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Scrolling in Workbench with line numbers enabled causes them to display as -1

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Take advantage of new Synergy Language features

Synergy/DE 9 contains important and useful new language features. Some of the major additions that have not yet been covered in Synergy-e-News are INIT, DATA, several new data types, and unsigned integer operators.

The INIT statement is an improvement over the CLEAR statement in that it will initialize each individual field in a named data structure with its initial value (either the declared default value or the default for the specified type if no value is declared), whereas CLEAR initializes the whole area based on the default value for the variable’s data type. In addition, you can use INIT on structure parameters. (It also works automatically with the new int data type, while some casting is required to make CLEAR work with int.) Use INIT whenever at least one variable in a record has a default value.

For example,

structure struct1
      fld1  ,d4   ,7
enstructure

record
      svar  ,struct1

record vars
      alp1  ,a5
      alp2  ,a11, “Hello World”
      alp3  ,a25

proc
; Difference between CLEAR and INIT

clear svar  ;Sets svar.fld1 to 0
init svar   ;Sets svar.fld1 to 7

; Insert values into the variables in record vars

init vars   ;Restores default values (spaces) for
            ; alpha variables alp1 and alp3 and
            ; restores the variable alp2’s initial
            ; value (in this case, “Hello World”)

The DATA statement allows data to be defined inside the procedure division. The scope of the data defined exists only inside the BEGIN-END block in which it is defined. The new DATA statement is very useful for variables that do not need to exist beyond the scope of the block of code in which they are created.

For example,

proc
if var
  begin
    data datetime ,a20   ;Variable that will exist only
                         ; in this BEGIN-END block
    .
    .
    .
    writes(chan, “Variable var true at ”+ datetime)
  end

For future compatibility with .NET, we added the following new data types in version 9: decimal, string, byte, short, int, and long. These types are automatically mapped to compatible Synergy types. The table below lists the new data types with the existing Synergy types they are mapped to and their default values.

For example,

myint ,i4

is equivalent to

myint ,int

Version 9 also includes the following unsigned integer operators, which can be used in comparison operations between unsigned integer values:

For example,

record
int1  ,i4   ,1
int2  ,i4   ,2
proc
if %unsigned(int1) .NEU. %unsigned(int2)
    writes(chan,”Unsigned integers not equal”)

The addition of INIT, DATA, the new .NET-compatible data types, and unsigned integer operators to Synergy Language allows for more creative, efficient, and modern code. We encourage you to become familiar with the use and purpose of these new features. See the Synergy/DE 9 Web site for more information about Synergy/DE 9.

Synergy/DE 9 released on OpenVMS
Synergy/DE 9.1.1c has been released on OpenVMS with support for Synergy objects

When we originally released Synergy/DE 9 in April, it was a pre-release on OpenVMS Alpha and Integrity server. It included all the features of Synergy/DE 9 on Windows and Unix with the exception of Synergy objects. The pre-release was fully supported, and we recommended that customers upgrade to it as long as they did not require support for objects.

Synergy/DE 9.1.1c has now been released on OpenVMS. It supports Synergy objects, and we now recommend that all OpenVMS customers upgrade to it. For more information about Synergy/DE 9, see our Web site.

Submit your OpenVMS story and be part of the celebration

HP and its customers are celebrating the 30th anniversary of OpenVMS this year, and HP wants YOUR best VMS stories. If you have a funny story, a story about VMS’s reliability or longevity, or a story describing your migration efforts (including any mistakes you made and what you did about them), visit HP’s celebration Web site and submit your story.

VisualSmart 2007c was released on October 3. Since VisualSmart is a hosted service, the new version upgrade required no effort on the customers' part, and there was no disruption of service.

The new version contains some much-anticipated features, including:

• Automatic report distribution. The Reports Module features an intuitive user interface that assists users in setting up report delivery to a list of e-mail addresses on a set schedule.

• Single sign-on. VisualSmart can now be integrated with another hosted application without the user having to re-enter login and password credentials. Accessing the tools in the VisualSmart application is simply one click, tab, or module away.

• Mashups. Single sign-on clients can ‘embed’ charts, gauges, top-n list components, and expansive analytics with their advanced measure and dimension capabilities in any of their own Web application pages.

Many other features and enhancements are also included in the VisualSmart 2007c release. If you would like a personal demo of VisualSmart, please call Synergex at 1.800.366.3472 and ask for Marty Henderson.

Scrolling in Workbench with line numbers enabled causes them to display as -1

I'm using Professional Series Workbench with line numbers enabled. When I scroll down, all of my line numbers show up as -1. What's going on, and what can I do about it?

This happens because, by default, Workbench turns off the line numbering option and enables the partial file loading option to improve performance while loading large files. Loading a large project with many large files requires a lot of CPU, so every little bit helps.

The easiest solution is to scroll down and click in the editor window to force Workbench to load the rest of your current file and display the correct line numbers. However, if you're confident that your machine is fast enough, you can follow the steps below to always load the entire file at once:

1. Select Tools > Options > File Options and click the Load tab.

2. Make sure "Load entire file" is checked.

3. Check "Count number of lines".

4. Uncheck "Load partial if larger than ___ K".
           
With the above settings, Workbench will load every file completely, every time.

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