How big a deal is it to change field sizes in apvenmast for addr1,2,3,4 from 30 to 40 and city from 18 to 19 I have used dbdef to setup some custom views and tables before(SQL server). I also assume I would need to recompile everything.

We hav been asked by the users to create a batch program which should delete all records in EMPDISTMAST table (updated by PR23), takes an input file from another system and do the same edit checks as PR23 and then populate the table. In their words, it should invoke the same AGS/DME calls that PR23 uses. What is the fastest way to do that Note: I will be learning Lawson programming as I do that. Thanks

I'm looking for any organizations who have used Clear Case for managing their Lawson customizations.

We do not have unix command line access so we are struck with users using winptxfr program between Lawson and windows. Some use wsftp but I would like to write a program which invokes unix ftp commands. Does anyone have a readymade program which can I can use Thanks

I have a .NET web application that currently uses windows authentication. This grabs the current user off the machine. In some cases however it would be better for us to use Lawson's authentication. Basically the person logged into the machine may be logged into Lawson as a different user. Has anyone done this Thanks --JayR

I know how to call a system command from a COBOL program (Thanks, your article is great) but how can I use the results I would like to get the result code and also look at the redirected output of the command.

Greetings, I am trying to determine the best way to access output from a Lawson Jobdef. It is a multistep job and I want a way that a Java program by having key information about the job user id , job name can automatically read the output files from the latest directory output for that job and process them to a .zip file for transport. Is there a series of system DB tables that contain the actual job output directory user id ,run number etc. for all platforms. I was thinking the ...

I have a column that needs to be populated it is CHAR(17), i need to populate this fied with the EMPLOYEE number which is numeric (size 9). so when i try to move the value directly into the CHAR field the end result is something like this '000002456 '..however i want soemthing like this '2465 '.I tried various formatting options including lawson API's with no good result.Does anyone have a suggestion

Looking at any alternatives to WinFax Pro with Fax Integrator. WFPro v10 isn't really supported by Symantec and Fax Integrator isn't certified with any other product which leaves us in a bit of a bind. We're looking at a product by Esker www.esker.com as a pooled-fax application. Has anyone built an interface between Lawson (fax integrator) and another supported fax application using API's or otherwise Thank you in advance, Roger French Houston,TX. Apps: 8.0.3....

I've heard rumors of a conversion utility that will convert a Lawson Cobol program to a Lawson RPG program. Can anyone confirm or dispell this rumor I've heard it referred to as delmid. Does anyone have information or a link on what the names are for an RPG API routine and the corresponding Cobol API paragraph are within the Lawson environment Thanks in advance

I'm trying to create a new SYSTEM CODE which we will then build our 'in house' applications under I got the new code created via GL01.4, and I can see it in the SYSTEMCODE table. I can also query it back up via GL01.4. However, when I go to PGMDEF to begin creating my new apps under this new System Code, I don't see it in the System Code drop-down list. I'm wondering if there is a security set-up someplace. I looked throughout LAUA but didn't see anything.

We are app 8.0.2x (unixlsolaris). In 7.0x and 8.0.3 PMTOUT is located in //work/PMTOUT/ but in 8.0.2x it is located in the root directory of work. This gives me a dilemna because the root directory of work is supposed to be for temporary files. I'm writing a cobol program to redo PMTOUT before check printing and the only way I can access this flat file is to call .ksh script(within cobol) to move the file to a different directory before opening it. Is there a way of directly reading it fro...

I need to call a Lawson batch program PR530 interactively from a non-lawson program. I had initialized the lawson environment within the program and called the program with the entry parameters EENTRYCNTRL and EENTRYSCREEN populated. But the program ends abnormally on the UINITBATCH procedure with pointer not referenced error. What could be the reason for this

Almost related to this question, is there a way to call a Lawson batch program from another cobol program(custom). I tried INVOKE but this is only for online programs. I never have tried this before so my appreciation for any help.

Job numbers used by Lawson as seen in files like QUEUEDJOB has 10 characters. It seems to be the combination of IBM job number followed by a sequence number. What is the significance of this sequence number and how is it generated

Hi: Over the past many years, we have been making some minor changes to lawson tables (7.2.4). Is there a tool to find out the differences we have made so far Thanks in advance!

Hi, I'm working on a custom HTML page which extracts Invoices to be released for a Vendor Class based on user's login info. I get as far as DME query displaying all the unreleased Invoices. Upon selecting the desired Invoice, the following AGS call gets created but doesn't post. function AGSCall(vAuthCode, vVendor, vInvoice) { var o = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP'); var s = 'http://Servername:port/servlet/Router/Transaction/Erp_PDL=PDLname' ...

Has anyone ever used the Micro Focus COBOL Examine statement within Lawson I have used this in non-Lawson apps with success, but can't seem to get it to work in Lawson. Maybe you have other ideas. Here is what I am needing to do. I'm reading a file with records such as the following rec 1 = /lawson/work: rec 2 = /lawson/obj: I'm needing to determine where the ':' character is on each individual record. Thus I was going to use the EXAMINE TALLY...

Anyone ever put code in a Unix Cobol app to send an email notification to Outlook or Groupwise It seems like in a previous life I did this in a custom Lawson app, but now I can't find my notes on it. Any ideas

I am not Lawson expert. But I am integrating Lawson process via AGS call. I am having following problem when I am posting following AGS call on servlet: Requested XML structure: BETA XQII.1 XML IGNORE ADD ALL P 1-TEST1 28 NOTB 7 0 IS EGAT1 Then I got following error respon...

We need to purge recent payroll history used for our pre-go-live parallel testing and learned that the PR300 will only let you purge items over 18 months old. We were told that we could comment out this code. Does anyone have knowledge of how to do this and/or pros and cons of doing this (or things to be aware of). I'm not a COBOL programmer but can following basic instructions if anyone would be so kind as to assist. We are hoping to get rid of the test 's on our data so ...

Is there any documentation available for the layout of checks and receipts printed by PR160

Any ideas on how to run a Lawson utility from a windows batch file Thanks

I tried update lawson.PRMONITOR set LP140_RUN_FLG = null but it does not allow nulls...we need to get prmonitor reset to take the 2 out of the column any ideas I was not about to do the pgmdef changes that gsc requested since I do not have c access.

Writing out a data file using 4GL. Each line in my file is fixed width of 750 characters. But the last populated field is at character 650. The remaining fields are populated with spaces. When I define the workfile to be TAPE, the line of my file ends at 650 (last non-space character). I need the file to place the carriage return-line feed at 750. Is there a pure 4GL way to accomplish this. (I am not going to be able to script this out on Unix after the fact.) I know I could make t...