🚀 go-pugleaf

HI YOU UNIPLEX_GURUS,

there is a problem with with UNIPLEX-softkey menus.

Interactively changing a document while editing a another there is no
problem. You simply press F2 to get to the menu, choose New-Document,
Uniplex asks for confirmation and then for the file to be edited. 
But beware of doing this in a softkey-menu!

5=F158:'J':X(0,0,S,,shell-command_returning_a_filename_on_stdout)
        ^--- german `Y'es
   ^-------- Re-edit file in uniplex.cmd'

The machine just beeps, and nothing else happens.
Same thing with F154 (New-file) then 'J' for confirmation, F65 (read and insert)
and the shell-command_returning_a_filename_on_stdout.

Is there no way to get uniplex to edit a new file (named by a shell-script)
without invoking uniplex again ??


The basic problem is that I wish to merge some addresses with a letter.
Since the built-in Mailmerging features of UNIPLEX only use 'ucard',
I decided to use reports and the database.

I start the WP using "cd $REPORTDIR; uniplex -q -e -S mysoftkeys" from 
'uniplex.menu' to get 'ufo' to work (for comfortable selecting purposes).

After the user has choosen his mailmerging-letter (the report), he only
needs to press F5 to get 'uform' and 'ureport' running. 
(at this point the filename is in $Ufile and the data in $Ucutfile)
Now the user wishes to edit the merged file to add some data which is not 
included in the database, so I need to edit the merged file.

Any ideas how to manage this in an more elegant way ?

All responses via Email welcome!

	Gero

PS: uniplex 7.01, SCO 3.2.2
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Gero Verch, Saarbruecken (Germany)                     EMail: gfv@daddel.saar.de