xlate metadata access filename

[Stewart]

I have a tcl proc that changes the ob filename.  I need to access this in Xlate.  Is it possible to do this?

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[Dirk Engels]

Yes. with xpmmetaset instead of msgmetaset you can set the driverctl metadata field from within a xlate.

[Jim Kosloskey]

Umm,I believe the OB filename gets set in the OB thread so I am not sure doing it in the Xlate would work.

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

[Stewart]

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[Jim Kosloskey]

I am going to guess (because you did not properly explain) that you are concerned about the value that eventually ends up in PID-2.

If that is the case, then you have a couple of issues:

1. The PID-2 field is only defined in the 2.4 HL/7 set as 20 characters long (unless you have modified the variant) and it appears what you want to put in there is longer than that.
2. You are not treating xlateOutVals as a list and space (and it appears there are spaces in the text you want to store in xlateOutVals) delimits the list elements thus you only get the text up to the first space.

If I am not understanding what you are attempting, please clarify.

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

[Stewart]

I think I may understand what’s going on.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by Stewart.

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