Turnover Pre-Run and Post-Run
When we are promoting changed objects, using Soflanding TURNOVER, we sometimes want to run commands before or after the form runs. These pre-run and post-run commands are easy to add to any form, so lets look at how to do it!
How do we add a Pre-Run or Post-Run in TURNOVER?
In TURNOVER for Window - you can view your form details and will notice that the option for overview, objects, command and settings are on the tabs below the form main screen:
As that is so obvious, it makes it almost too easy to use, lets look at the green screen version.
To be honest, this is where most of us propeller heads configure our change management promotions in TURNOVER right?
Don't let the fact that my green screen is actually white put you off. I simply prefer the light background with black text, when I'm in terminal mode. #greenscreensmatter
Me. Feeling flippant.
How do we add a Pre-Run or Post-Run in terminal (green screen) mode?
Edit the form and use either 11=PreRunCmd or 12=PostRunCmd to add our commands:
Error handling for pre-run and post-run commands
When you add a PRERUN command you can specificy what to do if the command fails - for example, if it fails do you want to ditch execution of the form or continue?
C Cancel the form if the command ends in error. If command type is Pre-Run, then this option will cause the form to recover if the command ends in error (same as R option). If command type is Post-run and 'When to Execute' is *POSTLINE, this option will also cause the form to recover if the command ends in error (same as R option). If the command type is Post-Run and when to execute is *POSTFORM, this option will not cause the form to
recover (use R to do this), but will stop the form from processing subsequent commands, and cause the form to run with warnings.
G Continue running the form even if an error occurs while processing either the pre- or post-run command. Errors will cause the form to run with warnings.
R Recover the form if the command ends in error.
Note: You can customize the default value of this field using the TSETPPCDFT command.