Steve, I see your point and will probably look a bit further into this. The reason I believed this to be an issue was (if I recall correctly) that the...
Using 'Allow events = No' in a batch task (to prevent user interruption) also prevents resizing or restoring the screen. Is there a way of still allowing these...
Roger I've been having a similar problem - in my case the users were complaining that during a long batch task (~30 mins) if they switched screens then ...
Hi group, We want to use the Pervasive Backup Agent, but I need a little help. We have 2 servers: FS01 which runs the Pervasive Server BU01 which runs the...
Thanks Keith you're very kind. I've been working with Cobol since '78... maybe i remember something :-) Anyway i'm getting old and i think your document may be...
Yes, well spotted Sherm ;-) Now that I test this approach, of course it has the problem that the user can click on a higher on-line widow, or on a menu .... ...
but does it still work to trap 'exit'act at the task level instead of in the main program the way you described it first? If not, might it help to have...
Hi Guys, Here is a question completely different to all my recent ones - well sort of. I want to use the ODBC driver (which we have available since we ...
Getting tricky isn't it? In the old Magic we had 'Allow abort' which, I think, stopped the task interrupt but still allowed windows events. I've also noticed...
Mike suggested this a while back... I thought magic 9.4 had a way to accomplish this directly, but I can't find it, and it may not exist. <snip> From: "Mike...
Rosie, I've used ODBC to process Excel spreadsheets many times (both as a main file and a link), however in all cases there was something that I could define...
I'm out of my office until Monday. When I get back in I'll try to find it and upload it to the group. ... ====================================== Keith Canniff ...
BTW: I programmed in COBOL for 13 years... although I don't know if I should admit that ;-] ... ====================================== Keith Canniff VP Product...
I remember a complex expression for settings the seed including a time() function advised by someone/Magic to achieve a 'real' random number... Can't exactly...
This may have been me. There was a bug in 9.3 whereby the -1 didn't always initialise with a random seed, which meant that the same sequence of random numbers...
Graham, There was quite an excellent discussion on this group about a year ago concerning random numbers. Steve, as usual, provided a great explaination. To...
Roger, I agree with your point - Allow abort in v8 became Allow Events in v9 without making some subtle differences very clear. It caused us quite a headache...
Yes, it traps the Exit act from the batch task fine. If I add another handler in the Main Program for Control Hit, conditioned by the same flag, it stops the...
Thanks Keith, I think I will have to get them to put a unique field on each record. That is what I have done on my test with their file and it seemed to work...
I am struggling with a table design. What I would like to do is create a online table view that will display the fields in the same box. I'll try and draw a...
Hi All, version - Magic 9.4sp3b database - db2 for windows gateway version - 9.4sp3b0 10-June-2004 We are having a bit of a problem at the moment! We are...
I think that the Record Event Interval (Task Control - tab Behaviour) is meant for this purpose. Help says : <This property is only relevant for Batch tasks...
Rosie, Perhaps I am just impatient, but all of the ODBC fun I have tried with Excel has ended up fruitless, for a lot of the reasons you state, MS Access ...
Mat, This sounds like a great solution but I can't see how it works. Is your 'batch window' a batch or on-line program? I've tried a batch program but it...
