Have you ever thought why the code that you write in Caché Object Script is exported to an XML file?

The news is that it’s time to change. Starting from the release of Atelier, a new development environment, and Caché 2016.2, you will be able to export and import files in the format that you use in the studio, into the so-called UDL (Universal Definition Language) format. You can now write code that is not only fast but also looks beautiful in the exported form. However, we get another equally serious issue: if all new projects are in the UDL format, what will happen to backward compatibility?

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Hello, guys.

Say I have two horologs or timestamps, how can I compare them? I know that just time1 > time2 doesn't work because it will compare them as strings which is not correct. 

Hello, guys. 

I found one interesting moment in Cache Object Script. It doesn't have(or at least I didn't find) trimming function. By trimming I mean if a string has some whitespaces/tabs/carriage returns from very beginning or/and from very right, this function removes them. 

  I have found several workaround ways. 

1. Using Cache Basic

ClassMethod TrimCacheBasic(str As %String) As %String [ Language = basic ]{Return Trim(str)}

2. Using SQL

ClassMethod TrimSQL(str As %String) As %String
{
	set tStatement = ##class(%SQL.Statement).%New()
	set tSC = tStatement.%Prepare("SELECT TRIM(?)")

Hello, guys.

Is there a way to get all object properties, parameters and so on and put it inside a string. I know that I can use 

zw obj, but this does not work if I want to put it inside a string.

I know that Cache files can be stored as XML and UDL based files. Is there any way to determine in which format the file(class, routine, dfi and so on) is stored? Because you can easily name your XML based file as class.cls and it will be perfectly valid. 

I know that one way to check whether this file is in XML format is just try to parse it like 

Set st = ##class(%XML.TextReader).ParseStream(contentStream)

if $$$ISERR(st) return $$$NO

else return $$$YES

However, is there a better way? 

Hello, guys.

I need to find all web files, get their content in UDL format and to be able to export them. And, vice versa, to be able to import them in udl format.

I know that they are located in CSP folder. However, is there any way to do this using COS functions?

Hello, guys.

I need to copy the text from one stream to another filestream and save it. I am using  

do fileStream.CopyFromAndSave(rtn.Code)

However, if "rtn" stream contains Russian characters I get something like "???". Is there any way to convert stream to Unicode?  Something like $zc(str, "O", "UTF8") for streams.

Hello, guys. 

We have recently created a syntax highlighting for COS for Atom text editor. You can find it on https://github.com/intersystems-ru/atom-language-cos

Installation: 

1. Download or clone this repository
2. Copy everything to ~/.atom/packages/
3. If you have your Atom editor open, then you need to reload it (enter  Window: Reload in Command line)

It's been few days since the release, so please if you find a bug, let us know through creating an issue or forking and making a pull request. 

P.S. After it gets more or less usable, we will use this syntax as a basis for GitHub highlighting for COS.

Hello, guys.

I have a set of file names (e.g. file.cls, file2.mac and so on) and I need to check whether these files are mapped in %ALL or current namespace.

I found that if I open Globals in the current namespace I can see mapped packages. And If I open this global I see all files that are  to this namespace and %SYS. The problem is these files are enumerated in a json object(apparently)

ex. "{""class"":{""%Activate.Enum"":{},""%Activate.GenericObject"":{""CreateObject"":0,""GetObject"":0},""%Activate.HandleEvents"")

But, is there a way to determine whether this file is mapped using some method? 

Hello, guys. 

Is there a way to create a dashboard programatically?

I have a source code of a dashboard in udl format and I need to somehow import it in my project. 

%Compiler.UDL.TextServices works only with classes and ##class(%Routine).%New("dashboard.dfi") doesn't work as well. 

Hello, guys. 

I want to add a class to my project. This class is in UDL format. 

I know that there is a method:  ##class(%Compiler.UDL.TextServices).SetTextFromStream. The problem is that to use this method I need to know the name of the class (including all packages) in advance. But,  a class can have any name(I mean C:/source/AAA/BBB/CCC.cls, but the real name is Sample.Human.cls).

For now I found only one way to get to know the name of a class - just parse the class code and search for a word which is followed by "Class" word. Is there any better way to do that? 

P.S.

Hello, guys.

I have an external file that contains data in UDL format(as in Studio, not XML) and I need to somehow overwrite my source file with that file. 

I tried to use this snippet for .mac file

 set rtn = ##class(%RoutineMgr).%OpenId("les.mac")
 w rtn.Code.WriteLine("some text")

It says that status is 1, but I don't see any difference in my source file.

Is there any way to overwrite source files, not only .mac but .cls, .int, .dfi?

Hello, guys!

I want to get access to the folder where all files of the namespace are stored using COS. I found a way to get access to class files and found a folder where all csp, html, css etc files are stored.

However, is there any folder which contains all files(even .mac and .int)?  

Or, probably, there is a method which gives all files content?

Hello, everyone!

I opened one project and there I found such lines as 

$$Export^%occXMLExport(filename,"-d /diffexport",InternalName)

Do DecomposeStatus^%apiOBJ(sc,,"d")

The problem is I can't go to their definition and find them in documentation. It says that they don't exist on the server. However, the project works and these routines execute. 

How can I import them into my project?