If I'm using an objectgenerator, is there a way to check the compile flags and have it behave differently based on which flags are set?

And as a tangent, is there a list somewhere of what compile flags there are?

Has anyone had any success reading barcodes from PDFs or images in a Cache/IRIS application? I've been looking at some possible solutions for this, including the open source ZXing libraries. I know we have the ability to create them in Zen and Intersystems Reports, but as far as I know, there's nothing built in to actually read data from a barcode. If anyone has suggestions on how to go about this, I'd love to hear them.

In our specific case, we print reports with a Code 128 barcode on them.

Is there a way for us to restrict user's ODBC permissions based on what program they're running on a client?

For example, we have some older Windows apps (.exe) that are a regular part of our software package which require the user to be able to select, insert, update, and delete. Some of our users are also using other third-party apps to connect (mostly reporting tools) but we only want them to be able to select unless we've approved the exe. Is there a way to do that?

These are not applications that were developed using CacheDirect.

Is there a way, for testing purposes at least, to change a CSP session over to a different user? We have a lot of things in our system that are allowed or restricted based on the user login, so it would be useful for me to be able to occasionally run as a different user to see how things look and work for them. I've tried using the %CSP.Session.Login function, but that still shows the CSP session as being from the original user, not the one I've switched to.

Pouring The Coffee: Creating and scheduling a task

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Cache and IRIS come with a built-in Task Manager, which should have a familiar feel to those used to using the Windows task scheduler or using cron on Linux. Your user account will need access to the %Admin_Task resource to use it, and you can access it in the management portal under System Operation -> Task Manager. When first installed, there are roughly 20 types of task that you can schedule.

If I open a terminal and type the following commands, sc is an error:

set validator = "sc = ##class(%Library.Numeric).IsValid(""BLAH"")"
set @validator
write sc

At the end, when I write sc I get:

0 L'BLAH9
             DOCXT010,#e^zIsValid+1^%Library.Numeric.1^1e^^^1

However, if I call the following class method using the arguments "%Library.Numeric" and "BLAH", sc is undefined

 ClassMethod testvalidator(class As %String, value As %String) As %Status
{
set validator = "sc = ##class("_class_").IsValid("""_value_""")"
write validator,!
set @validator
write sc,!

If I export a class definition to an XML file, is there a way to programmatically import it so that I could schedule a task to look in a given location for XML files once a day and import class definitions?

I work on an ERP system and am trying to set up a dashboard according to a customer request. It's a pivot table with a few controls and filters, nothing too difficult, but I'm having some issues with drill down.

We've got item sales data. Quantity sold, sales dollars, cost, gross profit as both dollars and a percentage. It's starting out with one row per item. From there, we can drill down to see which salesmen have sold that item and get all of those numbers for each salesman.

 I'm trying to set up VS Code for ObjectScript using the instructions found here I've got both Cache 2018.1.2.309.0 and IRIS 2020.1.0.215.0. When I try to connect to either one of them the connection fails, and I get a notification in the bottom right corner that says "Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0". I've checked the JSON settings file that VS Code uses, and they're fine and formatted properly. All of the settings I've entered are correct. I suspect that there's a response coming back from the server that VS Code is expecting to be JSON, but isn't.

Can a license be reserved for a specific user or group of users? So if I have 20 available licenses, only allow other users to use 19 of them while keeping one open for this specific user?

Is it possible to create a pivot table with a column containing a clickable hyperlink using a field from the cube definition as a part of the link?