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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:	OLD ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:	Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:	IOSG::PYE

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4343
Total number of notes:	18308

3585.0. "Format mail message with '@'" by KERNEL::OTHENJ () Thu Nov 25 1993 11:06

Hello,

Has anyone seen this before/ any ideas on workarounds?

The customer wants to format his mail message out to vms, when they will be 
sending the .lis file to a fax application. The customer is using the 
following command.

<format "@oa$curmes" "test.lis","LN03",9,0,1,0,1

Using the @ sign should format all attachments with the mail mail message 
itself. This works until there is a TDE diagram in one of the attachments. 
The format command results in a COMMENT line being inserted at the start 
and end of the picture.

i.e.

<ESC>[450d<ESC>[0`here is the first line before the picture
<ESC>[500d<ESC>[0`A COMMENT block of text is positioned here
<ESC>[550d<ESC>[0`pejhf
<ESC>[900d<ESC>[0`          
<ESC>(0qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk<ESC>[950d<ESC>[0`<ESC>(B                          
<ESC>(0x
<ESC>[1000d<ESC>[0`<ESC>(B                          <ESC>(0x
<ESC>[1050d<ESC>[0`<ESC>(B                          <ESC>(0x
<ESC>[1100d<ESC>[0`<ESC>(B                          <ESC>(0x
<ESC>[1150d<ESC>[0`<ESC>(B                          <ESC>(0x<ESC>(B        
t
<ESC>[1200d<ESC>[0`                          <ESC>(0x
<ESC>[1250d<ESC>[0`<ESC>(B                          <ESC>(0x
<ESC>[1300d<ESC>[0`<ESC>(B                          <ESC>(0mqqqqqqqqqqqq
<ESC>[1350d<ESC>[0`<ESC>(BA COMMENT block of text is positioned here
<ESC>[1400d<ESC>[0`here 

When the document is printed out, the COMMENT line is included before and 
after the drawing. 

The customer has found on further testing that this problem only occurs 
when he uses the @ sign - if he formats each attachment seperately (and 
therefore leaves out the @ sign), the TDE digram is formatted without the 
COMMENT block.

Is there any way around this? The customer is using ALL-IN-1 v3.0, and I 
can reproduce the output on v3.0-1.

	Thanks,

			Julie

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3585.1 Use individual formatting IOSG::NEWLAND Richard Newland, IOSG, REO2-G/L2 Mon Nov 29 1993 13:54 30

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3585.1	Use individual formatting	IOSG::NEWLAND	Richard Newland, IOSG, REO2-G/L2	`Mon Nov 29 1993 13:54`	30
	I don't know of any other workaround except for the one the customer has found of individually formatting each attachment. However, this is probably a better way of formatting the complete message. In ALL-IN-1 V2.0, V2.1 and V2.2 a Print operation used a similar method for formatting messages with attachments. This resulted in: 1. The message and all attachments being formatted by the WPS-PLUS formatter, even when the data type or handling of some attachments indicated they should be formatted with other formatters. 2. A single WPS-PLUS format operation was performed (with one set of WPS-PLUS Print Settings). If different WPS-PLUS attachments had different WPS-PLUS Print Settings some attachments were formatted differently from when formatted individually with their own Print Settings. 3. The end of one attachment and the beginning of the next attachment could be put on the same page resulting in the rest of the current attachment being badly formatted. Because of the above problems ALL-IN-1 V2.3 and all subsequent versions have individually formatted each attachment. Please submit an SPR for the COMMENT block problem. Richard

I don't know of any other workaround except for the one the customer has 
found of individually formatting each attachment.  However, this is 
probably a better way of formatting the complete message.  

In ALL-IN-1 V2.0, V2.1 and V2.2 a Print operation used a similar method for
formatting messages with attachments.  This resulted in: 

    1.  The message and all attachments being formatted by the WPS-PLUS 
	formatter, even when the data type or handling of some attachments 
	indicated they should be formatted with other formatters.

    2.  A single WPS-PLUS format operation was performed (with one set of
	WPS-PLUS Print Settings).  If different WPS-PLUS attachments had
	different WPS-PLUS Print Settings some attachments were formatted
	differently from when formatted individually with their own Print
	Settings. 

    3.  The end of one attachment and the beginning of the next attachment 
	could be put on the same page resulting in the rest of the current
	attachment being badly formatted.


Because of the above problems ALL-IN-1 V2.3 and all subsequent versions 
have individually formatted each attachment.


Please submit an SPR for the COMMENT block problem.


Richard