steven Levine wrote:

>What I would do it haul out my favorite file manager and search the
>project directory for occurances of J:, DELETE.ME1 and such.

Okay, that problem is solved!  There were some forms that showed
up as having the J: drive string for the icon.  When I opened
the settings, I didn't find the string, but they had to be in
there somewhere.  But the icon was the VPR icon, not the icon I
had selected.  I searched for the icon, entered it on the five
offending forms, and then Build ran without errors.

Thank you very much for pointing me in the right direction.


Jerry
--
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					 - Me, circa 1998

In <f6m6tl+to44@eGroups.com>, on 07/06/07
    at 07:58 PM, "pratherj_99" <prather.js@...> said:

Hi,

>to build the project.  I get a OS/2 Resource Compiler Error.  It reports
>multiple occasions of a DELETE.ME1 error.  It tells me it can't find an
>icon file and I know the reason: it's looking for the icon in a drive
>that doesn't exist -- the J: drive was on the old computer, but not this
>one.  I can't figure out where it's getting the bum dope from.  If I open
>the Resource icon, the Resources pages are all blank.  The icon is in
>it's proper place in the files.

What I would do it haul out my favorite file manager and search the
project directory for occurances of J:, DELETE.ME1 and such.

There are a few binary files within a project, but the majority are text.

Steven

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Hi people, it's me again.

I've been making progress slowly, but I've run into a problem when I
try to build the project.  I get a OS/2 Resource Compiler Error.  It
reports multiple occasions of a DELETE.ME1 error.  It tells me it
can't find an icon file and I know the reason: it's looking for the
icon in a drive that doesn't exist -- the J: drive was on the old
computer, but not this one.  I can't figure out where it's getting the
bum dope from.  If I open the Resource icon, the Resources pages are
all blank.  The icon is in it's proper place in the files.

Anyone have a clue as to what's wrong and how to fix it?

Thanks in advance,

Jerry

Hi again,

I've not found a way to get the Progress Bar add-on working as yet,
but I have found that I can write my own replacement.  It's not as
slick as Eric's .dll, but it works.  Now I just have to get rid of all
references to VPZxPBar.DLL.

I mentioned early on that I was putting VisProRexx on a new computer.
  The new computer is a dual core Athlon 64 at 4600+ with 2 gigs of ECC
memory and a 250 GB fast SATA hard drive.  I did not opt for the SMP
option but the thing still flies.  I have one function running which
prepares a report for printing from my database.  On my old computer
it took 8.1 minutes to do the job; on the new computer that time is
reduced to 1.3 minutes!  The program I wrote is multi-threaded, but
despite some degree of concern things seem to be working okay.

Cheers,
Jerry

Hi,

Just something I stumbled on a couple of years back and thought I'd
pass along to kinda pay my way in this group. <G>

When put several objects in a group there is no apparent way to change
the group box title, but you can do it like this:

CALL VpSetItemValue window,ITEMID, 'New Title'

Cheers,

Jerry

In <0JJD00A8YCAGUS31@...>, on 06/09/07
    at 08:35 AM, "Jerry Prather" <prather.js@...> said:

Hi,

>Yes.  I learned that you have to do it from a temporary
>directory - it won't work from within the VPRexx directory.

Makes sense.  Simple REXX install scripts tend not to be very robust.
They neglect to check for cases like this which are not all that hard to
handle.

FWIW, I always install froma work directory unless instructed otherwise.
This avoids cluttering up the application directory.  I do keep things
together so I can find them later.  A typical directory structure would be

  app
    zips
    unzipped

where unzipped in the staging directory for installs.  This directory can
be safely deleted because it contains nothing that needs saved.

Steven

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On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:14:41 -0700, Steven Levine wrote:

>How did you install it?  Did you use the supplied install script.

Yes.  I learned that you have to do it from a temporary
directory - it won't work from within the VPRexx directory.

Cheers,

Jerry
--
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In <f4ccff+9suf@eGroups.com>, on 06/08/07
    at 07:59 PM, "pratherj_99" <prather.js@...> said:

Hi,

>With a bit of difficulty I got Progress Bar installed and the tool icon
>appears in the tool bar.

How did you install it?  Did you use the supplied install script.

Steven

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Hi,

Sorry to bother you again.  I'm making progress, but slowly.  The
current problem is with an add on tool to VisProRexx called Progress
Bar written, I believe, by Eric Lavoie.  I've tried e-mailing him from
his web page, but that doesn't work.

With a bit of difficulty I got Progress Bar installed and the tool
icon appears in the tool bar.  But when I try to run the project, I am
immediately stopped with an error box which simply says VPZxPBar.DLL!
  If I acknowledge the error the program apparently continues on
normally until I try to use a function which uses the Progress Bar.
At that point I get another error message just like upon opening the
program, but this time if I just accept the error I get another error
box from VPRexx saying that the form is empty and that portion of the
program fails.  The form is not empty because I can bring it up and
display its contents.  I believe the problem is with the progress
bar's .DLL.  The version of the VPZxPBar.DLL I have is from 5/3/01 and
has a size of 65,370.  This is the same version as in the old computer
where everything works just fine.

Can anyone suggest what the problem might be?

Thanks in advance,

Jerry

On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:54:31 -0400 (EDT), Jerry Prather wrote:

>Can someone tell me where to look for Global Procedures and/or
>how to transfer them to the new computer?

Sorry for answering my own post, but I found the answer.  In a
form, they are called Global Procedures, but in the Project
folder there is a folder called Subprocedures.  That is them!
I've got them loaded and they're being recognized now.

Thanks,


Jerry
--
So you've finally retired and the rat race is over. You're not too surprised
that the rats won, but it's a bit hard to take that they also run Social
Security.
				 --Me

Sorry about that last post.  Pushed the wrong button...

My Projects folder on my old computer shows an extensive Global
Procedures file under each of the projects.  I zipped and
unzipped the projects folder and the VISPRORX root directory,
but the Global Procedures file in the new computer is empty.  I
have been unable to determine where these procedures reside.
Since they are common to all projects, I thought it would likely
be in the VISPRORX root directory, but I can't find anything
that is obvious.

Can someone tell me where to look for Global Procedures and/or
how to transfer them to the new computer?

Thanks,

Jerry
--
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that the rats won, but it's a bit hard to take that they also run Social
Security.
				 --Me

On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:29:58 -0500, Dale Erwin wrote:

>How about zipping all the files and putting the zip file on a CD?  That
>should conserve the EAs.

Jerry
--
So you've finally retired and the rat race is over. You're not too surprised
that the rats won, but it's a bit hard to take that they also run Social
Security.
				 --Me

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:07:46 +0200, Helmut Renner wrote:

>Ok...
>I'm able to read all EAs from an VPREXX Folder by REXX and write it to
>an "normal" Folder again but - it wont work like it should. But I dont
>give up! ;-))

What I learned (and I knew it once before in another galaxy...)
was you can't do a simple copy to CD.  You have to zip the files
to CD, and then unzip them into the other computer.  And it
turns out that the project files have a bunch of EAs in them.

Cheers,

Jerry
--
So you've finally retired and the rat race is over. You're not too surprised
that the rats won, but it's a bit hard to take that they also run Social
Security.
				 --Me

Ok...
I'm able to read all EAs from an VPREXX Folder by REXX and write it to
an "normal" Folder again but - it wont work like it should. But I dont
give up! ;-))

Helmut


Jerry Prather schrieb:
> On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:52:21 +0200, Helmut Renner wrote:
>
>> Damaged EAs
>>
>> If you have a Backup of your project, restore ist again after (!!!) you
>> installed VPREXX.
>> Otherwise you have to set the correct EAs of the Folders by yourself -
>> good luck. ;-)
>
> Thanks for the reply, Helmut.  I've made some progress.  I
> learned to my embarrassment that copying the project had set all
> files on the CD to read-only, so I had to correct that first.
> Now I can run my program from the development directory on the
> new computer (and it runs much faster :-).  But I still can't
> open the project for editing - I still see a directory instead
> of a form.
>
> You talk about damaged EAs.  I can't find any EAs anywhere
> except on the original program distribution disc.  How would I
> go about resetting them (or recreating them)?
>
> Thanks,
> Jerry
>
> Jerry
> --
> So you've finally retired and the rat race is over. You're not too surprised
> that the rats won, but it's a bit hard to take that they also run Social
Security.
> 			 --Me
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

** Reply to message from Wilfried Eike <Wilfried.Eike@...> on Mon, 04
Jun 2007 09:12:44 +0200


>Hi Jerry,
>
>here are my notes to move a vispro/rexx installation to a new PC.
>
>First, you can't move with copying all files to a CD, because you are
>loosing the EA's.
>I did it in a peer-to-peer network. Mounting the whole disk of the
>target pc as a new Volume, (for example V:).

If the problem is the loss of EA's and you do not have the option of drag and
drop, then I think an EA-compatible archiver, like ZIP, would work (and it
reduce bandwidth and/or storage needs during the transfer).

The remainder of Jerry's instructions still apply.

--
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>
> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~oscarptyltd
>
> Cheers,
>
> Clem

This looks great, Clem!!!  Only problem is that I don't have an IBM C
compiler.  Does that mean I can't use your 370TO486?

I guess this is offtopic for this group, so if no one else is interested,
maybe we should take it to private email.


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Dale Erwin wrote:

> Jerry Prather wrote:
> > On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:29:58 -0500, Dale Erwin wrote:
> >
> >> How about zipping all the files and putting the zip file on a CD? That
> >> should conserve the EAs.
> >
> > I couldn't immediately put my hands on the lap link cable, so I
> > gave zipping to CD a try. It worked!
> >
> > Thanks all,
>
> Glad to be of service. Anyone who speaks assembler can't be all bad.
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

Jerry Prather wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:29:58 -0500, Dale Erwin wrote:
>
>> How about zipping all the files and putting the zip file on a CD?  That
>> should conserve the EAs.
>
> I couldn't immediately put my hands on the lap link cable, so I
> gave zipping to CD a try.  It worked!
>
> Thanks all,

Glad to be of service.  Anyone who speaks assembler can't be all bad.


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:29:58 -0500, Dale Erwin wrote:

>How about zipping all the files and putting the zip file on a CD?  That
>should conserve the EAs.

I couldn't immediately put my hands on the lap link cable, so I
gave zipping to CD a try.  It worked!

Thanks all,

Jerry

-
It isn't so good that it couldn't get better; it isn't so bad that it couldn't
be worse.
	 - Lyrics from a song written by T. Wolf and F. Landeman

Wilfried Eike wrote:
> Hi Jerry,
>
> here are my notes to move a vispro/rexx installation to a new PC.
>
> First, you can't move with copying all files to a CD, because you are
> loosing the EA's.

How about zipping all the files and putting the zip file on a CD?  That
should conserve the EAs.





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

pc schrieb:
> On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:37:38 +0200, Wilfried Eike wrote:
>
>
>>Hi Jerry,
>>
>>Jerry Prather schrieb:
>>
>>>On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:12:44 +0200, Wilfried Eike wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>First, you can't move with copying all files to a CD, because you are
>>>>loosing the EA's.
>>>>I did it in a peer-to-peer network. Mounting the whole disk of the
>>>>target pc as a new Volume, (for example V:).
>>>>The easiest way is a new installation of vispro/rexx on the target
>>>>machine, a reboot and than a drag&drop of your project directory to the
>>>>target machine.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for this vital information!
>>>
>>>I currently don't have a peer-to-peer network working.  That is
>>>a "future project".  I'm going to dig out my old Laplink cable
>>>and see if I can get LPTool working.
>>
>>You need something that handles the ea's of the directories correctly.
>>I don't know LPTool.
>>Try to establish a network connection or mount the disks together in one pc.
>
>
> why do you have to have peer to peer,  why not just
> zip files in question which captures the EAs (with current zip tool, even
> one in last 8 years have been doing that under os/2), burn to cd  or copy to
floppy
> then unzip them intact.
>
> am i missing something?
>

I don't know. Never did it this way. May be that works well too.

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On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:37:38 +0200, Wilfried Eike wrote:

>Hi Jerry,
>
>Jerry Prather schrieb:
>> On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:12:44 +0200, Wilfried Eike wrote:
>>
>>
>>>First, you can't move with copying all files to a CD, because you are
>>>loosing the EA's.
>>>I did it in a peer-to-peer network. Mounting the whole disk of the
>>>target pc as a new Volume, (for example V:).
>>>The easiest way is a new installation of vispro/rexx on the target
>>>machine, a reboot and than a drag&drop of your project directory to the
>>>target machine.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for this vital information!
>>
>> I currently don't have a peer-to-peer network working.  That is
>> a "future project".  I'm going to dig out my old Laplink cable
>> and see if I can get LPTool working.
>
>You need something that handles the ea's of the directories correctly.
>I don't know LPTool.
>Try to establish a network connection or mount the disks together in one pc.

why do you have to have peer to peer,  why not just
zip files in question which captures the EAs (with current zip tool, even
one in last 8 years have been doing that under os/2), burn to cd  or copy to
floppy
then unzip them intact.

am i missing something?

<snip>

regards

pc

Hi Jerry,

Jerry Prather schrieb:
> On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:12:44 +0200, Wilfried Eike wrote:
>
>
>>First, you can't move with copying all files to a CD, because you are
>>loosing the EA's.
>>I did it in a peer-to-peer network. Mounting the whole disk of the
>>target pc as a new Volume, (for example V:).
>>The easiest way is a new installation of vispro/rexx on the target
>>machine, a reboot and than a drag&drop of your project directory to the
>>target machine.
>
>
> Thanks for this vital information!
>
> I currently don't have a peer-to-peer network working.  That is
> a "future project".  I'm going to dig out my old Laplink cable
> and see if I can get LPTool working.

You need something that handles the ea's of the directories correctly.
I don't know LPTool.
Try to establish a network connection or mount the disks together in one pc.

>
> I've done a reinstall from the original disks.  If I understand
> you correctly, I shouldn't have to do the steps at the end of
> your message.

That's correct, these steps are only needed when your install disks are
damaged.

>
> Thanks again,
>
> Jerry
> --

--
Mit freundlichen Grüssen
Wilfried Eike
Diplom-Informatiker
Geschäftsführer


Informatik Büro Eike GmbH
Zuckerkuchenweg 5 b
30890 Barsinghausen
Amtsgericht Hameln HRB 2954
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On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:12:44 +0200, Wilfried Eike wrote:

>First, you can't move with copying all files to a CD, because you are
>loosing the EA's.
>I did it in a peer-to-peer network. Mounting the whole disk of the
>target pc as a new Volume, (for example V:).
>The easiest way is a new installation of vispro/rexx on the target
>machine, a reboot and than a drag&drop of your project directory to the
>target machine.

Thanks for this vital information!

I currently don't have a peer-to-peer network working.  That is
a "future project".  I'm going to dig out my old Laplink cable
and see if I can get LPTool working.

I've done a reinstall from the original disks.  If I understand
you correctly, I shouldn't have to do the steps at the end of
your message.

Thanks again,

Jerry
--
Cool is...the other side of the pillow.

Hi Jerry,

here are my notes to move a vispro/rexx installation to a new PC.

First, you can't move with copying all files to a CD, because you are
loosing the EA's.
I did it in a peer-to-peer network. Mounting the whole disk of the
target pc as a new Volume, (for example V:).
The easiest way is a new installation of vispro/rexx on the target
machine, a reboot and than a drag&drop of your project directory to the
target machine.
If a new installation is not an option for you, then you have to work on
the config.sys manually.

- drag&drop the vispro/rexx directory ?:\VISPRORX from source to target

- To get the wps-extensions of vispro/rexx working on your target machine
you have to copy \OS\DLL\VPFORM.DLL from source to target.

- run ?:\visprorx\rxreg.cmd to register VPFORM.DLL

- run ?:\visprorx\rebldrx.cmd to get the WPS-Objekts on your desktop

- add ?:\VISPRORX to the following
     LIBPATH=
     SET PATH
     SET HELP
     SET VISPRORX

- Now you need a restart of the target pc.

- Drag&Drop the project directory from source to target pc.

- you have to rebuild the associations for the following file extensions
manually.
*.DBD -> \VISPRORX\VPDBDIAG.EXE
*.VPL -> \VISPRORX\VPADMIN.EXE
*.VPR -> \VISPRORX\VPRSEDIT.EXE

HTH

Jerry Prather schrieb:
> On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:52:21 +0200, Helmut Renner wrote:
>
>
>>Damaged EAs
>>
>>If you have a Backup of your project, restore ist again after (!!!) you
>>installed VPREXX.
>>Otherwise you have to set the correct EAs of the Folders by yourself -
>>good luck. ;-)
>
>
> Thanks for the reply, Helmut.  I've made some progress.  I
> learned to my embarrassment that copying the project had set all
> files on the CD to read-only, so I had to correct that first.
> Now I can run my program from the development directory on the
> new computer (and it runs much faster :-).  But I still can't
> open the project for editing - I still see a directory instead
> of a form.
>
> You talk about damaged EAs.  I can't find any EAs anywhere
> except on the original program distribution disc.  How would I
> go about resetting them (or recreating them)?
>
> Thanks,
> Jerry
>



--
Mit freundlichen Grüssen
Wilfried Eike
Diplom-Informatiker
Geschäftsführer


Informatik Büro Eike GmbH
Zuckerkuchenweg 5 b
30890 Barsinghausen
Amtsgericht Hameln HRB 2954
Geschäftsführer: Wilfried Eike
Tel: 05105/64607  Fax: 05105/64608
e-mail: kontakt@...

On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:52:21 +0200, Helmut Renner wrote:

>Damaged EAs
>
>If you have a Backup of your project, restore ist again after (!!!) you
>installed VPREXX.
>Otherwise you have to set the correct EAs of the Folders by yourself -
>good luck. ;-)

Thanks for the reply, Helmut.  I've made some progress.  I
learned to my embarrassment that copying the project had set all
files on the CD to read-only, so I had to correct that first.
Now I can run my program from the development directory on the
new computer (and it runs much faster :-).  But I still can't
open the project for editing - I still see a directory instead
of a form.

You talk about damaged EAs.  I can't find any EAs anywhere
except on the original program distribution disc.  How would I
go about resetting them (or recreating them)?

Thanks,
Jerry

Jerry
--
So you've finally retired and the rat race is over. You're not too surprised
that the rats won, but it's a bit hard to take that they also run Social
Security.
				 --Me

Damaged EAs

If you have a Backup of your project, restore ist again after (!!!) you
installed VPREXX.
Otherwise you have to set the correct EAs of the Folders by yourself -
good luck. ;-)

By/2
   Helmut

pratherj_99 schrieb:
> Hi, folks,
>
> I just became aware of this group, and I've been needing it.  I
> reviewed all the old messages and there is nothing that fits my
> question, so here comes my first post...
>
> I recently acquired a new computer.  I installed VisProRexx on it and
> some updates I had on hand.  The samples run, as well as one of my
> projects, but whenever I go to a project folder, either mine or the
> Samples, the main form appears as a folder and not a form.
>
> I tried opening a new project as a test, and that worked just fine.
>
> Somehow something is missing on the transfer that keeps the projects
> from showing up correctly.  Anyone have an idea what it could be?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jerry
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

Hi, folks,

I just became aware of this group, and I've been needing it.  I
reviewed all the old messages and there is nothing that fits my
question, so here comes my first post...

I recently acquired a new computer.  I installed VisProRexx on it and
some updates I had on hand.  The samples run, as well as one of my
projects, but whenever I go to a project folder, either mine or the
Samples, the main form appears as a folder and not a form.

I tried opening a new project as a test, and that worked just fine.

Somehow something is missing on the transfer that keeps the projects
from showing up correctly.  Anyone have an idea what it could be?

Thanks in advance,

Jerry