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Mike Honeycutt
Member
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I'm new to Webfocus and want to include
code from another FEX in a Focus program
I'm writing. My sys admin says
the focexecs are stored on a Windows 2003
server and the programs run on a Sun box.

When I tell WF to include the code from
an existing FEX, it says it can't find the
file.

Is there anyway to do this?

Also, I'd like to put a page border around
my report (saved as PDF) and can't find a
way to do this.

Thanks
Mike Honeycutt


WebFocus 7.6.6, Windows
 
Posts: 17 | Registered: September 25, 2007Report This Post
Leah
Virtuoso
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You might try the
-mrnoedit
just before your include so WebFOCUS will resolve at execution time. I've never tried doing a page border. Searches of help text may find it though search the forum on pdf output. I don't have the link handy in my brain. There is some good stuff there.


Leah
 
Posts: 1317 | Location: Council Bluffs, IA | Registered: May 24, 2004Report This Post
<SomeUsr>
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>> My sys admin says the focexecs are stored
>> on a Windows 2003 server and the programs
>> run on a Sun box.

Are you running in a HUB / SUB Setup or is your Sys Admin copying the files between the boxes?
 
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Glenda
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Mike,

I can't help you with your "include" problem, but I put borders around my PDF report like this:

DEFINE FILE CAR
BORDER/A50 = '/eda53/ibi/apps/images/border.gif';
END
-*
TABLE FILE CAR
HEADING
"Border Sample"
" "
PRINT
CAR
BORDER NOPRINT
BY COUNTRY
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM OFF
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
TYPE=REPORT, GRID=OFF, SQUEEZE=ON, $
UNITS=IN, PAGESIZE='Letter', LEFTMARGIN=1.000000, RIGHTMARGIN=0.500000,
ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT, FONT='TIMES', SIZE=12, $
TYPE=HEADING, IMAGE=(BORDER),
POSITION=(-0.900000 -0.250000), SIZE=(8.25 10.75), $
ENDSTYLE
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
END
-EXIT

Of course I use JASC Paint Shop Pro to create the image I want to use, then I save it to my image directory. Just an idea.


Glenda

In FOCUS Since 1990
Production 8.2 Windows
 
Posts: 301 | Location: Galveston, Texas | Registered: July 07, 2004Report This Post
Mike Honeycutt
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Thanks to everyone - I've found tons of good information on this website.

I need to check with our technical people to answer some of the questions you've asked
("HUB / SUB Setup or is your Sys Admin copying the files between the boxes?", do I have access to the "/eda53/ibi/apps/images/" directory).

I'll post a reply if I find a solution.

Mike Honeycutt


WebFocus 7.6.6, Windows
 
Posts: 17 | Registered: September 25, 2007Report This Post
Glenda
Guru
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Mike,

"/eda53/ibi/apps/images" is a directory on my system. You need to find a directory on your system that you have access to and store your images there.

I actually created a folder in "eda53/ibi/apps" called "images" where I store the images that I want to use.

Hope this helps.


Glenda

In FOCUS Since 1990
Production 8.2 Windows
 
Posts: 301 | Location: Galveston, Texas | Registered: July 07, 2004Report This Post
PBrightwell
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About your include issue, if you are using MRE, the included fex needs to be in the same domain as the calling fex and if it is on the server both need to be in baseaps/procedures. You can then use -INCLUDE fex.


Pat
WF 7.6.8, AIX, AS400, NT
AS400 FOCUS, AIX FOCUS,
Oracle, DB2, JDE, Lotus Notes
 
Posts: 755 | Location: TX | Registered: September 25, 2007Report This Post
Mike Honeycutt
Member
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In case it helps someone else, our technical
person found the solution:

-INCLUDE smith:smith/FexToInclude.fex

Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply.

Mike Honeycutt


WebFocus 7.6.6, Windows
 
Posts: 17 | Registered: September 25, 2007Report This Post
Francis Mariani
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Is smith:smith the User ID:Password? Or is it Server:directory?


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

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
 
Posts: 10577 | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Registered: April 27, 2005Report This Post
Mike Honeycutt
Member
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Funny you should ask, because I asked the same thing of our technical people (no reply yet) :-)

"smith" is the username and my password is not used in the command.

Another gotcha with this method - the name of the FEX you are including can't be longer than
six characters (at least on our campus).

junk12.fex works
junk123.fex doesn't work

Mike Honeycutt


WebFocus 7.6.6, Windows
 
Posts: 17 | Registered: September 25, 2007Report This Post
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