Currently, when we want to write data to a file that will be viewed in Excel, we parse the data in tab deliminated format to the file and name it with .xls at the end.  That is sent to end users via email.  They get a warning that the data is not formatted properly (it's not really an Excel file after all) but it does display somewhat correctly as the tabs are understood (this does not work if we deliminated with commas however).

When do implicit assumptions in code and arithmetic operators pose a real danger, and how can this danger be overcome?

Constantinople in the 5th century AD

(It was possible for people to build grandiose buildings and vehicles without the use of computers and robots 1,600 years ago.)

Ok so I am way outside of my comfort zone, and had to build an application using CSP to give users the ability to access SQL configuration tables. These SQL Configuration tables will affect the data that is sent to the downstream system. 

I saw in the examples where we were able to import GIF's/IMAGES into the CSP folders to use as a reference in our CSP pages. My question is how do you do that? If I try to import through studio, it tells me the file is invalid.

Just trying to make it a little more user friendly then blocks on a page.

We are currently using Health Share 2018.1.3

Thanks

Scott

Hello community,

I'm new to Objectscript and Intersystems development. I've read documentation and some examples and succeded to import my Java class  file into HealthShare using the Java Gateway Service. To import my class i tryed both methods (Wizard, or scripting) with success.

Everything works great, i see my imported class inside the namespace, and i can call the methods.

How do I rename class programmatically?

This discussion touches on data move which, is not a concern in my case (BPL renames).

I also don't care about external references.

The best I got is:

1. Get class text as string
2. Replace class name in this string
3. Save new string as new class
4. Open new class as object
5. Delete storage
6. Compile class

Are there any better alternatives?

Also found this discussion.

While and for are pretty similar, but sometimes you need to do a not recommended thing - change cycle boundaries.

In this situation while and for are different. For calculates boundaries once per run and while calculates boundaries on every iteration.

Consider this code sample:

set x = 5
for i=1:1:x {
     write "i: ", i,", x: ", x,!
     set x = x+1
}

You'll get this output:

i: 1, x: 5
i: 2, x: 6
i: 3, x: 7
i: 4, x: 8
i: 5, x: 9

Compare to while cycle:

set i = 1
set x = 5
while (i<=x) {
    write "i: ", i,", x: ", x,!
    set x = x+1
    set i = i+1
}

The output is infinite:

Launching IRIS Using Docker

This brief document will walk through the steps to launch IRIS community edition using Docker on the MAC. For those new to Docker, the first two pages explain how to install Docker, and run some basic commands that will be needed to get the IRIS community edition running. Experienced Docker users can skip directly to page three.

Hi Developers!

Often we need to use relatively small arrays with constants, static arrays in algorithms, etc where we need to do something with each element of an array. There are several ways to deal with it in ObjectSctipt. 

Previously I used to use globals, locals, PPG for this but not so long time ago figured out that %List is a way too handy.

Indeed, suppose we have an array of months and need to set up and use it in our code.

I am under the impression that inside HealthShare you can Services, Processes, and Operations. The service takes incoming data, the processes can process that data, and then the operations can send that data out.

I am curious if anyone has any experience, guides, or advice on how I can send data to a service using a Java application. I intend for the data to be in XML format. I am also curious if I succeed at picking up the data in the service, how I send the data back to the Java application using an Operation.

As of now I am attempting to get this to work on a local environment.

If you work with anything other than English, you would earlier or later encounter the characters from the title or just plain ??????????.

Encodings are usually known, but sometimes you just get gibberish and need to make sense of it.

In this cases $zcvt is your friend, the three argument form specifically.

But there are a lot of options. So here's an utility script to check how the text would look like in different encodings:

For simplicity sake let's say that we talk about active production.

I need to know if the business host is added to the production or not.

Currently I have:

do ##class(Ens.Director).IsItemEnabled("HostName", .sc)
set defined = $$$ISOK(sc)

Which looks like a workaround.

Hi everyone. I'm new to cache, and i  was looking for a command who reads a .txt file and store the informations in variables. I've found on the documentation the EnsLib.SQL.SNapshot class, and, even if i'm not sure if that's what i need, when i run the code it says that the class doesn't exist, but i couldn't find the right superclass to extend.

Hello Everyone,

I'm want to know, what is more common for your company to use, the abbreviation syntax or the complety name of commands, and why?

Ex. 

S VAR=10 / D FUNC^ROUTINE F 1:1:1000

Set VAR=10 / Do Func^Routine / For 1:1:1000

set var=10 / do func^routine / for 1:1:1000

Here in my company, we are familiar with the abbreviation syntax, because to spell is more faster.

Hi Developers!

Often I find questions on how to install IRIS, connect to IRIS from IDE, setup the environment, compile, debug, maintain the repository.

Here below possibly the shortest way to set up all the environment and start development with ObjectScript on InterSystems IRIS.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have Git, Docker, and VSCode installed

Install Docker and ObjectScript extensions into VSCode

Sign in or Create an account on Github

Here we go!

I want to edit this routine to replace "Cache" with "IRIS" how do I do that in Intersystems Google Cloud environment?  The portal  System > Routines  doesn't seem to show much. 

RPMS>ZL %RCR ZP

DIRCR    ;SFISC/GFT-DELETE THIS LINE AND SAVE AS '%RCR'*** ;12:18 PM  20 Apr 1993 [ 04/02/2003   8:23 AM ]

         ;;22.0;VA FileMan;**1001**;APR 1, 2003

         ;;22.0;VA FileMan;;Mar 30, 1999

         ;THIS ROUTINE CONTAINS AN IHS MODIFICATION BY IHS/MFD

         ;Per VHA Directive 10-93-142, this routine should not be modified.

%RCR     ;GFT/SF

         ;

STORLIST ;

         ;----- BEGIN IHS MODIFICATION

Hello!  I have basic web services application that java clients connect to the cache web services.  Using the browser, the user enters in the following url.

http://localhost:57772/csp/foia/%25SOAP.WebServiceInvoke.cls?CLS=SOAPFoia.SOAPServiceFoiaWeb&OP=FoiaApp30
'

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Stefan Wittmann presents use cases for the multi-model data access of InterSystems IRIS data platform. He shows the multi-model architecture that allows you to use the data model that best fits each task in your application — relational, object, or even direct/native access — all accessible through the language of your choice.

Hello,

I am taking some intro lessons in REST from the online courses. Below is a very simple code i wrote. But when i try to see the output by entering the url

http://localhost:57773/rest/coffeemakerapp/coffeemaker i get an error "

This page isn’t working

If the problem continues, contact the site owner.

HTTP ERROR 401

Thanks,

Jimmy

This series of articles would cover Python Gateway for InterSystems Data Platforms. Execute Python code and more from InterSystems IRIS. This project brings you the power of Python right into your InterSystems IRIS environment:

• Execute arbitrary Python code
• Seamlessly transfer data from InterSystems IRIS into Python
• Build intelligent Interoperability business processes with Python Interoperability Adapter
• Save, examine, modify and restore Python context from InterSystems IRIS

Other articles

The plan for the series so far (subject to change).

Hi All, I'm in the process of trying to rollout the git version control system with our current code base within Atelier.  We use Ensemble to develop interfaces but are looking to move to IRIS in the near future.  Our code is structured similar to below:

 Site

           System1

Routers

Processes

Transformations

Data

Services

Operations

…

System2

Routers

Processes

Transformations

Services

Operations

Data

…

Productions

Routers

Operations

I need to know the current rss memory consumption. On earlier Cache versions I used this method:

set sc = ##class(%Net.Remote.Utility).RunCommandViaZF("smem -u cacheusr | grep cacheusr | awk '{print $6}'",,.rss)

It doesn't work because we use $zf(-100) on IRIS 2019.1.

New version:

Hi ,

I am new to cache and I want to check with the experts to see if using the ctrl-c option while checking the list of databases is valid one or will it cause any issues. Below is my scenario

I use the below command to check the list of database 

%SYS>do ^MSU

Hi Developers!

Suppose I have a project where I want to build an IRIS container with two different dockerfiles depending on goals.  How can I make it?

The issue is that docker-compose is looking for the file with name 'dockerfile'

Are there any #IF constrations in a dockerfile syntax? 

Commenting works but sometimes it's more than one line.

I have a repository that I want to have in my /home/centos7/ directory, but it appears that Cache cannot access files there. Is that really the case? 

It seems like this is the case because in System Management Portal, when I try to up a new database in /home/centos7/, there aren't any directories listed, even if I add a custom one. Is Cache blocked out from this directory, and are there any others that Cache doesn't have the permission to access? 

Hello everyone! 

Recently I search how to convert Cyrillic to Latin with Cache Object Script, but didn't find anything and decided to write ourselves, 

So here code: 

I have BPL BP and BO.

To call BO I need to populate the stream property of the request message.

What's the best way to do it?

Hello everyone,

I'm tryingt to install Ensemble from an existing Caché installation,  is this possible? if possible, please send me links.

Best Regards.
Flávio.

Hello! I'm sending get request. When send the request bellow 

Set httprequest=##class(%Net.HttpRequest).%New()
Set httprequest.Server=url
Do httprequest.Get("/"_par1_"/"_par2)
 Set statusCode = httprequest.HttpResponse.StatusCode

I get http status 200, but should get 410 status. Since the parameters passed are not valid. 

If I send request differently as below, I get http status 410, which is correct. 

Do httprequest.Get("/2019/0912")

What is the difference between these two requests Do httprequest.Get("/"_par1_"/"_par2) and Do httprequest.Get("/2019/0912")?

In many projects I was faced with storing hierarchical data (tree) in classes.
By tree, I mean such data, where each node has a parent node — an object of the same class.
Many examples of such data can be given. For example, a catalog in the online store. Suppose that this online store sells books, in this case, the category tree might look like this:

The number in front of the name is the category ID.
For storage, you can create classes:

The MyApp.Category class  is used to store the category tree and contains the property “Parent” - reference to the same class.

Hi all,

I'm looking to set up monitoring for several interfaces. I understand that I can set an Inactivity Timeout. However, obviously there are messages coming through more frequently during certain hours than other hours. 

Is there a way to set an Inactivity Timeout for each hour of the day instead of one value that is used all day long? 

Best,

Erin