file is not visible from the Webfocus DevStudio
we can see the .dat file from UNIX boxes...but cannot see it through the Dev studio...

can someone assist me

Thanks Inadvance...

Cheers,
Rocky

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kerry,

Where is DS are you looking.

Projects on ?? or WebFOCUS Environments ...

Projects on localhost

Right-click on the project and select Properties. Go to the Filters tab and make sure that .dat files are in the list. If not, you can add the type.

BTW, I don't recommend Projects for a UNIX implementation. It writes all the files owned by root. However, if you are doing local deployment on your personal machine, there is no problem.

Ginny,
Thanks
Do you mean IBI demonstartion->right click->properties->edit filters->add new filter type->what should i type there...

On an other note..Can i do it or ask my SME to do it...

Please advice

So you have your files on UNIX and to be able to see the files in DS. Does that mean that the UNIX directory is mapped to the windows PC DS is on ?

The concern is we are not able to view these files from Web focus DevStudio and hence can not update. As the access to the UNIX box in all the three environments has been revoked and we update the files from Web focus Dev Studio.please let us know how we can update the same from Web Focus Dev Studio.


But i have access to UNIX boxes...i can see them ...But from Dev Studio...
I cannot...

As per Ginny...
I think i have to add the file type...

But i donno whats next...
As i am new to Webfocus...I need the basics...

I am sorry....
Its clear now...
under
WebFOCUS Environments -> Stage -> Data Servers -> EDASERVE -> Applications -> xebwbf(Application name)...
we dont see the .dat file....
we can see it in UNIX boxes but we could not view the file in Dev studio...
Pls advice...
Thanks in advance

Rocky, under xebwbf there should be several folders, one of them should be Other, the dat file should be in there.

Exactly Waz...
But unfortunately we dont see .dat file under OTHERS....

thats the issue we are trying to figure out...

Can you tell me how....
we can copy that .dat file from unix box to dev studio.....
so that developers can edist the .dat file accordingly

Rocky, what access do you still have ?

For our Unix boxes, we can access via SFTP.

Waz I can ask the unix admin(who has root privilages) to do it.

But can we copy the .dat file from unix boxes to Dev studio.
If yes..
How can we do pls give clear idea..

Thanks allot

YOU DON'T NEED TO COPY "that .dat file from unix box to dev studio" - DEV STUDIO POINTS TO FILES ON THE UNIX BOX. YOU HAVE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF WHY THE .DAT FILES ARE NOT DISPLAYED IN THE "Other" FOLDER.

DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH ANY OTHER KINDS OF FILES? MAS, FEX, STY, HTML, CSS, ETC?

ARE THERE ACTUALLY ANY .DAT FILES IN THE ENVIRONMENT'S APP FOLDER ON THE UNIX SERVER?

Yes all the other files like MAS,STY,ACX are present in this application folders only Dat File is missing...

Yes 100% the dat file is present in UNIX box.
But missing in Dev studio...

If you get desperate enough, you can rename the files as .fex. Dumb solution, but it should work.

dwf,
Please be clear.
As I am new to Webfocus..

Thanks

Please post a sample name of a .dat file on the UNIX server.

rptfield.dat
this one is the one which we can see in STG env dev studio and UNIX box as well...

Please provide the name of a dat file that you CANNOT see in Dev Studio!

The same file rptfield.dat..

This is the one we cannot see in all the three env in Dev Studio UNTIL YESTERDAY NIGHT..

Suddenly...
We started seeing the above file in STG env but cannot see in Dev studio for other ENVs

I like where you are going Francis

FYI, we had a file created in Unix that you could see in the Unix file system, but could not from windows, as the file name had a '\' in the name.

Waz,
pls be clear

An app in one of our unix environments created a file which had a backslash in the name. You could not see from DS.

I just tested it again, the filename was "bad\file.dat"

Perhaps there is an issue with the file name ?

Just a very stupid question, but maybe it helps.
Have you looked at the file permissions on the unix box?
Is there a difference in the permission between the file that you can see and the file that you can't see? (ls -al will show you)
If they are set in such a way that the file is not visible from the outside world, then DS will not see it. Well, it's not DS of course, since that product does not have direct access to the machine, but the filelist is built by the unix counterpart of DS (Webserver, app server or EDA server).

Ya...
I checked it..
No use...
Any how thanks you all for helping me out...
We are taking thsi issue to IBI...

Thanks once again