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change of field numbers for MS Addins and .uwf files

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Phil Simon

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4/22/2009 4:32 PM

Hello

I'll probably have to open a case with Lawson but I'm hoping that there's a solution to this. On 8.0.3, we have quite a few upload files (UWFs) that are obviously linked to field numbers. These field numbers, however, have changed aross the board on 9 and Excel isn't liking the 'old' file definitions in the new TEST 9 product line. Aside from rewriting all of these from scratch, is there anything that can be done to get 9 to recognize 8.0.3 UWFs?

Thanks.

Phil Simon

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4/22/2009 4:52 PM

Lawson says that you can't but our community is smart.

kadkins

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4/22/2009 4:54 PM

Phil,

Have you opened the .UWF file and modified the product line? You can open these in Notepad and change the string info there. Try that and see if it works.

Thanks,

Kyle

Phil Simon

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4/22/2009 5:09 PM

Thanks, Kyle. If the field #s had remained constant, then that might work. Since they haven't (and they're not in a usable/flat format), it probably makes sense to just recreate them. How Lawson changes field numbers is beyond me. While not as inimical as changing field and table names, I'm still baffled about why they'd do this.

John Henley

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4/22/2009 5:19 PM

You can do manually/carefully by editing the .uwf. I have found it easier to just re-create them.

John Henley

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4/22/2009 5:34 PM

What they really should do is store the COBOLish name instead of the f number.

Phil Simon

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4/22/2009 6:59 PM

No argument here.