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Code Digger
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We have a text file present in the web focus environment which needs to be deleted through WebFOCUS code. What is the command and syntax for the same?
 
Posts: 78 | Registered: December 11, 2005Report This Post
Tony A
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CD,

If you're on a DOS based machine then you could use -
-DOS ERASE c:\ibi\apps\baseapp\tobedeleted.txt

There are, obviously, different flavours of the same command for the different O/Ss.

T


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RichH
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The following syntax is also available:

APP DELETEF appname filename filetype

This deletes a single component from appname


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Posts: 173 | Registered: November 16, 2005Report This Post
<lfrerker>
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Here's the syntax for UNIX/LINUX

UNIX cd /opt/ibi/webfocus/ibi/apps/hr_email
UNIX mv wfanalyt.ftm wfanalyt.dis
UNIX rm wfhold4.ftm

Replace the directory string with you directory structure.
 
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I'd stick with the APP DELETEF because then you generally don't need to know OS specific commands. If you migrate from windows to UNIX your DELETEF commands will still work. Check out the following url for meore options with APP commands...

http://documentation.informationbuilders.com/masterinde...admin_510/10da02.htm


ttfn, kp


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Posts: 346 | Location: Melbourne Australia | Registered: April 15, 2003Report This Post
Francis Mariani
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The APP commands are very handy, but I find the documentation too brief.

For example, to delete files in an APP folder, run this command:

APP DELETEF[ILE] app1 fn1 ft1
- Deletes the file within the application app1 with filename=fn1 and filetype=ft1.

The valid filetypes appear to not be documented anywhere. Through trial and error, I have determined two valid filetypes (case sensitive, and not the file suffix): HTML and MASTER.

Is this documented anywhere, and if not, what are the valid filetypes? I cannot determine the filetype for .ftm files


Francis


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Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
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dwf
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Hope this comes out readable
Filetype
File Extension

MASTER
.mas

FOCSQL
.acx

OMI
.omi

HLI
.hli

FOCEXEC
.fex

EDAPROF
.prf

MNTPAINT
.mpt

EDANLS
.nls

ERRORS
.err

MAINTAIN
.mnt

WINFORMS
.wfm

FOCCOMP
.fcm

FOCSTYLE
.sty

FOCFTMAP
.fmp

AFM
.afm

HTML
.htm

TXT
.txt

PS
.ps

GIF
.gif

TDL
.tdl

BMP
.bmp

EXCEL
.xls

ADR
.adr

BST
.bst

EPS
.eps

PDF
.pdf

XHT
.xht

XML
.xml

XSL
.xsl

TABS
.txt

SMARTLIB
.knb

FOCUS
.foc

IBICPG
.sl

TTEDIT
.tte

FOCTEMP
.ftm

DATA
.dat

TRF
.trf

FMU
.fmu

DDS
.DDS

FOCDEF
.def

PFA
.pfa

FOCPSB
.psb

PFB
.pfb

CONTROL
.ctl

LSN
.lsn

DTD
.dtd

ETL
.etl

EDAPRFU
.prf

ETG
.etg

XSD
.xsd

WSDL
.wsd

JPG
.jpg

SVG
.svg

PNG
.png

EDAPSB
.psb

MHT
.mht

SQL
.sql

JS
.js

Cascading Stylesheet
.css

Microsoft Access database
.mdb


dwf
 
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Francis Mariani
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dwf, thank you! I will update my local copy of the documentation with this info. Where'd you find this?

Cheers.


Francis


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Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
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mgrackin
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Francis,

I was looking for exactly the same info earlier and found it on IBIs Tech Support web site by doing a search on 'APP commands' and then drilling into a few things. Here's the direct link to the manual:

http://documentation.informationbuilders.com/masterinde...AsOpen_SrvAdm761.pdf

This is an iWay manual, NOT WebFOCUS. It can be found in the 'Server Administration for Unix, Windows, OpenVMS, etc' manual. Page 5-39.


Thanks!

Mickey

FOCUS/WebFOCUS 1990 - 2011
 
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Francis Mariani
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Mickey, thank you! A buried treasure.


Francis


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