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    Question Sonic 2013 and SonicMQ 8.5 / 8.6

    Dear All, I am not sure if this is the right forum to ask a Sonic query. I did a lot of googling regarding this but in vain. Could someone let me know if "Sonic 2013" and "SonicMQ 8.5 or 8.6" are the same versions or are they different. Are they from the same vendor. I find references to...
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    Reading the contents of a cell in a .Net DataGridView

    Dear All, I am working in OE 10.2A Could someone let me know how to read the value / contents of a cell in a .Net datagridview given a Row Index and column index. Thanks, Joel
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    Where do I specify the "MIN-SIZE" in the OE Architect

    Dear All, Need your help. I am working in OE 10.2A (Architect - using .Net Framework) and getting the following error "Could not find class or interface lib.test. (12886)" when I instantiate a class. The KB suggests that "As a workaround, compile all the classes without the MIN-SIZE...
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    Recompilation required if table dropped and added again?

    Dear ALL, Would a recompilation be required if a table is dropped and added again in OE 10.2B database. When I add it again I would maintain the field order etc. Could someone clarify this? Thanks Joel
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    Progress / OE Handle and MS-Windows Handle

    Good Day Everybody. Could someone tell me a way of mapping the Progress / OE handle to MS-Windows handle. The reason I ask is - I am using SPY++ (MS-Visual Studio tool) to identify windows in my OpenEdge application and would like to trace that erring window in OpenEdge. But I am not able to...
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    Using "Wait-for" from within a class

    Can I use a "wait-for" in a class file or is it a bad practice or bad conceptualization? What I am trying to achieve is design a class for a "Progress meter" (or a thermometer) which shows the progress of records being processed in a report or utility. I would like to encapsulate the whole...
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    Use-index

    'use-index' has a direct impact on the where clause. But does use-index have a say in the order of records in the 'for each' statement? Does specifying the 'by' clause affect the performance? Thanks Joel
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    Can I use SQL along with 4GL ABL code?

    Could someone let me know if I could use SQL statement along with 4GL / ABL in a .p / .w? Should I use a "CURSOR" for this purpose? Any downside to this approach. The reason I ask this is because I want to use something like "SELECT max(empno) FROM emp" which could not be done using 4gl as...
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    unable to delete a table

    Dear All, I have a 9.1D db and I am not able to delete a particular table in the DB. When I try to delete the table I get a message saying "** Field <field-name> is a component of an Index. (185)" But I have deleted the indexes which use that specific field. What could be the reason? Please...
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    Call hierarchy

    All, Is there any tool available to find out the call hierarchy in Progress / OE code? Any options in compilation like XREF would do this? Please let me know. Thanks Joel
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    external dll call from a class

    Could someone let me know how can I define the following from within a class. PROCEDURE WinExec EXTERNAL "KERNEL32.DLL": DEFINE INPUT PARAMETER prog_name AS CHARACTER. DEFINE INPUT PARAMETER prog_style AS SHORT. END. Thanks Joel
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    Static variable in Openedge / Progress

    Is it possible to define a static variable in OpenEdge like we do in C? Thanks Joel
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    retreiving number of copies from system-dialog printer-setup

    Is there a way of retrieving the 'number of copies' from the system-dialog printer-setup statement? Thanks Joel
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    "FOR FIRST" or "FIND FIRST"

    Would like to know which of the following is better in terms of performance? FOR FIRST cus where cus.cus-code = 123 exclusive-lock: cus.credit = 0. END. or FIND FIRST cus where cus.cus-code = 123 exclusive-lock no-error. if available cus then cus.credit = 0. Thanks Joel
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    -lkwtmo "lock wait timeout” parameter

    Can anyone tell me if -lkwtmo "lock wait timeout” parameter be changed through a program for a client session? Thanks Joel
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    NO-WAIT feature in FOR statement

    Does someone know of a built-in feature of "NO-WAIT" with a FOR statement while doing a exclusive lock? I know the following workaround which uses a no-lock for the "FOR statement" and using a "find with a no-wait" on the buffer of "FOR each" table. def buffer buf-cus for cus. For each cus...
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    OE Architect

    I am using OE Architect. When I add a linked resource for example say a .w file there is a red "x" icon against that resource. Any idea what that indicates. Could some one clarify? I have attached a screen shot of this. Thanks Joel
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    Applying OCX Events through Progress 4GL

    Is there a way to apply a OCX event through Progress 4GL other than calling the OCX event procedure with parameters? Thanks Joel
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    Outlook gives "operation failed" error

    Dear All, I am using OUTLOOK 2003 SP3 objects to send an email through Progress. After I send the email and I try to open outlook I get an error message stating "operation failed" and outlook does not open. When I check the task manager - processes, I see outlook.exe in that and when I end...
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    VPE and OE

    Dear All, We are using VPE and OE. In almost all the reports when the VPE application is displaying the Report, the OE application window is shown iconized in the foreground. I checked the hidden attribute. It is "YES" but still the OE application window is displayed. How would this be...
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