Hello,

I am hitting a few roadblocks here. I have a request that requires a subquery, and I believe in webfocus this is accomplished via a hold file. So I am trying to create a hold file (for the 1st time) and this is what is giving me problems.

I found a few webpages that explain how to do this (like this) but I get hung up on the bit where I'm supposed to go to the Home tab > Format group. I suppose I'm using a different version of AppStudio, because in 8201 I don't see a Format group under Home. I've searched for creating a hold file in 8201 but I haven't found anything.

Now... I see a Format tab however. When I try to do similar steps (as the above link) from the Format tab I also hit roadblocks. I've tried to modify the Output format to binary and I changed the destination. But when I try to access that ftm/mas file from a new report it is not showing up. It is creating the file; I see it in the default WebFocus portal but it doesn't show up as a source when creating a new report. I tried refreshing with no success either.

And btw... if its not obvious, I'm new to WebFocus. I'm finding that AppStudio crashes a little too much, do you folks have that experience too? Right now all I can use is the GUI, the code is too over my head at the moment, but I will be going on code training next week.

Thank you

This message has been edited. Last edited by: FP Mod Chuck,

Uggh... nevermind... I tried doing this via the Format tab again, but this time I restarted App Studio and the newly created masterfile showed up. Can't say I'm loving my early experience with App Studio so far.

Hi Shingles

Hang in there, the learning curve isn't that steep. There is a App Studio webinar scheduled for July 27. Here is a link for more info. http://forums.informationbuild...1057331/m/3047003586

I am glad you will be taking training soon as well.

Shingles

PS. Make sure you have the most current version of App Studio 8.2.01M as that has been very stable for me.