Topic: Testing the new Flat-to-CSV conversion (1 of 3), Read 20 times, 1 File Attachment
Conf: VEDIT Macro Library
From: Christian Ziemski
Date: Sunday, September 05, 2004 06:18 AM


Here my first observations with the new Flat-to-CSV conversion:


Bug:

data with no output file will be lost!
(even after [Describe] and [VISUAL ESCAPE]!!!)


Suggestions (my personal opinions):

1) should display text in background when dialog is invoked
my fix: inserted an Update()

2) [Describe]
the help should read like: "[VISUAL EXIT] to start conversion"
or better IMHO:
[VISUAL EXIT] should not start conversion immediately but return
to dialog, with [RUN] as default button

3) [Describe] shouldn't show "reentering visual mode" when
[VISUAL ESCAPE]ed
(hmmm, that state is saved/restored but anyway
my fix: forced to Visual_Macro(NOMSG)


I attached a version with my two "fixes" (marked with CZ).


Christian

  FLAT-CSV.VDM (49KB)

 

Topic: Re: Testing the new Flat-to-CSV conversion (2 of 3), Read 20 times
Conf: VEDIT Macro Library
From: Christian Ziemski
Date: Sunday, September 05, 2004 08:53 AM

More:



      Bug:

      

      If the output file is already open the macro doesn't work

      (does nothing) but leaves an additional buffer opened.

      

      

      Docu:

      

      FLAT-CSV.VDM   Line 30:

      //	sample file (MACROS)\fields.smp into it. It extracts the

      should read

      //	sample file (HOME)\fields.smp into it. It extracts the

      

      Fields.smp

      Should contain a short sample DIR-output since not everyone

      has Win98. So it would be easier to understand the example.

      

      

      Suggestions:

      

      Different filenames (for example via option):

      

      std. descr:           fields.desc        instead of  fields.txt

      std. descr with -N :  filename.ext.desc  instead of  filename.TXT

      

      While editing the description file it would be helpful if the data

      file would be visible in a small (5 lines or so) window on top.

      

      

      Question:

      

      When/how are the statistics to be displayed?

 

Topic: Re: Testing the new Flat-to-CSV conversion (3 of 3), Read 21 times
Conf: VEDIT Macro Library
From: Ted Green
Date: Sunday, September 05, 2004 06:20 PM

At 08:54 AM 9/5/2004, you wrote:
> FLAT-CSV.VDM Line 30:
> // sample file (MACROS)\fields.smp into it. It extracts the
> should read
> // sample file (HOME)\fields.smp into it. It extracts the

Tom probably wasn't sure where fields.smp should be installed. We will discuss this.

Thank you for the other bug reports and suggestions. I will pass them to Tom tomorrow.

Ted.