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11/03/2017

11:57 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
>Where it gets complicated is the OUTPUT/INPUT-OUTPUT parameters: ComOleHelper.call needs ... Eugenie Lyzenko

10:04 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin,
>
> As you know we need to add support for arrays produced from 4GL extent o... Constantin Asofiei

08:57 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin,
As you know we need to add support for arrays produced from 4GL extent option. My plan is following:
... Eugenie Lyzenko

11/02/2017

04:37 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

3262b rev 11197 contains the changes to make the @comhandle@ id unique for FWD's COM object representation and not re... Constantin Asofiei

02:52 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The cleanup for @comhandle@ has been uploaded as rev @11196@. Eugenie Lyzenko

02:29 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> > Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > > Eugenie, I've looked at 326... Eugenie Lyzenko

02:03 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Incorrect screen, both numbers are different but must be the same and both numbers are too ... Constantin Asofiei

01:54 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
>Can the com-handle variable be used with HANDLE function?
No, incompatible data type.
... Eugenie Lyzenko

12:58 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > Eugenie, I've looked at 3262b rev 11195 and I have these com... Constantin Asofiei

12:56 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > Eugenie, I've looked at 3262b rev 11195 and I have these com... Constantin Asofiei

12:46 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie, I've looked at 3262b rev 11195 and I have these comments for the Java changes:
... Eugenie Lyzenko

12:39 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie, I've looked at 3262b rev 11195 and I have these comments for the Java changes:
... Eugenie Lyzenko

11:25 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie, I've looked at 3262b rev 11195 and I have these comments for the Java changes:
* @NativeComObject@ - the @i... Constantin Asofiei

09:56 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262b@ has been updated for review to revision @11195@.
This is the fix for @COM-HANDLE@ attribute ge... Eugenie Lyzenko

04:27 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> The generated report doesn't necessarily has to keep the name on different executions (an example are reports ran f... Stanislav Lomany

04:11 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> If I understand correctly, the use of @jasperContext.setFileResolver(fileName -> new File(ReportFactory.getFilePath... Stanislav Lomany

04:05 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

If I understand correctly, the use of @jasperContext.setFileResolver(fileName -> new File(ReportFactory.getFilePath(f... Greg Shah

04:02 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Stanislav Lomany wrote:
> > In this case, compiling the .jrxml will be done 'on-the-fly', don't know how easy is to ... Constantin Asofiei

04:00 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Stanislav Lomany wrote:
> > Something else: someone can design a report which refers to a client-side resource (i.e.... Constantin Asofiei

03:51 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> In this case, compiling the .jrxml will be done 'on-the-fly', don't know how easy is to cache it (especially build ... Stanislav Lomany

03:46 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> Something else: someone can design a report which refers to a client-side resource (i.e. an image local to the clie... Stanislav Lomany

03:08 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

And also add the @reporting.Report@ interface to the @HandleCommon@ interface; any extension resource in FWD must be ... Constantin Asofiei

03:07 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Stanislav Lomany wrote:
> > Or do you want the 4GL business logic to design the report from scratch, too, and compil... Constantin Asofiei

03:01 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> Isn't compiling the @jasper@ file done only once, after the design is complete?
Right. If we are going to put ... Stanislav Lomany

02:27 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Stanislav Lomany wrote:
> Compiling reports is a big performance hit.
Isn't compiling the @jasper@ file done only o... Constantin Asofiei

02:20 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> If you feel that the client-side support doesn't provide the same capability, then it is OK to do a 3 level process... Stanislav Lomany

01:43 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> Yes, but I have to note that having files outside of jar is very convenient at report development stage.
If you ... Greg Shah

01:40 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> we can search in the server's jars first and, if not found, search it on the client-side
OK, I'll go this way. S... Stanislav Lomany

01:27 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Stanislav Lomany wrote:
> > From (unmodified) converted code there is no way to write or read from the server filesy... Constantin Asofiei

01:21 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> From (unmodified) converted code there is no way to write or read from the server filesystem. That means that the ... Stanislav Lomany

12:49 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> Do you want me to remove capability to read non-in-jar files or limit access to the reports directory only?
From... Greg Shah

12:26 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> 1. We do expect that application-specific resources would come from the application's jar file. This would be on t... Stanislav Lomany

09:54 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> But unfortunately the current directory is the P2J server directory.
Sorry, I completely missed the part about f... Greg Shah

08:29 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> One question: why not default the reports directory to "." instead of "reports"?
On my taste the best place for ... Stanislav Lomany

06:11 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Code Review Task Branch 3342c Revision 11194
I'm fine with the changes.
One question: why not default the repor... Greg Shah

09:35 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Rebased task branch 3342c from P2J trunk revision 11193. Please review. Contains final fixes for Jasper. Images were ... Stanislav Lomany

05:58 AM Feature #3343 (Closed): implement a 4GL syntax extension and the runtime backing to send emails (...

The documentation for this functionality can be found in "Email Send":https://proj.goldencode.com/projects/p2j/wiki/E... Greg Shah

11/01/2017

02:30 PM Feature #3292 (Closed): i18n improvements

The runtime implementation for this task was written in branch 1830b and was merged to trunk as revision 11188.
BI... Greg Shah

10:19 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Greg Shah wrote:
> > I'm not 100% sure however having deep suggestion the Java has one bug in Windows package. The l... Eugenie Lyzenko

10:07 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262b@ has been updated for review to revision @11194@.
This fixes the @DATE@ conversion issue for @J... Eugenie Lyzenko

10/31/2017

11:32 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Created task branch @3262b@ from trunk revision @11193@. Eugenie Lyzenko

11:18 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

> I'm not 100% sure however having deep suggestion the Java has one bug in Windows package. The long value can not be... Greg Shah

12:09 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Now I would like to note about some limitations and known issues:
1. As we discussed - no events firing support fr... Eugenie Lyzenko

11:32 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Branch @3262a@ was merged to trunk as revno @11190@ then it was archived.
Sorry it has taken more time I have expe... Eugenie Lyzenko

11:24 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262a@ has been rebased with trunk @11189@, new revision is @11209@.
Starting merge into trunk. Eugenie Lyzenko

10:56 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262a@ has been updated for review to revision @11205@.
This is bug fixing and cleanup for COM automa... Eugenie Lyzenko

09:51 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Good plan. Greg Shah

09:48 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Testing completed. No regressions have found. The results: @3262a_11204_a5eeab0_20171030_evl.zip@.
So planning to ... Eugenie Lyzenko

09:26 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Created task branch 3342c from P2J trunk revision 11192. Stanislav Lomany

09:21 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

3342b has been merged into the trunk as bzr revision 11192. Stanislav Lomany

09:13 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Code Review Task Branch 3342b Revision 11192
I'm fine with the change. Please merge 3342b to trunk. Greg Shah

09:07 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Rebased task branch 3342b from P2J trunk revision 11191. Stanislav Lomany

08:07 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Created task branch 3342b from P2J trunk revision 11190. Stanislav Lomany

09:38 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

3342a has been merged into the trunk as bzr revision 11189. Stanislav Lomany

09:24 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

I saw the same thing in my run. I don't think it will make a difference. I think you are OK. Greg Shah

09:23 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

There seems to be conversion mismatch: order of widgets changed in frame definition:... Stanislav Lomany

09:40 PM Feature #3343: implement a 4GL syntax extension and the runtime backing to send emails (including...

Conversion and manual testing has passed.
Task branch 3353a was merged to trunk as revision 11187. Branch 3353a h... Greg Shah

10/30/2017

07:27 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Code Review Task Branch 3342a Revision 11195
The changes overall are really good. Some of the conversion changes ... Greg Shah

06:48 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Rebased task branch 3342a from P2J trunk revision 11188. Stanislav Lomany

06:41 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Rebased task branch 3342a from P2J trunk revision 11187.
Stanislav Lomany

06:06 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Rebased task branch 3342a from P2J trunk revision 11186. Stanislav Lomany

11:31 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Use @com.goldencode.p2j.reporting@. The overlap is confusing but we will deal with it for now. Greg Shah

09:57 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Into which package should I put all classes related to (Jasper) reports? We have @com.goldencode.p2j.report@, but it ... Stanislav Lomany

11:06 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> we have <customer_package_redacted>.BufferedOutputStreamWrapper class. Can I copy-paste it under com.goldencode pac... Greg Shah

05:38 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

> Is it acceptable plan?
Yes. Greg Shah

05:18 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The status of the @3262a@ branch:
1. The first main cycle of the testing completed. The results are prettu good. B... Eugenie Lyzenko

01:09 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin, have you made commit for @3262a@?:
> [...]
>
> So I will have to re-run con... Constantin Asofiei

01:09 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie, please fix these as you find them.
Task branch @3262a@ has been updated for ... Eugenie Lyzenko

11:31 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Another issue in Java code:
> @ComObject.unmarshal()@ produces @NPE@ for empty input param... Constantin Asofiei

11:29 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Another issue in Java code:
@ComObject.unmarshal()@ produces @NPE@ for empty input parameters for method call. like ... Eugenie Lyzenko

10:45 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Greg Shah wrote:
>
> Yes, the @progress.g@ and @com_access.rules@ changes are enough to require it.
The convers... Eugenie Lyzenko

10:43 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> > If you see another opportunity - let me know. I think it can... Eugenie Lyzenko

10:39 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> If you see another opportunity - let me know. I think it can not be implemented today due t... Constantin Asofiei

10:36 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie, another question: is @enable-events@ an API which can be used by COM OLE automa... Eugenie Lyzenko

10:15 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie, another question: is @enable-events@ an API which can be used by COM OLE automation regardless of 4GL enviro... Constantin Asofiei

09:54 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The HWND is not a widget handle. It is the actual WIN32 HWND that matches the OpenEdge window-widget's WIN32 native w... Greg Shah

09:52 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Greg Shah wrote:
> > two usages of a HWND attribute passed as method argument, like in comVar:comMethod(CURRENT-WIND... Eugenie Lyzenko

09:50 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

> two usages of a HWND attribute passed as method argument, like in comVar:comMethod(CURRENT-WINDOW:HWND).
These m... Greg Shah

09:44 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

I've been looking through how COM are used and I found these:
# one usage of @com:enable-events@ - so we need event ... Constantin Asofiei

07:17 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262a@ has been rebased with trunk @11185@, new revision is @11202@.
The testings restarted. Eugenie Lyzenko

06:59 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Greg Shah wrote:
> > Do we need the conversion tests to run?
>
> Yes, the @progress.g@ and @com_access.rules@ cha... Eugenie Lyzenko

10:57 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

> Do we need the conversion tests to run?
Yes, the @progress.g@ and @com_access.rules@ changes are enough to requi... Greg Shah

09:46 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262a@ has been updated for review to revision @11201@.
Bug fixing in native code and @ComParameter@ ... Eugenie Lyzenko

09:15 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Greg Shah wrote:
>
> Yes, this makes sense. Please go ahead.
OK. I'm planning to make the branch update soon(i... Eugenie Lyzenko

09:11 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

> So my offering is to start regression testing now. Meantime I will finalize Windows specific changes(we can commit ... Greg Shah

04:53 PM Feature #3343: implement a 4GL syntax extension and the runtime backing to send emails (including...

Branch 3353a rebased to trunk revision 11186. 11209 is now the latest revision.
This version is going through con... Greg Shah

04:51 PM Feature #3343: implement a 4GL syntax extension and the runtime backing to send emails (including...

Revision 11201 has a complete implemention that has been tested and cleaned up. It supports HTML and TEXT, attachmen... Greg Shah

10/29/2017

04:05 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin,
I have the changes for @ComParameter@ class, two method to write/read the class over network:... Eugenie Lyzenko

09:19 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Looks like the Java part is OK (creation, property get/set and method call converted correctly). While the window nat... Eugenie Lyzenko

02:54 PM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Quick question: we have @<customer_package_redacted>.BufferedOutputStreamWrapper@ class. Can I copy-paste it under @c... Stanislav Lomany

10/28/2017

04:37 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262a@ has been rebased with trunk @11184@, new revision is @11200@. Eugenie Lyzenko

04:19 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Going to rebase @3262a@ in a 5 min of nobody objects. Eugenie Lyzenko

10:45 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong but for now the COM event processing is not supported in @FWD@.
CO... Constantin Asofiei

09:38 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262a@ has been rebased with trunk @11183@, new revision is @11199@.
So the currently requested @JNI@... Eugenie Lyzenko

09:14 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262a@ has been updated for review to revision @11198@.
Added usage of @DataType@ helper option suppo... Eugenie Lyzenko

07:15 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Created task branch 3342a from P2J trunk revision 11183. Stanislav Lomany

10/27/2017

06:38 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Of course @DataType@ is @enum@, not @union@. Eugenie Lyzenko

05:54 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262a@ has been updated for review to revision @11197@.
Added handling for @DATE@ variables exchange ... Eugenie Lyzenko

05:28 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

I have next drop to commit for @3262a@. Planning to do this in a 5 min if nobody objects. Eugenie Lyzenko

12:41 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262a@ has been updated for review to revision @11196@.
Changed @COM-HANDLE@ @ID@ processing to excha... Eugenie Lyzenko

12:25 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> > Constantin,
> >
> > Please help me to understand the @COM... Eugenie Lyzenko

11:11 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin,
>
> Please help me to understand the @COM-HANDLE@ @FWD@ internals related to... Constantin Asofiei

11:00 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin,
Please help me to understand the @COM-HANDLE@ @FWD@ internals related to long @comID@ we use to identi... Eugenie Lyzenko

12:32 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262a@ has been updated for review to revision @11195@.
Added the @Java<->COM@ data transformations f... Eugenie Lyzenko

04:09 PM Feature #3292: i18n improvements

I have chosen the @EnvironmentOps.isUnderWindowsFamily()@ instead of @TC.isUnderWindows()@. The returned value can be... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

08:41 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

OK, go with this plan. Greg Shah

08:38 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> The idea here is that there would be 4GL code to calculate the value of a column, possibly with access to state (va... Stanislav Lomany

07:33 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Can you show an example of embedding an image in the report? Greg Shah

07:32 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

>> 2. It seems to me that some reports might take more than one query to provide the needed details. Is that possible... Greg Shah

07:24 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

> 1. Do I understand correctly that the runtime will figure out the mapping between the columns returned by the query... Stanislav Lomany

06:10 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

Overall, I like the approach. It is different from the callback approach we took previously. Some questions:
1. ... Greg Shah

05:59 AM Feature #3342: implement a facility to easily run a JasperReports report definition from 4GL code...

My suggestion on how 4GL code for a jasper report should look like:... Stanislav Lomany

10/26/2017

03:29 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> It is a memory object pointer and can not be @0@. Accessing to object by address 0 is bad i... Constantin Asofiei

03:20 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> > One more question. Is it possible to change the @ComOleHelpe... Eugenie Lyzenko

02:47 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> One more question. Is it possible to change the @ComOleHelper@ call?
>
> From:
> [...]
... Constantin Asofiei

02:46 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

One more question. Is it possible to change the @ComOleHelper@ call?
From:... Eugenie Lyzenko

02:39 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > Eugenie, something else: please make sure to test @comHandle... Constantin Asofiei

02:37 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262a@ has been updated for review to revision @11192@.
The COM method call implementation added. Eugenie Lyzenko

02:32 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie, something else: please make sure to test @comHandleVar BY-POINTER@ arguments in... Eugenie Lyzenko

02:29 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie, something else: please make sure to test @comHandleVar BY-POINTER@ arguments in method calls, because this i... Constantin Asofiei

02:18 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie, if you want me to help with something specific on the Java side, please let me ... Eugenie Lyzenko

01:55 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie, if you want me to help with something specific on the Java side, please let me know. Otherwise I'll look in... Constantin Asofiei

12:07 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin,
>
> Consider the following method in ComParameter:
> [...]
>
> According... Constantin Asofiei

12:05 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin,
Consider the following method in ComParameter:... Eugenie Lyzenko

12:12 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
>...
>I don't understand this one - how can FWD send a pointer ... Eugenie Lyzenko

11:52 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262a@ has been updated to revision @11191@.
This adds more functionality in native code. Including m... Eugenie Lyzenko

10/25/2017

05:19 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > Do you mean you want to know the arguments Java type, too, i... Constantin Asofiei

04:55 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Do you mean you want to know the arguments Java type, too, if the argument was not a BDT... Eugenie Lyzenko

04:14 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie, the Java part (at least high-level design) is in 3262a. Unknowns at this time:
# how will we pass extent ar... Constantin Asofiei

03:09 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Greg Shah wrote:
> What about the firing of these events from native code? For example, if something happens in the... Constantin Asofiei

02:50 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

What about the firing of these events from native code? For example, if something happens in the COM object itself t... Greg Shah

02:46 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> > > There is another opportunity. ... Constantin Asofiei

02:44 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > 4GL makes no assumption for validity of the COM object handle when using it. If the CO... Eugenie Lyzenko

02:41 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> > There is another opportunity. The 4GL is still single thread... Eugenie Lyzenko

02:34 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > > What do you mean by *native API to determine if the COM ob... Constantin Asofiei

02:32 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > What do you mean by *native API to determine if the COM object is valid*?
> I mean th... Eugenie Lyzenko

01:52 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> >
> > When executing a method call, I plan to send each argu... Constantin Asofiei

01:46 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
>
> When executing a method call, I plan to send each argument as a @ComParameter@ insta... Eugenie Lyzenko

01:32 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> >
> > > Otherwise we will have to implement the @VARIANT@ da... Constantin Asofiei

01:17 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
>
> > Otherwise we will have to implement the @VARIANT@ data type in @FWD@ Java types se... Eugenie Lyzenko

12:51 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > Eugenie, one more thing: for property getter and method call... Constantin Asofiei

11:47 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie, one more thing: for property getter and method call return value, I think I wil... Eugenie Lyzenko

11:26 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> There is another opportunity. The 4GL is still single threaded but re-enterable with recurs... Constantin Asofiei

11:05 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > No, 4GL does not need the active @WAIT-FOR@ to receive events.
> Are you sure about t... Eugenie Lyzenko

10:05 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie, one more thing: for property getter and method call return value, I think I will need some kind of informati... Constantin Asofiei

10:04 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Greg Shah wrote:
> > Constantin's question about WAIT-FOR is important. Does there have t... Constantin Asofiei

09:56 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin,
>
> One question for JNI to implement. The call @ComOleHelper.getName(long c... Constantin Asofiei

09:53 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > OK, then I think I need to send, beside the parameter mode (... Constantin Asofiei

09:52 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> Regarding the events / callbacks functions.
> I have already implemented the callback call... Constantin Asofiei

09:38 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Regarding the events / callbacks functions.
I have already implemented the callback call for PSTimer. This is a part... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

09:14 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Greg Shah wrote:
> Constantin's question about WAIT-FOR is important. Does there have to be a WAIT-FOR that is acti... Eugenie Lyzenko

08:54 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

> Respective array of the procedure address for Event1, Event2, ...
The internal procedures that get executed will... Greg Shah

08:47 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin,
One question for JNI to implement. The call @ComOleHelper.getName(long comId)@ is used to get the stri... Eugenie Lyzenko

08:37 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie, something else: can you describe what happens when a COM object fires an EVENT?... Eugenie Lyzenko

07:07 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> OK, then I think I need to send, beside the parameter mode (INPUT, OUTPUT, INPUT-OUTPUT)... Eugenie Lyzenko

03:50 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie, something else: can you describe what happens when a COM object fires an EVENT?
# is it a push model, where... Constantin Asofiei

03:39 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > Eugenie, I need some details about how @BY-POINTER@ and @BY-... Constantin Asofiei

11:35 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262a@ has been rebased with trunk @11182@, new revision is @11186@. Eugenie Lyzenko

11:26 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262a@ has been updated to revision @11185@.
This introduces first base work for native COM support i... Eugenie Lyzenko

12:20 PM Feature #3343: implement a 4GL syntax extension and the runtime backing to send emails (including...

3353a revision 11192 provides a good first version of the utility code. This allows sending text, html and mixed tex... Greg Shah

10/24/2017

04:35 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie, I need some details about how @BY-POINTER@ and @BY-VARIANT-POINTER@ work... I a... Eugenie Lyzenko

03:29 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie, I need some details about how @BY-POINTER@ and @BY-VARIANT-POINTER@ work... I assume @BY-POINTER@ would tell... Constantin Asofiei

08:52 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

> the input chVar1 is see as a input chVar1 in frame f1, and resulted code generates a frame0.getChVar1(), even if th... Greg Shah

08:33 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

> So looks like in case 1 we need to initiate message box showing from native code(or throw exception from native cod... Greg Shah

08:30 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

> Then for any COM related call Java side will checks this flag and do works only if support is true. This way we avo... Greg Shah

07:32 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie, have you investigated the @CONNECT@ option in @CREATE com... CONNECT TO ... @ s... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

07:11 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The bzr testcases repo has been updated to revision @1676@.
This adds investigation results and testcases for COM ... Eugenie Lyzenko

04:53 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin,
>
> Please clarify your expectations for JNI:
>
> [...]
>
> @Object[] ... Constantin Asofiei

10:40 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Task branch @3262a@ has been updated to revision @11183@.
Adding init JNI to helper class and instructions to gene... Eugenie Lyzenko

10:28 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin,
Please clarify your expectations for JNI:... Eugenie Lyzenko

10:20 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

I'm preparing the base structure to implement native code. And need to clarify one point.
Consider calling COM Aut... Eugenie Lyzenko

09:20 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The bzr testcases repo has been updated to revision @1675@.
This testcases update adds event processing investigat... Eugenie Lyzenko

10/23/2017

07:32 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie, have you investigated the @CONNECT@ option in @CREATE com... CONNECT TO ... @ s... Eugenie Lyzenko

07:10 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Greg, I have a conversion issue which a hint to solve it would help a lot:... Constantin Asofiei

07:10 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> > Already verified:
> See bellow for my current assumptions o... Eugenie Lyzenko

06:57 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > Two more issues:
> > 1. on a COM method call, if the method... Constantin Asofiei

06:53 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Already verified:
See bellow for my current assumptions of what will be passed from Java s... Constantin Asofiei

06:52 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Two more issues:
> 1. on a COM method call, if the method returns a COM pointer, i.e. a... Eugenie Lyzenko

06:37 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie, do you have a mapping of 4GL data types to C/native data types? I need this to... Eugenie Lyzenko

05:02 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Two more issues:
# on a COM method call, if the method returns a COM pointer, i.e. a @comVar:comProperty:someOtherPr... Constantin Asofiei

04:55 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie, do you have a mapping of 4GL data types to C/native data types? I need this to marshall/unmarshall the valu... Constantin Asofiei

04:28 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie, have you investigated the @CONNECT@ option in @CREATE com... CONNECT TO ... @ statement?
Ovidiu, maybe yo... Constantin Asofiei

11:18 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> >
> > So, can I assume a long va... Constantin Asofiei

11:16 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
>
> So, can I assume a long value for this internal, native-si... Eugenie Lyzenko

09:19 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> So no @GUID@ values will be used in Java code.
This is good.
> The COM object Java implem... Constantin Asofiei

10/22/2017

07:14 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > I guess it depends on particular COM object implementation. Sometimes it is possible, ... Eugenie Lyzenko

05:33 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > Is it possible to have multiple instances of the same COM ap... Constantin Asofiei

04:00 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Is it possible to have multiple instances of the same COM application?
I guess it dep... Eugenie Lyzenko

01:43 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie Lyzenko wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > Eugenie, two issues:
> > 1. am I right to assume on the nat... Constantin Asofiei

12:23 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eugenie, two issues:
> 1. am I right to assume on the native side there will be a regis... Eugenie Lyzenko

06:09 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Eugenie, two issues:
# am I right to assume on the native side there will be a registry mapping an ID to a COM point... Constantin Asofiei

10/21/2017

07:34 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The bzr testcases repo has been updated to revision @1674@.
Adding functionality and tests to pass different param... Eugenie Lyzenko

10:01 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Created task branch @3262a@ from trunk revision @11180@. Eugenie Lyzenko

11:24 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Greg Shah wrote:
> "IEnumConnectionPoints MSDN Docs":https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms6882... Eugenie Lyzenko

10/20/2017

10:01 AM Feature #3343: implement a 4GL syntax extension and the runtime backing to send emails (including...

Useful links that explain the different connection security methods for SMTP:
https://www.fastmail.com/help/techni... Greg Shah

09:36 AM Feature #3343: implement a 4GL syntax extension and the runtime backing to send emails (including...

I used the internal Golden Code SMTP gateway to test STARTTLS with a self-signed certificate. This case requires the... Greg Shah

09:32 AM Feature #3343: implement a 4GL syntax extension and the runtime backing to send emails (including...

It is possible to test both SSL and STARTTLS connection security using GMail:
https://support.google.com/a/answer/... Greg Shah

09:06 AM Feature #3343: implement a 4GL syntax extension and the runtime backing to send emails (including...

For testing purposes, the FakeSMTP project (http://nilhcem.com/FakeSMTP/) is very useful to easily run a dummy SMTP s... Greg Shah

07:27 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

"IEnumConnectionPoints MSDN Docs":https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms688265(v=vs.85).aspx Greg Shah

09:23 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The bzr testcases repo has been updated to revision @1670@.
Debugging performed to investigate the 4GL event handl... Eugenie Lyzenko

10/19/2017

12:13 PM Feature #3343 (WIP): implement a 4GL syntax extension and the runtime backing to send emails (inc...

+Which Java Library+
The following tutorial is useful for seeing common use cases of the JavaMail API:
https://... Greg Shah

11:09 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The bzr testcases repo has been updated to revision @1669@.
Fixed the small bug in interface ID definition. Howeve... Eugenie Lyzenko

10/18/2017

03:18 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

I have faced with small surprise. The 4GL object handle built-in method @ENABLE-EVENTS()@ does not work as expected. ... Eugenie Lyzenko

07:07 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

We will have to dispatch received COM events into calls to converted internal procedure. The internal procedure name... Greg Shah

11:10 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Very good reading related to COM event processing:
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/14183/COM-in-plain-C-Part
... Eugenie Lyzenko

11:07 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The bzr testcases repo has been updated to revision @1667@.
This is starting point for investigation different asp... Eugenie Lyzenko

10/17/2017

11:49 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The investigation is performing to have a clear picture of COM automation objects event processing for 4gl applicatio... Eugenie Lyzenko

10/15/2017

12:17 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Greg Shah wrote:
> Is the decimal precision loss explained by the use of floating point on the COM object side? If ... Eugenie Lyzenko

08:56 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Is the decimal precision loss explained by the use of floating point on the COM object side? If a double is used to ... Greg Shah

10/14/2017

07:54 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The bzr testcases repo has been updated to revision @1665@, @1666@.
Fixed @INT64@ data processing. Added @EXTENT@ ... Eugenie Lyzenko

10:38 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The additional investigation performed to make array handling for @ABL<->COM@ transformation. The only case the @EXTE... Eugenie Lyzenko

10/13/2017

08:52 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

> Do you mean the source @<customer_information_redacted>@, correct?
Yes. Greg Shah

08:47 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Greg Shah wrote:
> On the other hand, if this is never used by real applications then it is less concerning. I thin... Eugenie Lyzenko

09:20 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The bzr testcases repo has been updated to revision @1662@.
Added properties access(set and get) tests for set and... Eugenie Lyzenko

10/12/2017

12:43 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Greg Shah wrote:
> > I think if the address can be converted to integer value(or longint) it can be passed to COM. T... Eugenie Lyzenko

09:14 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

> I think if the address can be converted to integer value(or longint) it can be passed to COM. The question is if it... Greg Shah

09:04 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Greg Shah wrote:
> I'm surprised that MEMPTR can't be used.
This match the 4GL Programming Interfaces document bo... Eugenie Lyzenko

10:20 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

I'm surprised that MEMPTR can't be used. In WIN32 library calls, the MEMPTR is used heavily. For example, any WIN32... Greg Shah

09:50 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The bzr testcases repo has been updated to revision @1660@.
Added complex data type testcases for methods paramete... Eugenie Lyzenko

10/11/2017

11:30 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The bzr testcases repo has been updated to revision @1657@.
Added simple data type testcases. @LOGICAL@, @INTEGER@... Eugenie Lyzenko

10/10/2017

10:27 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The bzr testcases repo has been updated to revision @1654@.
This update adds checking the case sensitivity for met... Eugenie Lyzenko

10/09/2017

09:09 AM Feature #3285 (Closed): add support for SESSION:SUPPRESS-WARNINGS and SESSION:STARTUP-PARAMETERS

Greg Shah

09:04 AM Feature #3285: add support for SESSION:SUPPRESS-WARNINGS and SESSION:STARTUP-PARAMETERS

Greg Shah wrote:
> Can I close this task?
Yes, please. Hynek Cihlar

09:01 AM Feature #3285: add support for SESSION:SUPPRESS-WARNINGS and SESSION:STARTUP-PARAMETERS

3285a was merged to trunk as revision 11174.
Can I close this task? Greg Shah

10/07/2017

10:12 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The bzr testcases repo has been updated to revision @1653@.
Starting with this update we have working COM test obj... Eugenie Lyzenko

10/06/2017

07:48 AM Feature #3285: add support for SESSION:SUPPRESS-WARNINGS and SESSION:STARTUP-PARAMETERS

Code Review Task Branch 3285b Revision 11175
I'm fine with the changes. If you have tested them by running report... Greg Shah

04:21 AM Feature #3285: add support for SESSION:SUPPRESS-WARNINGS and SESSION:STARTUP-PARAMETERS

Greg Shah wrote:
> Please update the @gaps\expressions.rules@ for both attributes. I think that both can be describ... Hynek Cihlar

10:18 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The bzr testcases repo has been updated to revision @1649@.
Starting to create complete test set to investigate re... Eugenie Lyzenko

10/05/2017

09:48 AM Feature #3285: add support for SESSION:SUPPRESS-WARNINGS and SESSION:STARTUP-PARAMETERS

Please update the @gaps\expressions.rules@ for both attributes. I think that both can be described as partial. Expl... Greg Shah

10/04/2017

07:57 PM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

The bzr testcases repo has been updated to revision @1648@.
Adding type library support for testing COM object. Ch... Eugenie Lyzenko

10:47 AM Feature #3262: implement COM/OLE Automation support

Make sure you read the section of the 4GL docs (Programming Interfaces book) called "ActiveX Automation Support", esp... Greg Shah

05:09 PM Feature #3285: add support for SESSION:SUPPRESS-WARNINGS and SESSION:STARTUP-PARAMETERS

3285a was rebased and merged to trunk as revision 11174. The branch has been archived. Hynek Cihlar

04:46 PM Feature #3285: add support for SESSION:SUPPRESS-WARNINGS and SESSION:STARTUP-PARAMETERS

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> * Is access to the suppressed-warnings setting from @RemoteErrorData@ meant to be read-only?... Hynek Cihlar

04:09 PM Feature #3285: add support for SESSION:SUPPRESS-WARNINGS and SESSION:STARTUP-PARAMETERS

Code Review Task Branch 3285a Revision 11176
I'm fine with the code (aside from the items Eric mentioned).
I th... Greg Shah

02:40 PM Feature #3285: add support for SESSION:SUPPRESS-WARNINGS and SESSION:STARTUP-PARAMETERS

Hynek Cihlar wrote:
> The tip of 3285a implements SESSION:SUPPRESS-WARNINGS and limited support of SESSION:STARTUP-P... Eric Faulhaber

10:27 AM Feature #3285: add support for SESSION:SUPPRESS-WARNINGS and SESSION:STARTUP-PARAMETERS

3285a passed ChUI regression tests. Hynek Cihlar