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Carol Dobson
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Hi everyone,

Does Dialogue Manager have a continuation character if the code spans more than one line?

In the old days :-) you just needed the dash on the first line and the code could span several lines. I'm seeing with WF 5.2.4 we need to put the code all on one line which makes it hard to read.

Thanks in advance!
Carol
 
Posts: 428 | Location: Springfield, MA | Registered: May 07, 2003Report This Post
susannah
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Carol, what kind of DM are you having trouble with?
-SET &MYVAR = IF &YOURVAR IS 'FRED' THEN
- 'ETHEL' ELSE IF &YOURVAR IS 'RICKY' THEN
- 'LUCY' ELSE 'LITTLE RICKY';
continuation with - in the first position works for me. if its one long character string, then a pipe at the end of a line following a closing apostrophe.
-SET &HEADER = '.......' |
- '.......' ;
 
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suzy_smith
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Carol

We discovered a discrepancy between running a fex in DevStudio and running it in self-serve.

In DevStudio, WF chokes on continued DM lines.
In self-serve, it interprets them just fine.

Suzy
 
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Carol Dobson
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Hi Susannah!
What's happening is DM code that's always worked in the past for some folks needs to be on one line but only for certain folks so I think it could be installation specific. When I run your code it doesn't get past the first line with servlet and cgi. echo....

-SET &MYVAR = IF ETHEL IS 'FRED' THEN
ERROR AT OR NEAR LINE 12 IN PROCEDURE _ADHOCRQFOCEXEC *
(FOC266) IF .. THEN .. ELSE .. SYNTAX ERROR

Cute test case! I was hoping IBI came up with a continuation character for Dialogue Manager that I wasn't aware of. The workaround is putting it all on one line.

Thanks.
 
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Carol Dobson
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suzy_smith -

We are running from Dev Studio where we Develop. Hopefully this is fixed in the later releases.
Just wondering what release you are on.

Thanks!
 
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suzy_smith
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Hi Carol

We came into WebFOCUS using Servlet and have always noticed this problem (I think). Started at 5.2.1 and are now on 5.3.2--waiting for 7.1.1, which I hear will be out at the end of October.

FOCUS for decades. WebFOCUS has been a "challenge".

Total UNIX environment, with only DevStudio on Windows.

You should probably put in a case about this. We just gave up and coded the way the beast wanted it.

Suzy
 
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Carol Dobson
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Just opened a case with IB, we'll see what happens. Thanks again!
 
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suzy_smith
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Let us know what you find out!
 
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<Richard Olson>
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Not having any problem with the old style dm continuation on Dev. Studio 534 and WF Client 534.
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Carol Dobson
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Here's an update. Opened a case with IB and this is a known bug in 5.2.4, said it's a problem with the Communication layer between the Web Server and the Reporting Server.

In Dev Studio, I use EDIT as TEXT, make my changes and RUN the program. IB said if I highlight the program and run it, it works fine. Suzy, that's probably why it chokes for you in Dev Studio and not Self Serve.

Thanks all!
 
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suzy_smith
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Thanks very much, Carol.

Did IBI happen say what version this would be fixed in? We have quite a delay in saving files from DevStudio to our unix system, so needing to save and close with every edit would only lengthen that delay.

Suzy
 
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Carol Dobson
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Sorry Suzy, I typed this in wrong. WF Dev Studio chokes if you're in EDIT as Text and try to run the program just as you experienced. If I just run the program (not from Edit as text) it works.
They said it was broken in 5.2.4, later fixed in 5.2x and later broke again in 5.3x Supposed to be fixed in 7.1

For us it's not a show stopper, we can string the DM command on one line for now, it's just frustrating. Thanks!
 
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