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[Vlodik Myslony]

In ProIV version 5 and below it was possible to load lists of functions into dctf.pro for the purpose of having our own export lists and linking into the ProIV Re-Gen or Export functionality.
Does any know how to update the version 6 files containing the lists which can link to the bulk build?

Thanks

[simonc]

A bit late but I had a look at doing this myself (not much useful info though).

I added a list, put a few functions in it and under AIX ran the following command in the software directory :

find . -type f -print | xargs grep 'mylist'

It came back with vipbq01.pro and vipbq02.pro, looks like 01 is the header and 02 is the detail. Unfortunately there appears to be no file def for these files (well not in the bootstraps we have), the Northgate support guys might be able to help.

[DARREN]

A bit late but I had a look at doing this myself (not much useful info though).

I added a list, put a few functions in it and under AIX ran the following command in the software directory :

find . -type f -print | xargs grep 'mylist'

It came back with vipbq01.pro and vipbq02.pro, looks like 01 is the header and 02 is the detail. Unfortunately there appears to be no file def for these files (well not in the bootstraps we have), the Northgate support guys might be able to help.

We have spoken to PROIV about this as we also require the ability to access and process lists. We were informed that the files/tables used in the list processor are also used in other parts of the development tool and as such exposing them in their raw form may lead to integral issues (they are also used for the fragment engine etc.). We understand and accept this and have therefore requested an API into these files so that we may access and create our own lists with out the risk of corrupting the integrity of the files. Will keep you updated.

[CurtisZ]

This is something that my company would be interested in. A couple of our programmers actually created a way to access those files, and they have been exporting their lists in their 5.5 environments and importing them into their 6 environments.

[Papa Lazarou]

There's a published queue file @VBQU1 and some functions for running bulk builds, exports etc.

Have a look at the help file that installs with the client (ProIV_Documentation.chm) and navigate through the topics: Developer > Tool and Utilities > Tool Wrappers.
The queue file and how to use it with the supplied functions are all documented there.

HTH