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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:*OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:IOSG::PYE
Created:Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4343
Total number of notes:18308

4311.0. "problem with document conversion" by HGOVC::PETELAM () Mon Jul 04 1994 09:09

    Hi,
    
    This is a problem of document conversion:
    
    Customer complains that when they run a script written by themselves,
    they have the ACCVIO.
    
    I have traced their script and now I can have a simpler version of the 
    problem:
    
    1. use WP DT RV to include a document created by WordPerfect
    2. use WP DT SV to transfer the file to VMS with extension .TXT, ACCVIO
       happened. It is OK if the extension is .WPL.
    
    Even though COPYing a WordPerfect to a text file makes no sense, but
    the customer insists that ACCVIO should not happened.
    
    Is it a problem in OA$String.b32 ?
    
    
    Thanks for any advice
    
    Pete
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4311.1Versions?IOSG::NEWLANDRichard Newland, IOSG, REO2-G/L2Mon Jul 04 1994 15:178
What version of ALL-IN-1 is being used?

Is the WordPerfect integration installed, and if so what version?

Does this happen for nay WordPerfect document, of just one document?


Richard
4311.2more infoHGOVC::PETELAMTue Jul 05 1994 07:3231
    >What version of ALL-IN-1 is being used?
    
    The simulation model is v3.0 in my office.
    
    >Is the WordPerfect integration installed, and if so what version?
    
    no, they are using their own application on PC which can have any file
    in DOS level attached. The version of WordPerfect is v5.1.
    
    The connection between PC and VMS is also their own application.
    
    >Does this happen for nay WordPerfect document, of just one document?
    
    not happen to every document, but it happened several times.
    
    
    here is the elaboration of the case:
    
    The application on PC can define the type of attachment. If they define 
    the WPerfect doc as FOREIGN (i.e., binary), no described problem
    happens. However, some users used TXT by mistake, that means when the 
    WPerfect sent to VMS, it is corrupted somehow. (Because WPerfect for 
    VMS cannot read these document)
    
    Now the customer insists that their jobs are in batch and they don't
    want to see ACCVIO even though their users have made some mistakes.
    
    Do you have any comment on this ?
    
    Thanks again
    Pete 
4311.3More informationIOSG::NEWLANDRichard Newland, IOSG, REO2-G/L2Tue Jul 05 1994 14:304
Please provide a pointer to the file, and the exact steps used to transfer 
the file into ALL-IN-1 and the options then performed on the file.

Richard
4311.4HGOVC::PETELAMWed Jul 06 1994 08:0115
    file:
    
    hgovc::00005350.ATT;1
    
    To produce the ACCVIO:
    
    1. WP DT RV then type [dir]00005350.ATT
    2. WP DT SV then type [dir]aaa.txt
                                   ^^^
                                   if this is WPL, then no ACCVIO problem
    
	
    Cheers
    Pete
    
4311.5My resultsIOSG::NEWLANDRichard Newland, IOSG, REO2-G/L2Wed Jul 06 1994 14:4953
I tried the following using ALL-IN-1 V3.1.


Set Working Conditions  Edit style: WPSPLUS

DT RV your file, which created a document with a WPSPLUS Data type

DT SV to a .TXT file

  The error message 

	%OA-E-NOCOPY, Problem with COPY function - file "W4311.TXT"
	 -RMS-F-RSZ, invalid record size

   was displayed, but it appears that virtual memory is also corrupted 
   because repeating the operation results in LIB$FREE_VM failures, and 
   eventually an ACCVIO.

DT SV to a .WPL file

   The output file was created, but this is what I would expect because a 
   conversion from WPS-PLUS to WPS-PLUS is being requested and therefore
   ALL-IN-1 just does a block mode copy.



Set Working Conditions  Edit style: EDT

DT RV your file, which created a document with a ASCII Data type

DT SV to a .TXT file

   The output file was created, but this is what I would expect because a 
   conversion from ASCII to ASCII is being requested and therefore ALL-IN-1
   just does a block mode copy.

DT SV to a .WPL file

   The output file was created.



There does seem to be a problem in the record mode action routines of
either the WPS-PLUS or ASCII text datasets.  Please submit an SPR.



A possible work around could be for the customer's script to examine the
file type of the file specification and do record mode copies for supported 
types (for example .TXT and .WPL) and block mode copies for other types.


Richard