Hi, I'm a complete newcomer to Lawson HCM, having just crossed over from PeopleSoft HCM, and trying to assess whether Lawson can be customised to produce a foreign language version, specifically Arabic. Whilst I'm interested in a solid long term solution, I would also be interested in (possibly less efficient) temporary 'quick fix' solutions (e.g. using a wrapper of some sort), as a proof of concept. Key requirements are: - the ability to display Arabic text on the screen - the ability to e...

Hi, I am fairly new to the Lawson world, and am interested in getting to know Lawson 9&160;API's for the puprose of integrating Lawson with some of my clients other applications (financials, manufacturing, etc.). What API's or SDK's are available for Lawson 9, in order to develop custom integrations with Is there a guide or a best place to get started I have done heavy integrations before (for over 10 years) with BizTalk, WebSphere, ItemField, custom coding, .NET, Great Plains, AX, HIPAA pro...

Hi, &160; I am new to Lawson, never even saw any of the applications.I did work with peoplesoft and SAP to integrate them with documentum and captiva but not aware how its possible with Lawson. We are looking for a solution using which we can use Captiva to scan and OCR invoices and send the scan image to documentum and the invoice data to Lawson.Secondly, we are also looking , if we can customize application pages where a user sees the invoice data to have a web link , clicking on which opens...

I am following the instructions on Page 68 of 'IOS Application Program Interfaces'.&160; I re-created the java program and now I am trying to compile...I set my classpath to include lhc.jar and commons-httpclient-3.0.1.jar.&160; The compiler returns the error: lawsonLogin.java:18: cannot resolve symbol symbol&160; : method doLogin (java.lang.String,java.lang.String,char) location: class com.lawson.lawsec.authen.httpconnection.LawsonHttpConnection &160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&1...

Hey all, I did some searching on this, but didn't seem to find anything, so I apologize if a problem like this has been posted. I'm migrating a custom batch program from Lawson 8 to LSF9.&160; When I migrate it to LSF9 and compile, I get some compile errors. The program is defined in the PR system code.&160; However, it's using the UPPERCASE (PD) & ARSTORAGE (WS) library that is in the AR system code.&160; It tries to move a value to ARWS-FIELD-IN (which is in the ARSTORAGE working sto...

In the 8.0.3 environment after a user types an invalid value in a listbox field the invalid value is cleared out and the message bar displays the 'Value not in list:' error. In the 9.0 environment after a user types an invalid value in a listbox field the invalid value remains in the field and the message bar displays the 'Value not in list:' error. On my custom form, my Design Studio script checks to make sure that required listbox fields are not blank.&160; In 8.0.3 this also ensured that t...

Hi I am not sure if this is the right subforum But we are developing a custom table via dbdef The size of the table record is huge It has like 4000 alphanumeric characters altogether in one record which we will be needing to store comments etc about an particular record But I am getting an error 'Adding a field of this size will make the file size too large' Can I change some parameter somewhere that will allow this table to be created The underlying database is Oracle 9i And the same ...

I am trying to display some images maintained in FolderView. I am told that the DLLs are installed and registered on the Lawson server. Once that is is place, is it just a simple function call to the DLL with the appropriate parameters For instance, the first call is a login that looks like this: var retVal = document.all.fv.Logon(document.all.userID.value, document.all.password.value); where 'fv' is the object registeted.&160; I put in this as part of a pusbutton_onclick function I went ...

We have several customizations that send AGS calls from a ESS form.&160; Prior to 9.0, this would work with the following: &160; &160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160; &160;// build ags call for effective date validation &160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160; &160;var vAGScall = '_PDL=' authUser.prodline; &160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160; &160;vAGScall = '&_TKN=ZZPS.1&_LFN=ALL&_RTN=DATA&_TDS=IGNORE&_OUT=XML&_EVT=CHG&FC=I'; &160;&160;&...

I rngdbdumped my Portal bookmarks from our current 8.03 to a csv. Now, I need to load them via LO920 to the new LSF9.0&160; Has anyone completed this Any pointers We do have several Custom bookmarks in our 8.03 - (any specific layout or example csv file would be great!) FYI: We are remote hosted - so I do not have command line functionality yet.

I have been successful in sending a URL (pasted below) to the Lawson DME and having it return an XML or CSV file to a web browser. I can embed the username and password in the URL to bypass the SSO login screen, however, when I try the same URL using my downloaded http_get.c program it returns the SSO login screen. Anyone have any suggestions is there some http options/settings I need to change Does the web browser do something magical that I cannot in my C program http://ServerName/sso/SSOS...

I need to reformat the ACH tape file that it is produced by the PR160. I created a custom program that will run after the PR160 and reformat the tape file. The location of the tape file after the PR160 is completed is $LAWDIR/print/username/jobname/1/ My custom program is reading the tape file from&160;$LAWDIR/productline/work directory (I am moving&160;it manually). My question is: How can my custom program reads the tape file from $LAWDIR/print/username/jobname/1/ (username and jobname c...

Hi: Can I have any name for the variables listed under .scr For example, can I replace SRE-DESCRIPTION with BUSINESS-DESCRIPTION in the .scr file (but the key numbers would be correct and that of SRE-DESCRIPTION) E.g. ______________- $END-SCR&160;&160; AC081 * LEVEL&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160; NAME&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160; TYPE LENGTH&160;&160;&160; DEC REQ OC KN SC&160;&160;&160;&160;&160; PICTURE $TRANS&160;&160;&160;&160; AC081 ...

8.0.3 windows nt I want to remove the SSN and Annual salary field on the printed benefits summary statement when an employee enrolls in ESS for benefits. I removed the fields from the header within the bensummary.htm file in WEBDIR/bnnet on the webserver. I refreshed cache, ios cache, etc. But the fields are still appearing on the printed report. How do I remove the fields from the printed report Do I need to reboot webserver or stop/start the servlet container -R

i want to be able to force a program to go into a 'needs recovery' mode... anyone have any insight into the best way to handle this i've can't just set the ws-return-code to 2 & 'go to 1000-end' because the compiler doesn't like it if you try to go to a label in a section outside of the section you are currently in; i've tried 'STOP RUN.' as a line command,&160;&160; lawson compiler doesn't like that one either. anyone done this before i'm trying to come up w/&160;a standardized&1...

I thought I've seen this or not really sure if this is possible. &160; I am in the process of collecting data on which cobol work files has a csv file defined. &160; Can I use something like rngdbdump or metadump utility to list all workfiles &160; Appreciate any help &160; Sam Simpson &160; &160; &160;

Hello, &160; I am getting the following error while running one of our custom batch update program. &160;Execution error : file 'mfini' &160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160; error code: 119, pc=0, call=1, seg=0 &160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160; 119&160;&160;&160;&160; Name is not unique (binding symbol 'mfini') &160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160;&160...

Trying to test an AGS query in Processflow 9.0 with a custom form (RQPR) I created (a simple paintscreen in REQHEADER).&160; Created it in pgmdef, the run type us 4GL, tried both 'In Production' values of None and Unix. I have full rights to the form using my laua security class. We're not using LSF9 security yet. Using AIX in 9.0 environment with 8.03.11 apps. Here is the API call I'm testing. It works fine within LID. I tried both RQPR.1 and RQPR to no avail. _PDL=PROD8X&_TKN=RQPR.1&...

I'm just beginning to test LSF9 and I one of my custom cobol program is using WEBUSER,&160; SIRDIDHDR in logan. The program does not compile because above files are now gone in logan but they are now located in LDAP. I used WEBUSER because this is the only place that have an accurate maintenance of email addresses as compared to EMPLOYEE table. Is there another table that I can use in my 4GL so I can maintain email addresses. &160; Thanks &160; Sam

Hello Does anyone out there know where the code to these custom calc's is stored in the dB and/or environment&160; Thanks. &160;

Was wondering if anyone had an example they would like to share of using the Lawson API's to do Index Filtering ala 890 INDEX FILTER API's What I am trying to do in an online inquiry app is to provide the user with the ability to look up an item via the vendor item description where the user may only know part of what the actual description would be. As an example, a simple oracle sql query where the user might know that the description contained 'BAT' would be: select * from itemmast where v...

Hi All I want to make a call to database using XML(CGI Call) instead of DME. Please explain me with an suitable example. Sameer

Hi all, &160; I am getting the following errow while running a custom program. I am getting my output correctly but the examine log has this error. .dtl File Error: Bad Screen Rules I checked the .sr and .or&160; files, they are empty.&160; And the program doesnt need any screen rules.. any help Regards, Srikanth K &160; &160; &160;

During an upgrade from 8.0.3 to 9.0 LSF, somehow the installers did not dump/copy the menus correctly for any of the ED screens. So, for example, none of the ED screens (edi) can be launched directly from command line (e.g. lapm logan ed330). The message is: Server Terminated: Windows does not allow form id transfer. Tried tokendef in 9.0, and dumping ed menus from 8.0.3.... Anyways I used to know how/where to define the ability to allow screens to be launched directly from command line or tra...

I have cloned an EDI inbound perl script and put into the directory where the old script is located in logan/edi_bin. I then changed ED10 to the name of the script and ran ED502 to translate an inbound file. I'm getting a log error: &160;&160;&160; &160;&160; &160;&160; ERROR: Translation Failure. Did I have the correct steps or any missing steps&160; Do I need to compile the perl script How I'm not so familliar with EDI but I can do perl. The changed I made is just a simple on...