If I create any procedure containing the character string %u, the procedure will refuse to save:

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
CAR
MODEL
BODYTYPE
SALES
WHERE MODEL LIKE '%u';
END

Try to save and you get "Unable to save file IBFS://blah/blah/blah/wildcard.fex"


Any idea why this is and if there is a workaround? I'm using version 7.14

I tried to save it on my DevStudio 7.1.6 it worked.

I tried it in 7.1.6 MRE and it worked, but it doesn't work in 5.3.6 MRE. I have Java 1.6.1 installed as the Java 1.5..9 would not allow report caster to run under 5.3.6, go figure.

In 7.1.3, I don't even get an error message...the combination of '%u' wipes out all code in the fex.

Kevin

Furthermore,

It happens in every editing tool in Dev Studio including Notepad. Notepad works fine outside of the Dev Studio environment, but trying to save a fex to a Reporting Server with Notepad from Dev Studio gives the same behavior...contents of fex are wiped out!!!

quote:

I tried to save it on my DevStudio 7.1.6 it worked.

Thanks. I'll see what we have available to upgrade to.

I upgraded Developer Studio to 7.61 and I am still getting the error. I'm guessing this is caused by the WebFocus server (which is still on either 7.14 or 7.16) and not the Developer Studio client as I initially thought. I guess I'll have to wait until our sysadmin has a chance to upgrade.

have you tried using the pipe, which is the escape character for the & ?
&|U
or, the unicode value of the & sign, which you can google.

This is another example of why C++ is such a dangerous language to write applications in.

%u is a formatting character that can be embedded in a stream write function (eg printf) to expect a unformatted int as part of the argument. The wf code is not providing it hence the write fails.

btw This is a standard method your C++ code can be hacked!