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    Communication between Smart Objects

    Old methods Greetings, I have noted the replies to this thread and my thoughts are this. Progress (PSC / PRGS) has now made a move away from the Smart Link approach. Using the RUN get-link-handle methods of ADM(1) so learning how to do it in V9 seems pointless. PSC have now made a move...
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    Products

    Greetings Talkers, I am MFG/PRO & eB/2 experienced / skilled. I wish to appreciate more Progress products. How would I go about getting into for example, Radius Solution's Pecas Vision Foresight's MXP NxTrend's Trend Starbase's Roundtable Symix Syteline Are there demo-disks of these...
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    ADM2 Newbie

    SDO = Smart Data Object Smart Data Viewer is an object so by definition it is a SDO. It is an Object which utilises PSCs Smart methodologies, it CAN display data from a data src, so by definition full circle.
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    O E 10 Runtime

    I have not had any serious response yet. I wish to PURCHASE an O E 10 license. Could somebody offer a price this would be to do so, thank you very much.
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    ADM2 Newbie

    Fallen over Your explanation is full of holes. RE: No, SDO is NOT ambig. SDO stands for Smart Data Object, a type of Smart Object. A smart data viewer is not an SDO >>> SDO Smart Data Object a type of Smart Object / YES >>> A smart data viewer is not an SDO. Lets break that down Smart...
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    ADM2 Newbie

    SDO is ambiguous. Smart Data Viewer is a SDO, Smart Query is a SDO so ......???.... There may be other developers following this thread who do not know, this is to benefit the Progress world. Thanks anyway. Chipless
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    ADM2 Newbie

    Answer the ACTUAL question Greetings, In a nutshell answer the actual question asked!!! If you actually read the question I appreciated that an internal procedure were required, though the location of this were asked. Would this be in the Smart Data Viewer, or the Smart Data Query. Thanks...
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    ADM2 Newbie

    Greetings, I am new to ADM 2 from ADM(1). I am struggling to find the ADM 2 of local-assign-record. Whilst using ADM 2, where do I put my validation code? What procedure do I use before the record is finally assigned to the DB? To validate the integrity? Would this be in the SDO (Smart Data...
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    progress language faq's

    Pants How can my comments be incorrect. Do you not understand the workings of data. Data is stored in the database. FACT To VIEW the data, first the data must be retrieved from the database. FACT. WHEN VIEWING the data a lock of some kind must be used, to inform **Progress** / the db...
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    progress language faq's

    Stream For data to exit the database, a stream is required for it to use. A stream enables data exit - record retrieval for display or editing purposes. Raw data is stored in the db. To make this data available for viewing / editing a stream is required to 'grab the data from the database...
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    progress language faq's

    point missed ... I think the important point has been missed. This is basic Progress here. The difference is the buffer. FIND FIRST will actualy make the record available by moving it into the current buffer, this enables manipulation / edit of the record. FOR FIRST will not allow editing...
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    Learning about EB2

    Sorry I can not give you any documentation examples, though I too have worked for a company whom upgraded. Having worked on both systems you will find that it esentially the same, well done QAD. There are no real defined differences which is why publication is hard to locate. Regards
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    CASE syntax

    Cheers Thank you, I used the first instence example. Thank you for the help.
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    CASE syntax

    Greetings, Whilst using a CASE ststement can my conditions contain BEGINS, if it can what would the syntax be? I wish to do along the lines of this, case cust_num: when cust_num Begins 013 do block to execute end when cust_num begins 012 do block to execute end end case...
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    Custom ADM 2 (newbie)

    I am just getting to grips with ADM 2 from ADM(1). I wish to develop a custom dynfilter smart object. How do I go about this, the PSC standard behaviour 1 is too generic, I wish to develop a so that I can then include in my software, I do not like the genericness of the standard object. The...
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    ADM 2 newbie

    I am familure with the wizard approach having done ADM(1) for years. I know I need to define the SDO (QUERY) to access the DB (my for each) I then know about adding the Smart Browse, and links will be created via wizard, I can then add a Smart Panel / Toolbar instance or a Nav. I however wish...
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    ADM 2 newbie

    Greetings, I am new to ADM 2. I wish to have a query src that gets all the records from the db and makes then available in the dataset (FOR EACH). I wish to thenfilter that query (add a WHERE statement), I am struggling to then make the new results list populate my SmartData Browser, how...
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    pages

    Using ADM 2, what function / procedure would I use to return the number of pages? I have a Smart Window with a tab folder, I wish to know how many pages there are, how would I do this with ADM 2? TIA
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    ADM 2 >> get-link-handle >> ???

    Greetings, In ADM(1) I used this call frequently, RUN get-link-handle IN adm-broker-handle INPUT (obj_hdl,'LINK-NAME',output-var). What would I require to replicate this with ADM 2?? I gather I am using a function what would the call be? TIA
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    Parameter

    Thq Cheers dude, I am going to use th "Quit" command within my software
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