Recent content by Keith G.

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    How to clear the SCREEN-VALUE of a character LIST-ITEM-PAIRS combo-box

    I want to toss this out there in case I can save someone else the frustration I just went through. OpenEdge 11.6, Windows 10: I was struggling to clear the screen-value of a character type list-item-pairs combo-box. Neither of these worked: cbAccountNo:screen-value = ""...
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    Weird formatting of integer values of LIST-ITEM-PAIRS combo-box

    I was assuming that a ">" character in the format string meant that position is only filled when there is a non-zero digit in that position. It seems that it really means put a space character there if no significant digit is applicable. Thanks for the explanation.
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    Weird formatting of integer values of LIST-ITEM-PAIRS combo-box

    I recently ran across something weird with integer data type list-item-pairs combo-boxes. (The environment is Windows 10, OpenEdge 11.6.) I have found that the integer values in the string list found in the LIST-ITEM-PAIRS property are formatted with leading spaces. So, when I assign a...
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    How to force "entry" event when clicking on an empty browser viewport?

    Trapping for MOUSE-SELECT-CLICK of the browse widget does the trick. I put this in the trigger and it changes the viewport color to indicate selection: apply "entry" to browse {&browse-name}. Thanks for the pointer. Another annoyance solved!
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    How to force "entry" event when clicking on an empty browser viewport?

    Something that has long bugged me about the browse widget on Windows is that when a browse is not full (i.e., there is empty space on the lower portion of the browse viewport), clicking somewhere in the empty space does not force an 'ENTRY' event. The user must click on either the title bar...
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    PDSOE refusing to open a file

    Just a follow-up: Removing and reinstalling OpenEdge solved the problem.
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    PDSOE refusing to open a file

    So it's not a "equal to or greater than" thing? Interesting. While the same Java works with OE 12.5 on another PC, I guess this could be a factor.
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    PDSOE refusing to open a file

    I am assuming I am good on that front, then, if I understand the version numbering correctly.
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    PDSOE refusing to open a file

    I have installed the same version that seems to work fine on another machine: Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-17.0.2.8-hotspot
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    PDSOE refusing to open a file

    It is a weird problem, but in the slim chance that someone else has seen this: A fresh install of OE 12.5 64-bit on Windows 10 has a PDSOE that is refusing to open any file. I can choose "File/Open", or drop a file onto an open PDSOE, and all I get is another instance of PDSOE opening up and...
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    OpenEdge GUI development tools on 4K laptop screens--yay or nay?

    Great info here, thanks to all.
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    OpenEdge GUI development tools on 4K laptop screens--yay or nay?

    I am looking at buying a new laptop, probably a ThinkPad variant with a 14-inch screen for the sake of portability. I am considering the 4K screen option. This new machine's primary purpose is OpenEdge development. We do not yet use PDSOE, but I do often use third-party editors. Before...
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    Trouble constructing a UNIX statement command line

    Well, that was an assumption on my part, an invalid one as it turns out. The single quotes do indeed show up in the command line when examined via the "ps" command. And with that, my goal has been met--the stripping of form feeds from that output file finally works. Case closed! Thanks for...
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    Trouble constructing a UNIX statement command line

    Yes, I am trying to strip form feed characters from the victim file. I see now that I can use "\f" rather than the octal "\o14", making the code a little more readable. Here's some code I am running to test this: define var svFilename as char no-undo init "/u/tmp/reports/KGER10:08:31dat"...
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    Trouble constructing a UNIX statement command line

    I am having trouble constructing a "sed" command for execution from a UNIX statement. What I want to send to the shell is this: sed -i'.bak' 's/\o14//g' [Filename_here] But no matter what I've tried, I cannot yet get the single quotes to pass through, as far as I can tell. I am likely...
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