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cron via windows The "AT" command is a possibility but troublesome to use. Performance was unstable at times. The Task Scheduler helped, but it too uses the "at" command. There's always batch file programming.

cron on Windows Simple enough. Windows NT has "Scheduled Tasks" typically accessed via "My Computer". Should do the trick. Normally installed with IE. -dc

Code Segments IPs were the intended solution each with segment limit but best solution beyond that is to break up the procedure. Use sub-procedure ie: Run proc-name{ IO-params ...} wherever possible and look for repeative code; Pre-processor usage may help. Best solution in today's "OOPS"...

dialog Cancel is set to "FALSE" this from HELP. SYSTEM-DIALOG GET-FILE Statement -- PARAMETERS MUST-EXIST Requires that the user's filename entry, complete with any specified default extension, must exist in the directory specified for the filename entry before the dialog completes...

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odbc connection In days past, odbc in Progress V8 was troublesome. 8.2c and 8.3b seemed most successful with Merant ODBC driver. Look for patches on Progress web site. It did work.

create ms word Try the simplest means possible; a progress 4gl statement: /* forget the complexities with active X for this */ Assumming Windows. /* VIA PROGRESS EDITOR TRY THE FOLLOWING */ RUN dos your_path\Program Files\Microsoft ~ Office\Office\WinWord value(your_file_name.doc) ...

Document sharing The intranet solution would be the way to go. Simple to implement. I have both a Progress and unix scripting solution that would make documents available via web browsers. Too it creates an html index for simple access and categorization of documents. Contact: dancar@quik.com

I'd like to collect a valid count of companies with unix servers in use instead of the ms solution. With corp cio/cto (and most application vendors) following the "pied-piper" from redmond, how strong a solution is the unix os today? Any interest in the survey?

No experience with Sage. 20+ Yrs Exp speaking: Mfg Pro:As good and stable as most. Minor issues. Foresight MXP:As good and stable as most. Minor issues. Syteline:Fair, suitable. Issues. Converting to MS-Sequel soon. (difficulty finding qualified Syteline Programmers). Recommend: Go...