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DB2Excel

Hi guys,
I tried to create a program that will generate code that will export table contents to excel
and wanted other people to test my project. (P.S. Please excuse my coding, I'm just a starter with progress :}).

This program is created using Openedge 10.1B and tested using Microsoft Excel 2007
DB2Excel is a program that automatically generates code for importing data to excel.

Step 1: db2Excel Collects tables from the database and makes them available for selection.
(if needed for schema preview, you can edit the source code to view system tables)


please disallow comments on issues

On an "issue" page (like this one) you can add "comments" and also "follow-ups". That is confusing and has always been an annoyance to me. I would like to disallow comments, and keep follow-ups as the only way to discuss an issue. Having both comments and follow-ups confuses me primarily because they are not displayed ordered by datetime.

I can easily fix that and have actually tried that already, but the problem is that when I switch comments off, the existing comments (on existing issues) are not displayed anymore.


OO classes in subversion

I've just uploaded the OO class stuff into subversion, so all the changes and enhancements that are coming can be integrated ;)

The subversion link is svn://oehive.org/oosockets/trunk

Let's see all those updates ...


OO Sockets in OpenEdge

A set of classes and programs to allow you to use client and server sockets in the Openedge ABL


4GL PUB/SUB across boundaries

I saw the other day that Progress have a basic 4GL messaging server in their road map. I also saw that they are acquiring IONA technologies (http://www.progress.com/news/working-together/index.ssp), which (amongst other things) have a product (http://open.iona.com/products/enterprise-activemq) that uses Apache ActiveMQ as a messaging server.

Now, who's going to take bets on what is going to form the basis of the 4GL messaging server ? Iona (Apache ActiveMQ) or Sonic ?

We'll just have to wait and see.


Blood, sweat and oo tears

Man. What a day. I made the stupid mistake of crowing about how I'd written a OO class to use sockets, and how I could post the code. Well, I did have the code, but thought that it would be a good idea to add XML as a messaging type.

Yikes. That was not such a good thing :)

However, it's all done now, and you can download and play from http://www.oehive.org/node/1205.


OO Socket Sample Code

Using sockets with the 4gl and classes is an "interesting" exercise. This book contains examples of how to use classes and sockets for a client and server system. There are examples of how to use the client to connect to a web page and download the source. There is also a client / server system that uses XML to pass messages between the server and clients.

General Principles


No-focus bug vs feature

Prior to OpenEdge 10.1, when you click a no-focus, flat button in a window the window does not get focus. It's z-order among other windows is unchanged.

In 10.1A this feature (Progress calls it a bug) is fixed. Clicking a no-focus button now sets the focus to the window containing the button.

I'm looking for a way to get the old behaviour back.


Create Content

To create content on the OpenEdge Hive, you must decide both what type of content you want to create and to which group or groups you want the content to belong. The various types of content are described here. All Hive content must belong to at least one group and the group should be chosen so that people subscribed to that group will find your content relevant to their interest area. You must be subscribed to a group in order to add content to that group.


author and datetime not displayed on many pages

Many pages, like for example http://www.oehive.org/node/947 do not show who the author is and when the page was created. This is probably just some content-type specific configuration setting somewhere...


Major Drupal Upgrade

Today and tomorrow (December 28-29) we are doing a major Drupal upgrade. We hope you like the changes! Please let us know if you find anything that is no longer working.


WAIT-FOR CLOSE (execute window and wait until it has finished)

Hi,

I'm work with Progress Openedge 10.1A.

To mimic a Modal call i'm run a persisten window and put sensitive = false the source window.

For example:

def var h_container as handle no-undo.
def var h_window as handle no-undo.

h_container = current-window.

h_container:sensitive = false.

run window.w persistent set h_window.
run inicializeObject.
wait-for close for h_window.

h_container:sensitive = true.


OpenEdge 10.1B03 Development Tools Source Code

OpenEdge 10.1B03 Development Tools Source Code


The Hive will be upgrading!

Our hosting service (WestHost) is putting us into the beta for a major service upgrade.

It is estimated that oehive.org will be upgraded on Thursday, November 15.


Forums to email gateway

It looks like the forums to email gateway has been broken for a little while. It's fixed now. Sorry if anybody was tripped up by it. I think most people post to the forums with the web interface rather than by email anyway.

The gateway (the 'og2list' Drupal module) is rather experimental for us, but we hope that it will become stable and reliable over time.


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