OI Version 9.2.1

The INET_OI_XML function has a 7th parameter named bHideMessages. When passed as 1, the final completion message is suppressed, but the progress bar is still displayed.

We are trying to use this function within in a program that is called via OERUN.exe. We were expecting the progress bar to be suppressed by the parameter as well. Since the progress bar isn't suppressed, the call to OERUN hangs, presumably because it is waiting on a UI connection.

*** Question: is this behavior different in a later version of OI? Is there another solution to getting XML out via OERUN, short of coding my own XML writer?

Any information is greatly appreciated!

Brant Layton

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Later versions of OI are better behaved.

At some point we added a function named SELECT_INTO which can also return XML from a list statement.

Below is an example which can use either function.

I ran it using oi 9.46, it did not put up any messages.

Function test_oerun xml(mode)

/*

oi 9.4 example of generating XML using OERUN



pass a 1 to use INET_OI_XML

pass a 2 to use SELECT_INTO

call it from OERUN with a command like 

 .\oerun.exe -p 8088 -a MYAPP - u MYUSER -p MYPASSWORD -r TEST_OERUN_XML -c "1"

*/

Declare Function inet_oi_xml, ucase, select_into

cmd = "LIST PERSON LNAME FNAME CITY WITH CITY EQ 'BOSTON'"



If mode = 1 then

	request = "cmd=":ucase(cmd)

	request:= "dosfile=c:\temp\person_":time():'.xml'

	xml = Inet_Oi_Xml(Request, cmd)

End Else

    * Select into can return XML

	xml = Select_into(cmd, 'XML')

End



Return xml

Just re-asking, Bob…

You didn't use the bHideMessages parameter.

You say that it didn't put up any messages, but did it show a progress bar?

Thanks!

Brant Layton

[email protected]

Yeah, no messages even though I did not use the flag.

At some point in the last 22 years, one of us at RTI commented out where it looked at bHideMessages. Instead, it suppresses the interactive message if the request parameter is non null.

The snippet below is from the source.

Interactive_flag = ''



if request else Interactive_flag = 1

*If bHideMessages Then Interactive_flag = 0

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