DECUS U.S. CHAPTER SIGs NEWSLETTERS DATATRIEVE/4GL SIG . DTR OFFICE AUTOMATION SIG . OA PERSONAL COMPUTER SIG . PC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SIG . .... ..................... ...................... .... ... Al BUSINESS APPLICATIONS SIG . .. .. .... ..... .. .. .... ... ... .. .. ... ........ BA DAARC SIG .................................................· ................................... DAR DATA MANAGEMENT SIG .... .. ... ........ ... .... .. .... ........ .. ..... .. .... OMS EDUSIG ....................................................................................... EDU GRAPHICS SIG ..... ... ..... ..... ... ........ .... .. .......... ... .... ... .... ... .. .. GRA HARDWARE MICRO SIG .. .. ..... .. .. ....... .. .. .... .... ... .. .. ... ........... HMS IAS SIG ........................ ............................................................... IAS LANGUAGES AND TOOLS SIG . ... .. .. .. ..... ...... .. ... .. ...... .. ..... ... ... ...... L&T LARGE SYSTEMS SIG . LS MUMPS SIG ... .. .. ........ ......... ...... .. ....... .. .. .. ... ...... ..... ............ .. MMP NETWORKS SIG . ........................... ................ .. ............... .. ... ... .. .... NTW RSTS SIG . RST RSX SIG ....................................................................................... RSX RTSIG ........................................................................................... RT SITE MANAGEMENT & TRAINING SIG ... .... .... .... ........ .. .. ... ..... ... -;,_ . SIT .. UNISIG .................. ..................................................................... UNI VAX SYSTEMS SIG . VAX LIBRARY INFORMATION SECTION .. .......... .... .. .. ......... .... .... ...... .......... LIB "HOW TO" SUBMIT AN ARTICLE ... GROUP FORMS . HOW SIG INFORMATION SECTION . SIC QUESTIONNAIRE SECTION . au February 1988 Volume 3, Number 6 GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTIONS PAGE NO. DATATRIEVE/4GL SIG .Chairman's Corner .................. DTH-2 .Creating Multiple Mail Messages Within a FOR Loop . DTH-3 .Ask the Wombat Wizard ............... DTH-5 .Developing Applications in DATATRIEVE: Browsing Under Program Conrol. DTH-10 .User Defined Function (UIJF) to Translate VMS Status Values . DTR-14 .DATARIEVE Dates and Leap Years ...... DTH-16 .Ask the WOMBAT Wizard Submission Form .. QlJ-I .DATATRIEVE/4GL SIG PIR Submission Form. QlH~ OFFICE AUTOMATION SIG .From the Editor........... OA-l .Multiple Read for New Mail Messages OA-2 .Three Helps for ALL-IN-l ..... OA-4 .OA SIG Tape Submissions and Contest OA-9 .OA SIG System Improvement Request Ballot . QU-17 PERSONAL COMPUTER SIG .Chairman's Column. PC-1 .The New PC SIG . PC-2 . PRO Section . PC-5 .VAXMATE Section. PC-45 DAARC STG .Digital lluilds Momentum in Realtime Computing .......................... l>All-J EDUSTG .From the Editor............................................ EDU-1 IAS SIG .From the Editor's Terminal. IAS-1 . Contribution Guidelines. IAS-2 .Ten Years Ago This Month . TAS-2 .Ask The De VIAS Demon . JAS-2 .The Program of the Month Club . IAS-3 .Report on the Fall Symposium . TAS-4 . Update D Field Test Users Note . TAS-5 .IAS WHIMS .......... QU-9 RSTS/E SIG .From the Editor. HST-2 .Letters to the Editor ... HST-:~ .Hardware Update Bulletin . HST-7 .Software Update Bulletin. .HST-9 .Software Performance Report (SPR) Log. HST-!J .Version 9.4 Monitor Internals Upate . .HST-9 .CUSP of the Month - DISPLY ..... HST-15 RSX SIG .Food for Thought .. RSX-1 .The Editor's Corner. HSX-1 RT SIG .From the Editor. RT-1 .Common Virtual Arrays. HT-3 .Setting RSX Straight .. RT-7 .Magnetic Tape Usage. RT-8 .The FORTRAN Slate. RT-14 .The FLIT GUN .... RT-16 .RT-11 Wish List Survey QU-19 UNISIG .Introducing the New Newsletter Editor ..... UNI-1 . ULTRIX Diskless Performance Test Methodology . UNI-2 VAX SIG .Editor's Workfile .............. VAX-:{ .Interlocked Q-bus Cycles on the MicroVAX-II VAX-fi .Cleaning up the TPU EDT Emulator. VAX-7 .VMSnet Status . .. .VAX-15 .I/O Performance . VAX-22 .Current Field Change Orders. VAX-39 .LUG News ......... VAX-43 .Spring 1988 System Improvement Request Ballot. VAX-44 .Anaheim VAXnotes Excerpts - VMS . VAX-71 .Anaheim VAXnotes Excerpts - VMS Performance . VAX-80 .Anaheim VAXnotes Excerpts - VMS V5 .... VAX-85 .INPUT/OUTPUT ................ VAX96 .System Improvement Request Submission Form QU-2J .VAX System SIG Spring 1988 SIR Ballot .... QU-2:~ .System Improvement Request Submission Form QU-21 .VAX System SIG Spring 1988 SIR Ballot .... QU-2:~ HOW TO SUBMIT TO A SPECIFIC SECTION OF THE NEWSLETTER .Submitting Articles to Hard News ..................... HOW-1 .How to Submit Articles to the RSTS Newsletter .............. JIOW-2 .DECUS U.S. Chapter Subscription Service SIGs Newsletters Order Form . IIOW<~ .DECUS U.S. Chapter Application for Membership ............ HOW-fi SIG INFORMATION SECTION .Special Interest Committee Lists. SIC-1 QUESTIONNAIRE SECTION .Ask the WOMBAT Wizard Submission Form QU-1 .DATATRIEVE/4GL SIG PIR Submission Form. QU-3 .Submitting Articles to Hard News ....... QU-5 .HMS Submission Form - A SIG Information Interchange . QU-7 .IAS WHIMS ....... QU-9 .L&T Masters Application . QU-11 .L&T Wishlist Questionnaire QU-B .DATAGRAM ....... QU-1 fi .OA SIG System Improvement Request Ballot . QU-17 .RT-11 Wish List Survey ........... QU-1 !) .System Improvement Request Submission Form Qll-21 .VAX System SIG Spring 1988 SIR Ballot .... QU-2:3 The Wombat tt Uh 4~1Jj EXAMINER 1lltapatrQ "Increases the Circulation of Anyone in America" Volume 3 Number 6 Contributions Submissions to this newsletter are constantly sought. A submission can be an article, a letter to the Wombat Wizard, a technical tip, or anything of interest to people using or considering the use of Datatrieve or any 4GL product. Submissions on magnetic media are preferred but almost any type will be considered. Contributions for the newsletter can be sent to either of the following addresses: Editor, DATATRIEVE Newsletter Donald E. Stern, Jr c/o DECUS U.S. Chapter Warner Lambert Company 219 Boston Post Road, BP02 10 Webster Road Marlboro, MA 01762 Milford, CT 06460 Table of Contents DECUS U.S. Chapter SIG Newsletters, Volume 3, No. 6, Feb. 1988 Wombat Examiner and 4GL Dispatch, Volume 9, No. 6 DTR-2 Chairman's Corner DTR-3 Creating Multiple Mail Messages Within a FOR Loop DTR-4 Ask the Wombat Wizard DTR-10 Developing Applications in DATATRIEVE: Browsing Under Program Control DTR-14 User Defined Function (UDF) to Translate VMS Status Values DTR-16 DATATRIEVE Dates and Leap Years DTR-1 Chairman's Corner Joe H. Gallagher, Ph.D., 4GL Solutions, Overland Park, KS Once again the DECUS Symposium broke all the records. At the 1987 Fall Symposium in Anaheim, there were over 2000 attendees at the pre-symposium seminars and over 7100 symposium attendees! Sessions were well presented and attended; the weather was good; the food was good; and DEXPO was bigger than ever. The special happening for the DTR/4GL SIG were • For the first time, there were more presentations on 4GL's (29) than on DATATRIEVE (28). • At Wombat Magic, Donald E. Stern, Jr. was presented with a DATATRIEVE Greybeards Award for his service and contribution to the SIG. Congratulations, Don! • The 10th Birthday Party for DATATRIEVE was well attended and received. On hand to cut the cake (a square cake with a chocolate wombat on top in the shape of the well known wombat magnet) was Jim Starkey, the original developer of DATATRIEVE and Greybeard(5-82). Assisting in the cake cutting were current DATATRIEVE-11 developer Carl Fisher, VAX-DTR developer Donna Brown and VAX-DTR development manager (Greybeard(l0-86) and former Counterpart) Andy Schneider. Other old-timers in attendance were Ann Duncan, former development manager and Greybeard(12-82); Dave Nordby, co­ founder of the SIG and Greybeard(5-82); Jim Mcilvaine, co-founder of the SIG; and Disk Azzi, Greybeard(l0-83). The Wombat made an appearance and sang Happy Birthday to DATA TRI EVE in a high, squeaky voice (aided by several beers for courage and a couple of gulps of Helium from the party balloons). • At the SIG Steering Committee Meeting on December 11th, Donald E. Stern, Jr. was unanimously elected to a term as DTR/4GL SIG Chair. Again, congratulations, Don. He will begin his two year term mid-week at the 1988 Spring Symposium. • Several new working groups were formed. These include a RALLY Working Group, an Oracle Working Group, and a FOCUS Working Group. The Powerhouse and Smartstar Working Groups meet and re-organized. One of the most important functions of the SIG Chair is to recruit volunteers to work on the SIG Steering Committee. I am happy to report a most successful meeting from the recruiting standpoint. Joining the DTR/4GL SIG Steering Committee are: Janet G. Banks, Assistant Symposium Representative; Herbert G. Reines and Alan Winston, Associate Newsletter Editors; Harry Miller, Assistant Volunteer Coordinator; Bernadette Reynolds, Session Note Editor; Steven C. Fredrickson, Rally Working Group Chair; David Nagurney, Powerhouse Working Group Chair; Thomas Colati, Smartstar Working Group Chair; Eric S. Fanwick, Oracle Working Group Chair; Les Hulse, FOCUS Working Group Chair. Addresses and phone number for these new leaders are found in the SIG Steering Committee Lists in the back of the newsletter. DTR-2 Creating Multiple Mail Messages Within A FOR Loop Chris Wool, E.I. duPont, Wilmington, DE I have a situation where I am processing a group of records using a FOR loop. Within the FOR loop, I can do one of several things, depending on a CHOICE statement. Two