Re: [U2] A Descriptors and its Subroutine Issue

Curious why you are doing this as a user exit?
iirc, there are differences between using an A and an Itype. In an itype, the subroutine is called just once for each item in the file. With an A-type, the subroutine is going to be called once for each value/subvalue in the attribute referenced by the amc on line 2 of the dictionary entry (which in this case is 0 so there will only be once value, but be careful using it on other attributes in the item)

The subroutine needs to be cataloged with a "$" prefix, $RNS.CB.MAS.SUB rather than just RNS.CB.MAS.SUB, and I think it needs to be cataloged globally.
>From the universe manual:

Cataloging User Exits
Once you have written and compiled the UniVerse BASIC subroutine, you must 
catalog the program. User exits are cataloged globally by specifying the user exit 
name with a dollar sign in front of it. For example, to catalog the user exit U50MB 
in the example shown earlier, use the CATALOG command as follows: 
>CATALOG 
        CATALOG NAME or LOCAL = $50MB  
        FILENAME = APP.PROGS 
        PROGRAM NAME = 50MB
Or you can use the form: 
>CATALOG APP.PROGS $50MB 
Like any other program, a user exit must be compiled before you can catalog it. See 
Chapter 8, “ UniVerse BASIC,” for more information about cataloging UniVerse 
BASIC programs. 

Cataloging Programs in PICK Accounts
PICK and IN2 flavor accounts do not permit global cataloging; therefore you must 
either catalog the program in a different flavor account or create an INFORMATION 
flavor CATALOG entry in your PICK account. To create an INFORMATION flavor 
CATALOG entry, create a VOC entry which is the same as the entry for CATALOG, 
except that field 6 is defined as INFORMATION.FORMAT instead of 
PICK.FORMAT. 

On Jan 30, 2014, at 3:07 PM, randyleesmith <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm not use to making these.
> 
> I based what I was doing on another A type which also called a Subroutine.
> 
> My A Type record;
> 
> SB.SVC>ED DICT ADFILA RNS.CB.MAS
> 
> 10 lines long.
> 
> ----:
> 0001: A
> ----:
> 0002: 0
> ----:
> 0003: Reason Not To Be Sent
> ----:
> 0004: M
> ----:
> 0005:
> ----:
> 0006:
> ----:
> 0007:
> ----:
> 0008: URNS.CB.MAS.SUB
> ----:
> 0009: L
> ----:
> 0010: 20
> Bottom at line 10.
> 
> I cataloged the process RNS.CB.MAS.SUB
> 
> But get this error;
> 
> "$RNS.CB.MAS.SUB" is not in the CATALOG space.
> [ENOENT] No such file or directory
> Incorrect VOC entry for $RNS.CB.MAS.SUB.
> Unable to load subroutine.
> 
> Not seen this before. Any ideas?
> 
> I know I can just make an I type, and I have done those before.
> I thought this might be less work in making and porting over to production.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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