Carl,
Thanks for all the help and the emails. I will give this a try.
Thanks!!!
Mark
Thanks for all the help and the emails. I will give this a try.
Thanks!!!
Mark
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Peterson" <cpeterson@...> wrote:
>
> There are several ways to run a Progress program from a V8 menu.
>
> You will need to know the paths of the following - assuming usually
Progress
> 101b
>
> Progress:
>
> \\servername\epicor\oe101b\bin\prowin32.exe
> <file:///\\servername\epicor\oe101b\bin\prowin32.exe>
>
> MFGSYS.pf file (parameter file for connecting to your database)
>
> \\servername\epicor\mfgsys803\server\config\mfgsys.pf
>
> Example of a pf file -
>
> -Mm 4096 -mmax 65534 -Bt 5000 -s 215 -yy 1970 -stsh 31 -inp 32000 -
tok 4000
> -TB 31 -TM 32 -D 500 -l 1000 -ttmarshal 5
> -T c:\epicor\oe101b_wrk
> -db c:\epicor\mfgsys803\db\mfgsys
> -cpinternal utf-8 -cpstream utf-8 -cprcodein utf-8
>
> Program path - Example:
>
> \\servername\emods\part\serialinquiry.w
> <file:///\\servername\emods\part\serialinquiry.w>
>
> Menu maintenance:
>
> Main Menu -> System Management -> Utilities -> Menu Maintenance
>
> In menu maintenance, you need to add a menu (File, New),
>
> In addition to setting up the Menu ID, Menu Name, Security ID,
Order Seq,
> you need to set the Program Type to External Process and the Icon
to None.
>
> You will but in your startup parameters in the Program area and you
can test
> your code with the Test Button
>
> Listed below is an Example a startup in the program code
>
> \\servername\epicor\oe101b\bin\prowin32.exe
> <file:///\\servername\epicor\oe101b\bin\prowin32.exe> -pf
> \\servername\epicor\mfgsys803\config\mfgsys.pf
> <file:///\\servername\epicor\mfgsys803\config\mfgsys.pf%20-p%20
\servername\e
> mods\part\serialinquiry.w> -p
\servername\emods\part\serialinquiry.w -U
> sysprogress -P sysprogress
>
> The -p is the program name
> The -U and -P are used for security - may not be needed
>
> You could but all the code in a bat file
(\\servername\emods\prgm.bat
> <file:///\\servername\emods\prgm.bat> ) but you will get a black
screen
> (flash) before the program starts
>
> I have also combined the pf and program info together as a custom
pf file -
> prgm-serial.pf and then started as
>
> \\servername\epicor\oe101b\bin\prowin32.exe
> <file:///\\servername\epicor\oe101b\bin\prowin32.exe> -pf
> \\servername\emods\prgm-serial.pf
> <file:///\\servername\emods\prgm-serial.pf>
>
> As you can see, you need to understand Progress and there are a lot
of ways
> to Get it Done!
>
> You could also put the above information in a Desktop Shortcut
Icon.
>
> Carl Peterson
> cpeterson@...
> www.cpeterson@...
> 1-734-453=3101
>
>
>
>
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of
> Charlie Wilson
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 7:31 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] Call Progress Program From V8 Menu
>
> Do you put all this in a Batch file and run it?
>
> _____
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%
40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> Behalf Of
> Carl Peterson
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 8:54 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] Call Progress Program From V8 Menu
>
> You can also call a Progress program from an icon on your desktop -
that
> would connect to your database and execute the program.
>
> This works well if you want to run the program from your desk top.
>
> Create a shortcut and then put the progress, db, and program name
in the
> properties
>
> An example
>
> \\server\epicor\oe101b\bin\prowin32.exe
> <file:/// <file:///\\> <file:/// <file:///\\> \\>
> \\server\epicor\oe101b\bin\prowin32.exe> -db
> \\server\epicor\train803\db\mfgsys
> <file:/// <file:///\\> <file:/// <file:///\\> \\>
> \\server\epicor\train803\db\mfgsys> -H nexus -S 8310
> -N TCP -p
> \\server\emods\program-name.p <file:/// <file:///\\> <file:///
<file:///\\>
> \\>
> \\server\emods\program-name.p> -U
> sysprogress -P sysprogress
>
> -H is your host name - usually your server name
> -S is your database port number
> -N is your network - usually always TCP
> -p is your Progress program name -
>
> Carl Peterson
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> .com
> [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%
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> Behalf Of
> markewhittaker
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 8:31 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> .com
> Subject: [Vantage] Call Progress Program From V8 Menu
>
> Has anyone figured out a way to run a Progress program from V8? I
have
> a couple of programs that I did in 6.1 that I was able to add to
the
> menu and allow users to run them, but I can't get it to work with
V8.
> Spoke to Epicor and they said there was no way to do it. I just
> wondered if anyone here had found a way to make it happen.
>
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