Difference between DDS-conversion and Genie

[isakJ]

Hi!

I am investigating this product so I am new to Profound.
Genie look good but I would like to converting screens to add some extra features. In Genie my Fkey descriptions is shown on the links (using the Hybrid skin), but when I do a DDS-conversion(Hybrid theme) the descriptions don`t show. The same happens to my subfile options, they are shown in Genie but not recognized by the DDS-conversion. The descriptions is specified in msgcons in the display file.
I have played around with the theme options but get no result.
I can link all the descriptions in the Visual designer but time could be saved if i got it to work.
If someone have any ideas I would greatly appreciate! Thanks in advanced :)

Best Regards

Isak

[Scott Klement]

Genie and DDS Conversion are two separate modules. There are customers who purchase DDS Conversion, but who do not purchase Genie. Likewise, there are customers who purchase Genie and do not purchase DDS Conversion. For that reason, the settings you set in Genie do not affect your DDS Conversion, and vice-versa.

To make the DDS Conversion work differently, you'll want to change your conversion theme. To do that:

1) Access your IFS (for example, using a mapped drive from Windows)

2) Navigate to the /www/YOUR-INSTANCE/htdocs/profoundui/userdata/custom/themes directory in the IFS. (Replace 'YOUR-INSTANCE' with the name of the HTTP server instance you assigned when you installed Profound UI. the name is "PROFOUNDUI" by default.)

3) In this directory, you should find a file named "hybrid.js", that is the hybrid DDS conversion theme. I would recommend making a backup copy of this file before continuing.

4) Copy "hybrid.js" to another name. Usually customers create a theme with the name of their business, for example you might call it "crosskey.js".

5) Edit the "crosskey.js" file with a text editor. You can use any editor you like, but I personally like to use Notepad++, it is a free download you can find with a quick Google search. Once installed, you can right-click your crosskey.js file and choose "edit with notepad++".

6) Change the "name" at the top of the theme from 'Hybrid" to "Crosskey"

7) Find the "remove options labels" option. Set that to false to retain the subfile option descriptions.

8) Find the "remove fkey labels" option, Set that to false to retain the function key descriptions.

9) Use file/save to save the updated crosskey.js file.

10) Re-load the page with the visual designer to pick up the new crosskey.js file. When you click the "Convert" button, you should now have a "Crosskey' theme that you can use. Convert with that theme, and it will retain the function key and subfile option labels.

You can learn more about themes and their settings at the following link:
http://www.profoundlogic.com/docs/display/PUI/Themes

Good luck!

[isakJ]

Thanks for the answer!

I have done all the steps already. I think the issue may be that the library where the messages are taken from is not present when the DDS-conversion is done. Is there any way of knowing what libraries are taken in account in the DDS-conversion?
If the library isn't present that would explain a lot.

Isak

[Scott Klement]

Ah, sorry. I did not notice the part about MSGCON in your original post.

I suspect that DDS conversion does not look at MSGCON fields when making the conversion. In Genie, it cannot tell the difference between a message file constant and literals that are coded into the display because Genie does not look at the display file. Instead, the operating system treats it as a terminal and tells it what to print in the areas of the screen. It does not tell Genie that some values came from message files and some came from the display file itself, it simply says "print this string in this row/col".

The best way to address this might be to file a support request with Profound Logic. You can do that by e-mailing support@profoundlogic.com

[isakJ]

Okay Thank you, Good to know!