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

[fP sales]

Sorry Mike.  Didn't see your reply until this morning.
Tell those users to stop doing things without your permission.  :)
Glad you figured it out.

Bill
On 1/2/2018 9:29 PM, Mike Schwartz via Filepro-list wrote:
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -------------- next part --------------
>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>>> URL:  <http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-
>> list/attachments/20180102/b772470e/attachment.html>
>> <http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-
>> list/attachments/20180102/b772470e/attachment.html>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Filepro-list mailing list
>>> Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes
>>> http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    <https://www.avast.com/sig-
>> email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-
>> email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon>
>>> Virus-free.  <https://www.avast.com/sig-
>> email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-
>> email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> www.avast.com
>>>
>>>
>>> -------------- next part --------------
>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>>> URL: <http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-
>> list/attachments/20180102/77566235/attachment.html>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Filepro-list mailing list
>>> Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes
>>> http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list
>> --
>> Jose D. Lerebours
>> 954-559-7186
>> https://www.cargosaas.com
>> http://www.ezbookeep.com
>> http://www.ezdaemon.com
>> http://www.fp2php.com
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Filepro-list mailing list
>> Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes
>> http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list
>       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
> =========================
>
> _______________________________________________
> Filepro-list mailing list
> Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes
> http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list



---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20180103/d0f18621/attachment.html>