Visual LANSA Tips
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| Aug 03, 2016 | All | Using Mircosoft SQL Stored Procedures with
LANSA How to use free format Select SQL to access stored procedures in Microsoft SQL |
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| May 13, 2016 | V14 | How to test your Web Configuration is running Easy ways to test your web site is correctly configured |
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| Apr 1, 2016 | V14 | Steps to enable debugging for
Web in V14 How to enable web debugging in V14 |
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| May 18, 2015 | V12 & V13 SP2 | Guidelines for upgrading Visual LANSA
V12 SP1 to V13 SP2 including the SQL Server Instance Considerations and guidelines for migrating from V12 SP1 with SQL Server 2008 to V13 SP2 with SQL Server 2012. |
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| Apr 14, 2015 | V13 | The 'Enable for Long names' option has moved The option to 'Enable for Long names' is no longer a partion level setting. |
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| Mar 20, 2015 | All | Understanding how DateTime fields work in LANSA Understanding how LANSA treats DateTime fields can explain why they can appear to show incorrect values. |
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| Jan 20, 2015 | V13 SP2 | Digitally signing LANSA application DLLs Suggested process for signing LANSA Application DLLs |
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| Oct 09, 2014 | V13 | LANSA's support for databases in the Microsoft Azure Cloud and how to Shard in LANSA This article is a review of Azure SQL Database |
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| Oct 08, 2014 | V13 SP2 | Using Custom Settings for V13 SP2 Deployments The MSI installation can be customized in V13 SP2 using a set of custom setting options when building the package. |
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| Apr 16, 2014 | V13 SP1 | How to view mapped drives on Windows 8 during Visual LANSA Network Client Installation Unavailable mapped drives on Windows 8 during Visual LANSA Network Client Installation |
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| Oct 04, 2013 | All | Using Kerberos (Windows authentication) with more than one server Specific steps must be taken to configure kerberos on a server which then accesses data/files on another server - also known as multi-hop |
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| Jul 01, 2013 | V13 SP1 | Additional features for Table Layout in V13 SP1 Version 13 introduced Table Layout which represents a new approach to control positioning and resizing. V13 SP1 builds on this base, providing additional features for Table Layout. |
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| Jun 25, 2013 | V13 | Automatic creation of dump files for unhandled exceptions in Visual LANSA V13 In V13, a dump file is automatically created in the event of an unhandled exception occurring in Visual LANSA. |
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| May 14, 2013 | V13 | Always use the short name (Identifier) when plugging components into the Visual LANSA Framework Why you must always use the Identifier when specifying which component or function to use as filters, command handlers and imbedded interface points in V13 |
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| Apr 24, 2013 | EPC970 | VLF-Web page source on mobile devices What to setup in order to view VLF-Web source code on mobile devices |
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| Apr 17, 2013 | All | How to prefill a user in the Visual LANSA Framework Web login dialog Steps to change the prefilled username to something else or blanks in the Visual LANSA Framework signon dialog |
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| Apr 17, 2013 | All | Setting up Visual LANSA Framework Web configuration for cross browsers support Steps to setup the Visual LANSA Framework for cross-browsers support |
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| Apr 11, 2013 | V13 | Understanding DirectX Styles in Visual LANSA applications Information regarding the implementation of Styles in DirectX in Visual LANSA applications |
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| Mar 05, 2013 | V13 | Adopting DirectX in Visual LANSA applications Information regarding the implementation of DirectX in Visual LANSA applications |
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| Feb 13, 2013 | V13 | Understanding the Tree User Design Control in Visual LANSA V13 An example of the Tree User Design Control usage in Visual LANSA V13 |
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| Jan 31, 2013 | V13 | Understanding Carousel and User Designed Controls in Visual LANSA V13 An example of Carousel and User Designed Controls usage in Visual LANSA V13 |
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| Jan 31, 2013 | V13 | PNG images in LANSA V13 PNG images can be used in Visual LANSA V13. The PNG images used in the Visual LANSA IDE are available on request. |
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| Jun 13, 2012 | V11 SP5 | How to ensure a particular row stays at the bottom of a grid/list during sort One method for ensuring a particular row (i.e. Totals Row) stays at the bottom of a grid, while other rows can be sorted. |
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| Nov 12, 2011 | V11 SP5 | Guide to configuring an Oracle database for a LANSA installation A guide to the configuration of an Oracle database for use by a Visual LANSA installation (either development or production). |
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| Sep 23, 2011 | V11 & V12 | Search/Highlight Audit Stamps in RDML source code How to search and highlight specific lines of code based on the Audit Stamp. |
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| Jul 02, 2011 | V12 | Adding shortcuts to the desktop with a Deployment Tool Package How to use After-Install Commands to add your own shortcuts to the Desktop. |
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| May 30, 2011 | V11 & V12 | Technique to prevent long running process windows from being "ghosted" A technique to prevent long running forms/processes from being 'ghosted' by Windows and marked as not responding. |
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| Feb 08, 2011 | V12 | Why are my repository objects greyed out? Status of Objects in the Repository can now be easily distinguished based on their colour/highlighting |
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| Aug 12, 2010 | V12 | How to establish that you are using SSL in your V12 Client/Server connection Test to determine that you are using SSL for your connections after enabling SSL for Client/Server connections. |
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| Jul 29, 2010 | V12 | Trapping and handling Active-X Exceptions at runtime Active-X Exception Handling now traps failed HRESULT values in Visual LANSA at runtime so that they do not cause application failures. |
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| Jul 09, 2010 | V12 | Customise the "Enter" Key in to not behave like a tab key by default How to change the default behavior of the numeric "Enter" key to behave either as a Tab or Enter key. |
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| Apr 15, 2010 | All | Why are the generate XSL options greyed out? Compiling WAMs using the right-click menu may cause the XSL generation options to be greyed out. |
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| Jan 20, 2010 | V11 & V12 | Steps to migrate your database from ASA to SQL Server 2008 Express Steps to migrate your development database from V11 and ASA to V12 and SQL Server 2008 Express |
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| Jan 05, 2010 | RAMP-TS host added as a Trusted Site when executing in End User mode If a RAMP-TS application can be executed in Designer mode but failed in an End User mode with errors, you need to add your host into trusted sites list to execute it Effects: Visual LANSA Framework & RAMP TS |
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| Dec 21, 2009 | Using the deployment tool to export object source and all its dependent objects It is possible to use the Deployment Tool to make sure all objects are included |
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| Dec 08, 2009 | V11 SP5 | Enabling custom End User tracing in your application How make use of a Visual LANSA tracing feature in RDMLX applications |
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| Sep 02, 2009 | V11 SP5 | How to create a tree view with a different background color for each level Sample code to create a tree view with a different background colour for each level |
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| Aug 01, 2009 | All | Planned Support of Windows Server 2008 R2 by LANSA LANSA support for Windows Server 2008 R2 |
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| Aug 01, 2009 | All | Planned support of Windows 7 by LANSA LANSA support for Windows 7 |
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| Jun 30, 2009 | Using Command Handlers to do simple prompts How to use Command Handlers as prompting assistants in the Visual LANSA Framework Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| May 18, 2009 | EPC839 | Backup your screens in RAMP-TS While developing in RAMP-TS it is more manageable for each developer to configure to have their own folder which keeps their screens in isolation from other developers Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| May 15, 2009 | Getting started with RAMP-TS in EPC839 To get started with RAMP-TS you need to start with a framework that has no RAMP-NL details associated with it Effects: Visual LANSA Framework & RAMP-TS |
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| Apr 29, 2009 | How to control the sequence of commands displayed in an instance list right click popup menu To control the sequence of commands displayed in an instance list, right click, popup menu use the sequence property located in Framework -> Commands Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Apr 01, 2009 | How do I remove from my VL repository task IDs that have already been FINished or deleted from LANSA for iSeries? How to remove tasks from a Visual LANSA slave system when the tasks are already set to FINished or have already been deleted on LANSA for iSeries |
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| Feb 06, 2009 | EPC831 | 'uQueryCanDeactivate' in EPC831 can be used to check unsaved changes when running VLF applications Methods in command handlers to check unsaved changes when running Visual LANSA Framework applications Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Feb 06, 2009 | EPC831 | VLF.NET Application Level Tracing VLF.NET is available in EPC831 and in the same way as for VLF/Web or VLF/WAM, you can switch on the VLF Trace window to troubleshoot VLF.NET applications Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Jan 07, 2009 | V11 | Enabling split-view source code in IDE There is an undocumented feature in the V11 IDE that allows you to view two or more sections of source code in one screen |
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| Dec 18, 2008 | All | Possible performance increase for Visual LANSA on Sybase databases Changing the default page size from 2048 to 4096 may increase performance in Visual LANSA IDE and runtime applications |
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| Dec 18, 2008 | Using the TAG feature in comments in source code Adding a tag allows you to use keystrokes to jump to the next or previous tagged comment line |
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| Dec 10, 2008 | Avoiding connection errors to JIT server for remote clients If the connection to the JIT Server fails, an error message is shown; this tip includes one possible way to avoid this error message |
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| Dec 10, 2008 | Making use of the PrompterActivate event The PrompterActivate event is intended to allow access to the prompter form before it displays so that initialization processing can be performed |
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| Dec 10, 2008 | EPC831 | VLF.NET with a System i Apache Web Server Apache settings required to run VLF.NET application Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Sep 15, 2008 | V11 | Firewall considerations for new debugging in EPC830 for SP5 How to avoid Windows firewall blocking the new V11 SP5 debugging service |
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| Sep 05, 2008 | EPC826 | How to put an option in Framework application to allow endusers to reset screen layouts to 'as shipped' defaults There might be times when you want to test your Framework application with VLF shipped default layouts (e.g. the main Framework window size, location of the command tab, layout) Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Sep 05, 2008 | V11 SP4 | Simple Encrypting and Decrypting sample using the ENCRYPT and DECRYPT BIFs Sample code to take a string INPUT and Encrypts the input and generates a encrypted text and then proceeds to decode the encrypted text |
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| Jul 21, 2008 | V11 SP5 | Detailed explanation of Language CCSID Mappings Further explanation on the new SP5 feature Language CCSID Mappings |
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| Jul 21, 2008 | V11 SP5 | Detailed explanation of Enable Short Char feature Further explanation on the new SP5 partition level feature Enable Short Char |
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| Mar 06, 2008 | V11.3 | Making use of the new EditorChanged event in a Grid component The EditorChanged event of a grid uses Variants which has special considerations |
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| Mar 06, 2008 | Possible improvement in Listener performance when enabling TCP_NODELAY TCP/IP socket option Enable TCP_NODELAY TCP/IP option in Listener/Host Route can improve application performance in some network configurations |
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| Feb 01, 2008 | EPC826 | How to enable 'Application Level Tracing' in Windows RAMP applications at End User mode? It is possible to programmatically trace a Windows RAMP application as an End User (e.g. when executing UF_EXEC) either during development or after deployment Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Nov 30, 2007 | All | Making JIT deployment packages smaller Options to make the JIT download package smaller |
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| Nov 14, 2007 | V11.3 | How to isolate your Visual LANSA Application from Microsoft Office version incompatibilities A practical solution to check for the availability of an ActiveX control before instantiating it |
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| Oct 12, 2007 | V11.3 | The deployed Web RAMP application shows an "UNKNOWN FORM" indication on the target PC If you have developed a RAMP Web Application and wants to deploy it for testing it should not be deployed to the RAMP development PC Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Oct 04, 2007 | V11.3 | Improved version of the VLF Demonstration Application for use in RDMLX partitions LANSA is shipping a new Visual LANSA Framework Demonstration Application by using vf_sy001_system_Lastshipped.xml |
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| Sep 12, 2007 | All | The difference between ItemLostFocus, Column LostFocus and Grid LostFocus events An explanation for why the ItemLostFocus event is not always fired when expected |
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| Aug 30, 2007 | V11.3 | FAQs regarding user profile and password management in VLF Information regarding User Profile and Password Management in the Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Aug 31, 2007 | V10 & V11.3 | Correct usage of ComponentControls/ComponentMembers An explanation about the subtle differences between the two properties |
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| Aug 03, 2007 | Cut, Copy and Paste with a mouse click - example for Visual LANSA Example code to allow 'Cut, Copy and Paste' with a mouse click in Visual LANSA |
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| Aug 01, 2007 | All | The x_err.log file in Visual LANSA Getting the most from the x_err.log file |
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| Jul 26, 2007 | Why do I get an error on a 'Startup' macro when running my RAMP application? What is a 'Startup' macro and why do I get an error on this when running my RAMP application? Effects: Visual LANSA Framework and Newlook |
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| Jul 16, 2007 | How to hide the Autosignoff window when using Visual LANSA Framework on Web An Internet Explorer option is available to hide the VLF AutoSignoff window on the browser Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Jul 04, 2007 | The list of saved Frameworks in the 'Select Framework File' window can be customized Save different Frameworks using Designer mode Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| May 25, 2007 | Using Visual LANSA Framework RAD-PAD on Windows Vista requires a Microsoft Active-X component DHTMLEdit You may experience problems using RAD-PADs on Vista as it requires a Microsoft Active X control which can be added in manually Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| May 17, 2007 | RAMP application works in designer mode but gets an error "NL runtime manager outer wrapper on vf_sy120.htm" in end user mode How to detect JavaScript errors in RAMP applications Effects: Visual LANSA Framework and RAMP |
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| May 01, 2007 | V11 | Correct use of the PositionOf and PositionIn Intrinsic functions PositionOf/PositionIn are useful intrinsic functions, however care must be taken when used on RDML Alpha fields |
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| Feb 21, 2007 | V11.3 | 50-character filename restriction in the LANSA deployment tool When deploying applications you can run into problems because of a 50-character filename restriction in the LANSA deployment tool |
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| Jan 10, 2007 | V11.3 | How to allow for more than 20 concurrent connections to an Adaptive Sybase Anywhere (ASA) Database How to increase the number of ASA database connections |
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| Jan 10, 2007 | EPC793 | How to use GZip in the Visual LANSA Framework Using GZip can significantly reduce the size of the HTM and JS files that are created as part of VLF Web browser and RAMP applications Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Dec 08, 2006 | EPC793 | Hide a business object in the Navigation Pane in Visual LANSA Framework How to hide business objects from the Navigation Pane in a Framework Application Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Nov 05, 2006 | What RDML commands cannot be used in RDMLX? Existing RDML commands that cannot be used in RDMLX based components |
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| Oct 11, 2006 | V11.3 | How to disable F1 help in the Visual LANSA Framework In V11 CU3 Visual LANSA (or VLF) applications there is a way to disable (or capture) F1 Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Oct 11, 2006 | Layout changes by the FLA (The Form Layout Assistant) can be revert back to a previous version How to remove or revert changed layouts made by the FLA Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Sep 25, 2006 | Various ways to start a deployed VLF Web Application with a long URL Options to start a deployed VLF Web Application on the browser Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Sep 25, 2006 | What is VF_Sy001_System_LastShipped.XML? Until LANSA CU3, VLF upgrades always renamed and then replaced the standard shipped demonstration system in XML file VF_SY001_System.XML with the very latest shipped demonstration version Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Aug 10, 2006 | V11 | Displaying an Excel Spreadsheet/Graph on your Visual LANSA Form Embedding a Microsoft Office Spreadsheet ActiveX to show Excel tables directly on your Form |
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| Jul 24, 2006 | V11.3 | Context sensitive features including HELP have vastly improved for V11.3 The Visual LANSA Editor has now advanced context sensitive features |
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| Jun 23, 2006 | EPC773 | Using RDMLX Webevent functions as Visual LANSA Framework Filters or Command Handlers on iSeries Web Servers RDMLX Webevent functions can only be used as Visual LANSA Framework filters or command handlers on systems at CU3 level or later Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Feb 27, 2006 | V11 | Using the Enforce user access option in Visual LANSA How to implement and use the Enforce User Access option |
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| Dec 08, 2005 | V11 | Technique to convert a string to "words" (i.e. separates text based on a space) This tip shows how to separate text based on the spaces within the text. The technique displays some simple string handling techniques available in Visual LANSA V11.0 |
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| Jul 11, 2005 | Using Visual LANSA runtime tracing (Updated for V11) How to enable tracing on a runtime application when requested by LANSA support |
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| Nov 04, 2005 | V11 | How to export selected columns of a list/grid to a file How to export specific columns from a list/grid (Version 11 only) |
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| Nov 02, 2005 | V11 | How to upgrade a deployed application (including VLF) to a V11 runtime environment How to upgrade your existing (deployed) applications from V10 a V11 runtime environment including steps for upgrading VLF applications |
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| Oct 08, 2005 | Potential reason for 'License not available' using *Licenses process Specifying the license code in lowercase can cause a 'Not Available' license message |
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| Sep 16, 2005 | V11 | Debugging tiered applications using an application level tracing strategy How to use application level tracing for a more rapid and effective way to locate a problem in RDMLX environments (especially useful in production environments) |
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| Aug 26, 2005 | V11 | Processing Tree Items in the order that they are displayed SelectList processes tree items in the order that they were added, not the order in which they are displayed. Use this method to process items in the correct order (Version 11 only) |
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| Aug 26, 2005 | Convert a string to proper case Convert a string to first character upper case, all others lower case |
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| Jul 18, 2005 | V10 | Visual LANSA in a Citrix environment This document containing installations instructions and findings when using Visual LANSA (based on Visual LANSA V10 with EPC715) in a Citrix environment |
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| Jul 01, 2005 | V11 | How to create a Columnar tree view In Version 11 it is now possible to now create a Columnar tree, that is a tree with multiple columns above and beyond the main tree column |
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| Jun 27, 2005 | V11 | DEF_LIST - Dynamic vs Static for RDMLX components to avoid memory errors Static DEF_LIST may cause memory errors |
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| May 19, 2005 | V11 | Using Microsoft C++ 6.0 compiler with Visual LANSA Version 11 How to correct issues with Visual LANSA 11.0 when compiling on a system with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 |
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| Apr 04, 2005 | V10 | How to deploy an external ActiveX control with your LANSA Application Using Post Installation Commands to register ActiveX controls after application installation |
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| Mar 16, 2005 | An alternative way to send mails using Visual LANSA with Microsoft Outlook How to send mails using Visual LANSA without having to open the Microsoft Outlook window |
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| Jan 18, 2005 | Dynamically assigning button images Method for dynamically assigning images to buttons |
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| Dec 15, 2004 | Deployment Tool Package naming convention and Package Dependencies The use of Pre-requisite and Co-requisite packages should be used to ensure that packages are installed in the correct order, if package dependencies exist |
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| Sep 13, 2004 | How to reference a particular cell in a Grid and set it to ReadOnly This example code allows any cell to be set to Read Only |
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| Sep 17, 2004 | Visual LANSA Framework with latest EPC – Partition Initialisation For Partition Initialisation and Partition creation, remove necessity of multiple imports of Visual LANSA Framework Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Jul 07, 2004 | How can I delete the values saved with the VF_SAVEAVALUE BIF during a session? Making sure the saved values are deleted during a session in the Visual LANSA Framework Effects: Visual LANSA Framework |
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| Jun 11, 2004 | How to set Debug Mode on for Visual LANSA execution environment There may be times where it is advantageous to debug an application at execution time rather than with in the development environment |
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| Jan 16, 2004 | The CreateAccessor and CreateIterator methods on Keyed Collections Descriptions of the CreateAccessor and CreateIterator methods in Keyed collections |
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| Sep 29, 2003 | How can I send email from Visual LANSA via Microsoft Outlook without getting the security message? When sending e-mails from within Visual LANSA, is there a way of getting over the Microsoft Outlook 2002 security block that pops up the message for the user to confirm |
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| Sep 01, 2003 | Imports for Visual LANSA run very slowly Imports running very slowly for Visual LANSA |
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| Aug 18, 2003 | Difference in ActiveX methods/properties between Office Suites Specific code written in a Visual LANSA component which allows integration with an Office 2000 application via ActiveX may not work for the same application integration with Office XP |
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| May 12, 2003 | Easy demonstration on global scope and locally scoped components This tip demonstrates the difference between a locally scoped component and a globally scoped component |
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| Nov 18, 2002 | V9.1 | Differences between #Com_Owner, #Com_Ancestor and #Com_Self The generic name #Com_Owner can be used to refer to the current component. In the context of inheritance there are two other generic names you can use for components: #Com_Ancestor and #Com_Self |
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| Nov 04, 2002 | V9.1 | Debugging Windows Server functions How to debug Windows server side functions that are executed by the CallServerFunction BIF |
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| Sep 09, 2002 | V9.1 | Example of using SELECT_SQL in a remote procedure Example code to invoke a server function using SELECT_SQL that can return up to 9999 entries to a client system |
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| Apr 30, 2002 | Closing forms that are "realized" but not shown Closing a form that is realized but not shown does not end the instance of the form |
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| Feb 20, 2002 | New System Variable *VISUAL_LANSA A new system variable called *VISUAL_LANSA has been introduced to distinguish between program execution on LANSA for iSeries and Visual LANSA |
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| Feb 08, 2002 | Using VAL_ERROR(*LASTDIS) in subroutine, Evtroutine and Mthroutine Application failure when using VAL_ERROR(*LASTDIS) in a subroutine does not occur when used in methods and events |
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| Feb 08, 2002 | Conditioning grid cells for data entry A common requirement when using a grid for data maintenance, is to limit the pieces of data that can be changed conditionally e.g. a user does not have authority to change certain fields |
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| Nov 15, 2001 | Improving Client/Server data retrieval performance Improve the performance for record retrieval when running Client/Server applications |
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| Oct 30, 2001 | Setting up the translation table for correct translation of characters used by Web Setting up translation tables to avoid incorrect translation of '!' |
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| Sep 20, 2001 | V9.0 | Use Space BIFs to improve performance in Visual LANSA applications Performance improvements in Visual LANSA applications by using the SPACE BIFs |
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| Sep 06, 2005 | V9.0 | Upgrade LANSA for Windows on multiple client machines using Just-In-Time upgrade JIT scenarios to upgrade LANSA on client machines using JIT Upgrade |
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| Jun 12, 2000 | Options when using the Tab key with Grid Component in Visual LANSA Options when using the Tab key with Grid Component in Visual LANSA |
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| May 17, 2000 | Difference between ItemGotFocus and ItemGotSelection There is a difference between ItemGotFocus and ItemGotSelection and it only becomes evident in MultiSelect and Extended Selection situations |
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| Nov 17, 1999 | The Height property in Combo Boxes How to enable a Visual LANSA user to change the Height property of a combo box |
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| Jun 22, 1999 | New parameter DASO= on X_RUN command The Data Area Storage Option parameter allows you to emulate data area value storage and locking using flat files |
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| Oct 01, 1999 | Reporting Deployment Tool issues A checklist for efficiently reporting issues to do with the Deployment Tool |
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| Nov 10, 1998 | V7.52 | Keystrokes available in the LANSA for Windows Component Editor The Component Editor supports the standard range of keyboard keystrokes for editing programs |
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| May 02, 1997 | LANSA for Windows Printing Enhancement to direct output to a file LANSA for Windows reports can now be directed to a file rather than just to a printer |
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| Archived | Setting Component Properties to their defaults at runtime Setting properties back to their default values at runtime |
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| Archived | What objects are displayed in the Check-in list dialog Criteria by which objects are listed in the Check in dialog |
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| Archived | V14 | Upgrading your Hardware Key to V14 Hardware keys need to be upgraded for Visual LANSA V14 development. |
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| Archived | V11.3 | Support for SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 collections in V11.3 (CU3) LANSA now allows the creation of collections with new SQL Server databases |
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| Archived | EPC804 | Which Newlook version should I be using with the Visual LANSA Framework and RAMP? Do I need to upgrade my version of Newlook after applying Visual LANSA Framework EPC804? Effects: Visual LANSA Framework and RAMP |
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| Archived | V11.3 | How to debug an RDMLX function executing on iSeries using the VL IDE Debugger Steps to debug RDMLX functions executing directly on an iSeries using the Visual LANSA IDE Debugger |
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| Archived | V10 and V11 | Gathering information about LANSA Using the 'About LANSA' feature to generate product information |
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| Archived | V10 | Inserting Carriage Returns in a string This tip highlights how to insert a carriage return into a LANSA string/alpha field |
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| Archived | Possible issues when deploying a LANSA application to Linux Possible import or compilation issues after deploying a LANSA application to Linux via SFTP Effects: Visual LANSA on Linux |
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| Archived | How do I know what EPCs are applied when I am running a run-time application? How to find out what EPC level a run-time Visual LANSA application is on |
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| Archived | Visual LANSA Form Size proportionately increases Every time a form is saved or compiled, the size of the form proportionately increases |
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| Archived | Deploying User Defined RDML BIFs using the Deployment Tool Manually created User Define RDML BIF's are not visible in the User Defined Built-in Functions section when adding objects to a Deployment Tool Package |
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| Archived | V10 | Field Visualization in V10 Downloadable document of Field Visualization usage in Visual LANSA V10 |
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| Archived | You must have a common 'Root' directory in Visual LANSA V10 Visual LANSA V10 introduces the concept of the common root directory for a LANSA installation on Windows |
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| Archived | Using Microsoft C++ .NET 2003 compiler with Visual LANSA V10 What you need to set-up before using the Microsoft C++ .NET 2003 compiler with Visual LANSA V10 for compilation |
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| Archived | Refreshing Explorer Component Content Example of how to refresh Explorer Component content i.e. new files and directories |
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| Archived | Common reason for "packaging system is at earlier..." message Common reason for Deployment Tool package creation error "Packaged Execution Environment is at an earlier version than packaging system" |
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| Archived | Using ActiveX Enum Constants and Visual LANSA Using MS Outlook ActiveX and ENUM Constants in a Visual LANSA Application |
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| Archived | Questions regarding Active X ProgID On some development systems will not compile with a message that no component with Progid('Excel.Application.8') is enrolled |
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| Archived | Sybase Connection timeout settings Applications may get database errors after being idle for a long time due to Sybase connection timeout settings in Client/Server environment |
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| Archived | RichText32 OCX ActiveX control is needed when using the Visual LANSA Framework You need Microsoft RichTxt32.OCX ActiveX Control in order to use the Mock Up RAD-PAD filter handlers and the Mock Up RAD-PAD command handlers |
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| Archived | One possible cause of the error "X_Put_To_Exchange_list" at the Host Repository Explorer Error messages for an invalid SuperServer (LXX) license on iSeries |
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| Archived | When to use Package and when to use DLL JIT Upgrade There are scenarios where a DLL Upgrade is the most efficient and suitable deployment model and there are scenarios where a Package upgrade is more suitable |
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| Archived | The CONNECT_FILE BIF, Relative record number and last record read The CONNECT_FILE BIF is used to direct Client server I/O to one or more database files |
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| Archived | Possible compilation failures due to Anti-Virus software Errors such as "General failure reading device .." can be generated during a compile in LANSA for Windows when Anti-Virus Checking software is enabled |
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| Archived | Using MS ADO in Visual LANSA A sample and considerations when using Microsoft's ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) in Visual LANSA |
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| Archived | Debug of Treeviews is dependent on focus When debugging a treeview in Visual LANSA sometimes it may seem that the debugger is faulty, when in reality it is dictated by how the focus moves when in debug |
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| Archived | Object Locking and how it affects performance in LANSA for Windows Object Locking and its effects on performance |
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| Archived | Deploying a SuperServer client application to another partition Steps for deploying a SuperServer client application to another partition |
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| Archived | Help files and the F1 key in Visual LANSA How to use customized Help files and the F1 key in Visual LANSA |
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| Archived | Changing the Checkpoint time in SQL Anywhere How to change the period between checkpoints in the SQL Anywhere database |
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| Archived | Sorting dates in lists and grids Sorting DMY date fields in lists and grids |
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| Archived | Visual LANSA Layout Managers Layout Managers automatically manage the layout of a form. (Layout Managers is part of LANSA for Windows release 7.84) |
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| Archived | Transaction log file is very large – LX_LANSA.log The LANSA for Windows transaction log file is very large Effects: Adaptive Server Anywhere |
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| Archived | Tree view HasChildren property A simple example of a tree showing department, section and employee data |
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| Archived | Troubleshooting and reporting communications problems A step by step guide to help determining the cause of a communications problem and what information is required by LANSA Support when it comes to reporting such a problem |
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| Archived | How to use special characters in password type fields in the Visual LANSA component of LANSA for Windows A different method for putting password type characters on fields in the Visual LANSA component of LANSA for Windows |
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| Archived | Connecting in SuperServer mode to a Windows server Some things to look at before trying to establish a SuperServer connection from either a LANSA for Windows application or a LANSA Open one to an NT Server box |
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| Archived | Ending LCOTP.EXE jobs with Task Manager Manually deleting lcotp.exe jobs will impact seat based licences |
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| Archived | Backup LANSA for Windows database A solution to back up LANSA for Windows database via Windows NT scheduler |
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| Archived | Keyboard Shortcuts must be attached to Menu Items Shortcuts (eg. Ctrl+E, Alt+B, Ctrl+Shift+F, etc. etc.) on a popup menu will only perform the action if the popup menu item is also included as a submenu item on a menu bar |
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| Archived | Computer Node Name in LANSA For Windows The LANSA/PC Computer Node Name is not the same as the workstation's Computer Name |
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| Archived | All | Using the LANSA Open non-English language translation file When using LANSA Open in a non-English environment, a translation file is used to handle the PC - AS/400 data translation |
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| Archived | Copying tables between SQL Anywhere and MS SQL Server Databases Procedure for copying individual tables between SQL Anywhere and MS SQL |
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| Archived | Forming PC based DBMS performance expectations Forming PC based DBMS performance expectations |
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| Archived | What are the new RDMLX commands? New RDMLX commands have been added to LANSA to support component definition and execution |
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| Archived | Report does not print using Windows extended printing Specifying a default font that the printer doesn't support in extended printing causes no report to be printed |
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| Archived | Using SELECT_SQL WHERE with negative numbers Workaround for when the SELECT_SQL's WHERE clause uses negative numbers, the sign has to be at the front |
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| Archived | LANSA for Windows performance with local PC database Improving performance of LANSA for Windows Applications with a local PC database |
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| Archived | Passing a "full" working list between a client and a server system using PCX Passing a large list from the server to the client with SuperServer has to make allowance for the space limitation which will affect the maximum number of entries which can be passed |
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| Archived | Using % on the LIKE keyword on SELECT_SQL on LANSA for Windows Special consideration when using the % wildcard character on the LIKE keyword on the WHERE clause on the SELECT_SQL |
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| Archived | Column heading width on screens and reports in multilingual partitions When adding a field to the screen or a report, the column headings are wider than necessary. This could be caused by the column heading widths in other languages |
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| Archived | Tricky things you can do with the Function Routing Table in LANSA for Windows! Use the function routing table on the PC to route a function call to actually calling a function on the AS/400 |
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| Archived | How to use system variables on the AS/400 from LANSA for Windows You can use any system variable on the AS/400 from LANSA for Windows when operating in a Client/Server environment |
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| Archived | Finding the length of a string in LANSA | LANSA for the AS/400 and LANSA for Windows A couple of different ways to find out how many characters there are in a string |
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| Archived | Conditioning the execution of virtual code | LANSA for the AS/400 and LANSA for Windows Conditioning the execution of virtual code based on whether a field has been requested in a LANSA I/O command. This can improve the execution of an I/O module |
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| Archived | Editing the Function Routing Table It is easy to edit the Function Routing Table |
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| Archived | What is Function Routing in LANSA? Function Routing allows the automatically (re)routing of invocations of a function to another function at execution time without changing a program |