Building new company, but can't edit the new company menus... (SOLVED!)

[Mike Schwartz]

> From: Filepro-list [mailto:filepro-list-
> bounces+mschw=athenet.net at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Jose
> Lerebours via Filepro-list
> 
> Have you 'setperms' for the new directory tree?
> 
> In my filePro application, I also use what you describe but each time, I make
> sure I zap the lock files and run setperms
> 
> On 01/02/2018 08:40 PM, Mike Schwartz via Filepro-list wrote:
> >      Interestingly, when I run the programs (executing the first user defined
> menu in the system) PFMENU does what I would expect.  It finds the menus
> for the “newcompany”.  It is only “define menus” that does not allow me to
> edit the menus in the /u/newcompany/menus subdirectory.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Set PFMENU
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/2/2018 8:05 PM, Mike Schwartz via Filepro-list wrote:
> >
> >       I am running filePro 5.0.13D4 on SCO Openserver 6.  I built a complete
> > new "testing" company by copying all the existing filePro databases and
> > menus to a new subdirectory structure.
> >
> >
> >
> >      Qualifiers will not work in this instance.  I want code I can mangle
> > without any possibility of damaging the main code or databases.  I will
> > transfer all my changes to the main system after I am done making changes
> to
> > my test system.
> >
> >
> >
> >      I copied all the filePro databases from  /appl/filepro to the
> > /u/newcompany subdir, then I copied the menus to
> /u/newcompany/menus and
> > I've set the following:
> >
> >
> >
> > PFDIR=/u/newcompany; export PFDIR
> >
> > PFMENU=/u/newcompany/menus; export PFMENU
> >
> >
> >
> >       Everything seems to work, EXCEPT when I go to the filePro main "P"
> menu
> > and try to edit a menu.  The "P" menu always seems to open the original
> > /appl/fp/menus.
> >
> >
> >
> >       I don't want to change the PFPROG setting, because I only have one set
> > of filePro programs on the system.  From the "P", when I try to "Define
> > Output" or  "Define screens: or even "Define edits" I get the correct
> > "newcompany" programs "Define user menus" is the only thing that does
> not
> > work.
> >
> >
> >
> >       Suggestions?
> >
> >
> >
> > And, Happy New Year everybody!
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike Schwartz
> >
> >
> >
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     Hmmm... good thought.  Setperms apparently doesn't obey the PFMENU setting, either, although setperms did find the (moved) databases in /u/newcompany/filepro:

pts002 schwartz root: ./setperms
Checking for user 'filepro'...
User 'filepro' found, proceeding normally...
Setting permissions and ownerships for filePro programs
located in /u/appl/fp
Setting permissions and ownerships for filePro menus
located in /u/appl/fp/menus
Setting permissions and ownerships for filePro data files
located in /u/newcompany/filepro

    Setperms found my old menus in /u/appl/fp/menus and not the new menus in /u/newcompany/menus.   

[ $quiet ] || echo
[ $quiet ] || echo "Setting permissions and ownerships for filePro menus"
if [ "$PFMENU" != "" ]
then
    cd $PFMENU
    [ $quiet ] || echo "located in $PFMENU"
elif [ "$FPMENU" != "" ]
then
    cd $FPMENU
    [ $quiet ] || echo "located in $FPMENU"
elif [ -d $PFPROG/fp/menus ]     

     OK, found it!  Somebody apparently is inserting some settings in someplace else that is overriding PFMENU.  When I go into a filePro menu and then "shell out", I see that PFMENU is no longer /u/newcompany/menus.  I will have to figure out where that is...
   
Thanks Bill and Jose!

Sorry to bother you all!     

Mike
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