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moyer1dl
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Hello,

I have been trying to start using parameters in my procedures. I am getting the FOC295 error:

(FOC295) A VALUE IS MISSING FOR: &DATESTATUSCHT

I read one thing that said Parameter Prompting needs to be activated on the reporting server client config.

As of right know I have been told that it cannot be turned on.

I there some kind of workaround for this? Here is my code.
JOIN CLEAR *
DEFINE FILE LCCCCC
END
TABLE FILE LCCCCC
PRINT
PO
FACEAMOUNT AS 'FACE,AMOUNT'
STATUSCODE
ISSUEDATE
BY HIGHEST DATESTATUSCH NOPRINT
WHERE DATESTATUSCH GE '&DATESTATUSCHT.Pleas enter a date (ex. 1990204).';
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM OFF
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
UNITS=IN,




Thanks

Dan

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Danny-SRL
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Dan,

Are you running on a M/F or MRE or a Self-Service App.?


Daniel
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GamP
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There are generally speaking two ways to provide parameter values. The first is indeed by activating the parameter prompting. But since that is not possible or allowed right now, there is only the other way left. And that is by creating a piece of front end code that will ask for parameter values and transport them back to your fex.
Either create your own html file manually or use the html painter built into devstudio to define and handle the fields. Remeber that each html-field will become an &-var in your fex...

Hope this helps ...


GamP
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moyer1dl
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I am running through Dev Studio. I run remotely off the Mainframe and am reporting of off SQl databases. We do not have the MRE. My goal is to start making Self service start up pages to get away from running from the FEXs and have more user input instead of hard coding parameters.

GamP, do you have any samples or links on how to do this in HTML?


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GamP
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You're using DevStudio - so go to your app folder, open the html folder, and create a new html file. Be sure to base this on your fex.
In html painter: create a New Report, place it somewhere on the page, right click on it and say 'Import existing proccedure'. Then select your fex, and basically you're done.

Start playing around with it, it really is a nice tool (for a start).


GamP
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Danny-SRL
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Dan,

If you want to create Web Self-Service apps, I would like to suggest that you take a look at our WrapApp product. Please see our web site.


Daniel
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moyer1dl
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GamP,

I have played around with the HTML editor, but some of Tutorial startup pages I have built utilize the parameter prompting from the FEX.

How is what you are speaking about different.

Dan


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GamP
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The HTML painter utilizes parameter prompting from a fex - meaning that it will read the fex and put any unresolved parameters on the html page as input elements.

Your very first post was about Autoprompting. Which is basically the same only now at runtime, not at development time. If autoprompt is not active, you'll get the error that you experienced. But html painter will still work and will still give you all unresolved &vars as input elemenets.

And, I have to admit, I never even looked at the tutorial....


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