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Conference ilbbak::ibi_focus

Title:	FOCUS, from INFORMATION BUILDERS

Moderator:	ZAYIUS::BROUILLETTE

Created:	Thu Feb 19 1987
Last Modified:	Mon May 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	615
Total number of notes:	1779

94.0. "MODIFY IN LIB$SPAWN" by TOLKIN::HOLLOCHER () Thu Jul 14 1988 16:13

    
    
    Hello,
    
    I have a curious problem that has stumped a bunch of people.
    
      I create a subprocess using LIB$SPAWN from a 3gl program.
      the subprocess enters FOCUS (no problem).  Once inside
      of FOCUS user interactive screens are displayed (no problem).
      As soon as I try to carry out a MODIFY command ** KABOOM **
      I get a FOC(422) file not writable.  I find this strange.
      The .FOC files reside in my own account.  The Host and spawned
      processes have my UIC etc. VMS file protection is not an issue.
      Only the Subprocess is in FOCUS. I'm not using SU or any USE
      commands. Also note that I can modify the files if I am in my
      host process.
    
                               Bruce

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
94.1	look for the obvious	TOLKIN::HOLLOCHER		`Mon Jul 18 1988 16:45`	4
	I found the problem, I was using the HLI to access the files and then attempting to use the MODIFY to update the files. The host process had opened them, I wasn't using the SU, so therefore Kaboom.