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==== How to Recompile Windows without Using Form Designer (None Specified) ====
=== At 14 APR 1998 07:32:53PM Glen Hawken wrote: ===
 
 
<QUOTE>
We wish to change the help processing on all 300 plus forms of an 

application programmatically and we would like to also recompile them

without using the Form Designer.  Does anybody know a way of doing this?
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=== At 15 APR 1998 01:10AM Donald Bakke wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Glen,



You could write a program that loops through all of your forms and execute a Repository("COMPILE", entID) call. Or you could bring up the Compile Entity dialog from the Entity-]Compile menu and do it one at a time.



dbakke@srpcs.com

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=== At 15 APR 1998 02:14AM Glen Hawken wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Thank-you for your response Don, it will save us a considerable

amount of time!  Do you know if the functions of the repository are 

documented? Or, how do you find out this kind of information.



Cheers.

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=== At 15 APR 1998 08:45AM David Pociu wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>There is some documentation in the Programmer's Reference Help under "Repository Function". 



It's just a brief outline of the different messages that can be sent to the Repository function and what they do.

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=== At 15 APR 1998 09:40AM Dave wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Glen,

     This post should also give you some more information about the repository. [url=http://www.revelation.com/8525652b0066bfaf/d739a1010f28f6798525656b00612ab1/3a29594dee469b91852563b20043beb0?OpenDocument]Here.[/url]

                         -DaveRevelation

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=== At 15 APR 1998 09:42AM John Duquette wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Glen,



Unfortunately the Repository function is not as well documented as it could be, as David pointed out.  If you look in your SYSOBJ table you will see all the different REPOSITORY executables.  If there are some that are not documented in the PREF, let me know and I will find out what it does.



John Revelation

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