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I read a post from 2018 that listed Gold key alternatives to the + key on the numeric keypad for laptops that don't have a numeric keypad. We are a Windows shop and use a slightly modified version of the MSWINX keyboard table in the USYS library. A suggested alternative was ctrl+shift+F1 which is coded as ^131^101 ^GOLD in the keyboard table. However, this does not work; it pops up a Windows "Search for apps, settings, and documents" window. Another suggestion was ctrl+shift+G (coded as ^131G ^GOLD in the table). This works in the runtime environment but not in the IDE. Looking for solutions to this issue. Thank you in advance for your help.------------------------------James MitchellState of OregonSalem OR US------------------------------

Hi all, yesterday I send a Problem at support@rocketsoftware.com but there is no new case opend. Is there a Problem with the support email address? Regards Norbert------------------------------Norbert LauterbachInfraserv Gmbh & Co. Höchst KgFrankfurt DE------------------------------

WE have just upgraded to Uniface 10.4.02.052 and when we display forms with data which has underscores in them in editboxes we cannot see the underscores when displaying data. These same screens displayed correctly in uniface 10.3. When you zoom into these editboxes you can see the underscores. On the same screen i have a unifield painted and it displays underscores correctly.------------------------------Marcus ThorpeDepartment of Education & Training------------------------------

Im wondering how it is possible to have the text of an error or informational message using the 'message' keyword or 'askmess' keyword be controlled by variables and not literal text.  We have a need where the contents of the message could change based on location of a file, for instance.  Consider the following example of what I would like to be able to do.  We would use the message in s_log_text to both display a message on the screen to the user, as well as write the text to a log file. s_log_text = "File '%%s_filename%%%' saved successfully."message/info s_log_textactivate "sl_logfile".o_write(s_log_text, s_log_filename) Right now, if I were to execute this, the message box appears blank.  The only way I can seem to get this to work so far is to type out the text literally between double quotes, duplicating what is in s_log_text, with possible inconsistencies.  Is it possible to do what I want above?------------------------------Tim ColvinSmyth Retail Systems Inc.Alliance OH US---

We have an issue where the column sizes of grids don't store in the registry.  The keep layout is set to default, and the storage is set to component. The grid layout is set ON. I have recently found an updated .ini setting in LAYOUT SaveContainedForm and I have set that to on.  We do have some fields painted which are for data storage, rather than display, so they are set to hidden and then the whole column is hidden using $columnsyntax as part of the initialisation routine. I seem to recall something about this preventing column sizes of the other fields being stored. Is that still the case?  We did have a home grown function in 'column_resized' and 'viewport_resized' to store the layout in a separate registry key if the columns were hidden (using the 'VISIBLE' grid property), but we were informed it was likely the cause of crashes, so it's been edited out. So, is there a good method of getting the system to store the column sizes of the visible columns of a grid widget where (for UI

Hi All,We recently upgraded our primary contract management system to a new version running on Uniface 10.3.2.4. We have been live since the 23rd July and have seen a huge increase in the number of Uniface sessions which are hanging/crashing on the Windows servers.Server SpecWindows 20198CPU, 20Gb RamOracle Client 19c 32BitUniface 10.3.2.4Application distributed via CitrixDB Repository is Oracle 19c on Solaris 11User sessions run 'ok' but many people see session freezes and some see crashes. On the servers we are seeing MiniDump files being created for some users. The dump files can be huge and often fill the local drives meaning a constant battle to keep the servers running.on server 1 there is 149 since go liveon server 2 there is 168 since go liveon server 3 there is 156 since go liveExample dumpsThis far we have not been able to pinpoint the issue and we are running our of alternative methods to trace/debug it. Are there any Uniface tools or other tools that we could use to better

Hello, We have several clients who run Uniface 9 on Uniface Anywhere without any issues. All of the working environments are using either Windows Server 2012 R2 or 2016. However, a new client of ours has requested that we run it on Windows Server 2019. When running the Uniface application on the server, it works fine. But when using Uniface Anywhere, the GOLD KEY does not function properly. We have set the $SWAP_GOLD_PROFILE in the ASN file. Here are the issues we are encountering: Typing "*" (Shift + 8) results in only "*" being displayed. Typing "*" (from the numeric keypad) results in "GOLD*" (which is the only correct behavior). Typing ">" (Shift + .) results in only ">" being displayed. Typing "=" results in "=" only. This happens even when using the same ASN file both locally and in the Uniface Anywhere application. Could this be related to Windows Server 2019? Any help would be greatly appreciated. ------------------------------Nelson ToledoUniface DeveloperRocket Forum

In Uniface 9 and prior, when developing the presentation of a form, there were two settings under the View Menu, Lock Component Position and Lock Component Size.  Im trying to find those same settings in the IDF of Uniface 10.  Can anyone provide guidance as to where the equivalent settings are in Uniface 10?------------------------------Tim ColvinSmyth Retail Systems Inc.Alliance OH US------------------------------

Hi there,Did someone already tackled this problem?The onBlur trigger does not get fired on my dsp. At first I tread the onChange trigger but that a bit to trigger happy, so I tried the onBLur trigger as suggested but now it does not fire at all."The onChange trigger may be fired more than once for the Datepicker widget, or any native HTML5 controls, such as for Time, Datetime-Local, Week, Month, which are mapped to the Uniface physical widget htmlinput with html:type set to date. The user interface used by the browser to display the date picker determines when the onChange trigger is fired. For example, in Chrome and Firefox, the onChange trigger is fired every time a day, month, or year is changed, whereas in Edge, it is fired only when the check box is clicked. Tip: If you want to get the Datepicker value that was changed by the user, use the onBlur trigger rather than the onChange trigger."------------------------------Erik SpaltmanWaternetAmsterdam NL------------------------------

Hello, We are planning to move from Uniface 9.6 to 10.  Is there a sales rep I can call in the UK, or do I have to call USA? ------------------------------Stanley OdukoyaSoftware EngineerRocket Forum Shared Account------------------------------

Hello, we use a list as an input parameter (type string) to call a function in Postgre via SSP. While testing I found out that the list has a length limit of 254 characters. If I call the function direct in pgAdmin much longer strings can used as parameter. Is this this a known limitation? Is there a setting to raise this limit? TiA! Kind regards Reinhard Lechner UnifAce developer CAL Consult GmbHNuremberg, Germany------------------------------Reinhard LechnerCAL Consult GmbhNürnberg DE------------------------------

Hello, We have several clients who run Uniface 9 on Uniface Anywhere without any issues. All of the working environments are using either Windows Server 2012 R2 or 2016. However, a new client of ours has requested that we run it on Windows Server 2019. When running the Uniface application on the server, it works fine. But when using Uniface Anywhere, the GOLD KEY does not function properly. We have set the $SWAP_GOLD_PROFILE in the ASN file. Here are the issues we are encountering: Typing "" (Shift + 8) results in only "" being displayed. Typing "" (from the numeric keypad) results in "GOLD" (which is the only correct behavior). Typing ">" (Shift + .) results in only ">" being displayed. Typing "=" results in ">" being displayed, followed by "=". This happens even when using the same ASN file both locally and in the Uniface Anywhere application. Could this be related to Windows Server 2019? Any help would be greatly appreciated.------------------------------Nelson ToledoUnif

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Hi guys, how to search in the IDE Editor for an expression that spans over 2 Lines of Code? Regards  Norbert------------------------------Norbert LauterbachInfraserv Gmbh & Co. Höchst KgFrankfurt DE------------------------------

I have a customer asking about support for .NET.  Is there any impact to Uniface 9.7.05 if he upgrades to the latest framework?  ------------------------------Joanne DeTurkSoftware ManagerMirion Technologies (Canberra), Inc.------------------------------

Hi,below a letter sent to a customer. I'm intrested in your opinions of which Sql Server ODBC client to use? In this scenario the database access is done directly from the client pc to the database, eg. no application-server used and Uniface9 is used. The letter isn't perhaps expressed by the best possible english (fast translation :-). The different versions of the Sql clients are a jungle. If Uniface isn't used as a Remote application, e.g. by Uniface Anywhere, the Sql client must be on the user's PC, as it is in your situation. In general, we use the so-called "SQL Server" (SQLSRV32) which is included in the "Windows Data Access Components" library and is therefore already installed on the user's PC. This is the version that users of your XXXXX-system now use and it usually works well. The good thing here is that there is no need to do any installation on the user's machine, especially if the actual ODBC source is defined as a file on the file server. There are faster/more advanc

Hi,Is it possible to see before installation, which version of VC++ redistributable is installed with a Uniface distribution, using eg. swinuf10403004w32.exe to install/update Uniface?------------------------------Roger WallinAbilita Oy------------------------------

Here is a bit of code I have been playing with:- Background: Version 10.04.03 has deprecated the command scan and it has been superseeded with $scan. The $scan command can be used within an if condition. This may help with the deprecated scan problem.  It may need tweaking for various situations.  It should speed up the clean-up process. Old code:    scan MyVariable.MyEntity, "IceCream"   if ($result!=0) ; did you find it New Code:      if ($scan( MyVariable.MyEntity, "IceCream")!=0) ; did you find it How to convert: copy the code somehow into notepad++.  Best to export the code to xml and open the xml document in notepad++. Do search replace(ctrl-H) and select the radio button regular expression: Find: [^$]scan(.*)\\r\\n(.*)(\\$result)(.*) Replace: \\2\\$scan\\((\\1)\\)\\4) Best to play around with it, but it may be of use.  ------------------------------Osman ShariffFreelance Uniface Consultant - FrancePrivate message me if you need help with a projectEnglish, French, German---

We're attempting to set a timeout on HTTP requests by using the SET_TIMEOUT command. The documentation states that the -12 status means "An internal error occurred", which doesn't really lend any insight to what the issue might be.  What would cause this sort of error that would cause a timeout not to be set correctly, outside of an incorrect time format (which is a -13 status)?  Is there additional logging that I can put in place that would show me more detail or give me an indication of where to look next? Having said that, is there a better way to make sure that a HTTP request doesn't run infinitely or using SET_TIMEOUT the right approach?------------------------------Tim ColvinSmyth Retail Systems Inc.Alliance OH US------------------------------

Hi, does anyone know or have experience with upgrading just the tomcat version in the Uniface installation ? We have the upgrade to Uniface 10.4.03.x  (coming from 10.4.02.43) in the pipeline, but it takes a while from installing  it till getting it  installed  for our Customers. Would it be possible to upgrade just the Tomcat version from Tomcat 9.0.43  to Tomcat 9.0.97 or Tomcat 10.x ? Tnx in advance ! Wim------------------------------Wim van EupenXperthis NVMechelen BE------------------------------

Hello, we use a list as an input parameter (type string) to call a function in Postgre via SSP. While testing I found out that the list has a length limit of 254 characters. If I call the function direct in pgAdmin much longer strings can used as parameter. Is this this a known limitation? Is there a setting to raise this limit? TiA! Kind regards Reinhard Lechner UnifAce developer CAL Consult GmbHNuremberg, Germany------------------------------Reinhard LechnerCAL Consult GmbhNürnberg DE------------------------------

Hello Uniface Community ! Has anyone ever worked on an interface between Uniface and graphical visualisations in powerBI?What would be the most 'integrated' technique for displaying user-selected data on Uniface screens in PowerBi graphics?thank you for your help ! Daniel ------------------------------Daniel CaberoLead of IT R&D LideaLIDEA FranceMONDONVILLE FR------------------------------

I looked this up in the tutorials, but it only explains how to create an entity in a project.  Since projects are new for us legacy users, how do I create an entity outside of a project?  ( am trying to access the documentation website but right now having issues with my credentials). Thanks!------------------------------Joanne DeTurkSoftware ManagerMirion Technologies (Canberra), Inc.------------------------------

We have certain entities that we use like templates - all the code we need is in the entity. In the past, I could remove unused procs in the entity, once it was painted on the form. I did that in 10.4.2 and ACK - I actually removed it from the ENTITY.  Not what I wanted to do. What is the recommended approach for using entites that have code that you may wish to override?------------------------------Joanne DeTurkSoftware ManagerMirion Technologies (Canberra), Inc.------------------------------

Hi, I'm still pretty new in Uniface coding and I don't reach to solve a problem that is maybe really simple. I have an editboxlong field defined in several forms, sometimes in grids, sometimes not. For one of these grids which is a search form, I need to change the behaviour of the field so that once a have type a value in it and pressed the enter button, I start a trigger instead of going on a new line.I thought I could do it with $properties("fieldname") =  "multiline=false" in the a sub_entry in the exec operation of the form but unfortunately, the behaviour remains the same : the cursor goes on a new line instead of having the search launched. Of ourse, I could go in the property window of the field in the form and uncheck the checkbox of the multiline property. But actually, I'm looking for a standard solution for all search forms that is applied in the coding. Does anybody has an idea of why the behaviour doesn't change and what I could do to et the expected result? Thanks in ad