Passing the workspace as a parameter: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 14:21, 20 February 2008
Parameter to choose workspace used
Previously in VDF 11.1 I have created and compiled programs on my development machine with local data on drive C:and a workspace called "Garments". When publishing the program for network use, I have passed a parameter to the application "Netgarments" and have had a separate "Netgarments.ws" file which stated that the data path was on drive F: - the network drive. Thus when using the App on the network, users saw data on drive F:
How can I do this with the new workspace system in VDF12.x and beyond?
Changes in the cApplication class
With VDF12 the workspace logic has changed a little. Previously in VDF8.x .. VDF11.x the configuration of your workspace was partly stored in the registry and partly in the .ws file. Now with VDF12.x (and later) the registry settings are gone. The settings are now stored in a .sws file along with one (or more) .ws files.
In order to select the correct .ws file, the cApplication class now has a property called
psAutoOpenWorkspace
and its default is
config.ws
which is the name of the default .ws file. If you want to use your old .ws file, just change the value of that particular property.
The program
the program:
//AB-StoreStart Use dfAllEnt.pkg use DFAbout // #REPLACE CURRENT$WORKSPACE "Training.Mapps121" //default - modified by calling param Register_Object oClientArea // // 1) use package for application workspace Use MyApplication.pkg //Workspc for multico workspace mapps121 // // 2) Set date attributes as needed Set_Date_Attribute sysdate4_State to dftrue Set_Date_Attribute Date4_State to dftrue Set_Date_Attribute epoch_value to 60 // // 3) Application Workspace - help type and name Object oApplication is a cMyApplication End_Object // oApplication //etc
The cApplication subclass
Class MyApplication is a cApplication Procedure OnCreate String sCompanyFolder stemp Programname cmdline sCompanyFolder // get a parameter from the command line! If (sCompanyFolder="") Move "TRAINING" to scompanyfolder //default to traing db if execeuted without param move (uppercase(sCompanyFolder)) to sCompanyFolder Send DoOpenWorkspace (sCompanyFolder -".mApps121") //CURRENT$WORKSPACE Get_Attribute DF_OPEN_PATH to sTemp
//we use a file, REFNUM2, to contain info specific to this company Open refnum2 Move (trim(refnumA2("COMPFOLD"))) to sTemp //function to get a param from the company control file If (sTemp<>sCompanyFolder) Begin Send stop_box ("Company ID mismatch in refnum2 file" * sCompanyFolder * sTemp) Abort //showstopper End Set psCompanyFolder to sCompanyFolder //colour for visual clues Move (trim(refnumA2("COMPCOLR"))) to sTemp Set psCompanyColour to sTemp //Formal Company Name Move (trim(RefNumA2("COMPANY"))) to sTemp Set psCompany to sTemp
//and much much more, you get the picture //....
Set peHelpType to htHtmlHelp // Set pbEnterKeyAsTabKey to True Set psProduct to "KirkNet" Set psProgram to (Module_Name(Self)) Set psHelpFile to ((Module_name(self)) + ".htm") Set pbPreserveEnvironment to False End_Procedure End_Class