Developers Toolkit Strange Behaviour

sc00by

Hi Guys,

We've found something really strange today with the NDT ...
We're using latest version (I think) - Build 291

Our Development Database is V4 SP3 and when using the base client - Build 23305 - all objects update / import as expected but ... when using a Hotfix Client - latest one I've tried is HF 6.12 (Build 27010) - then it messes up the variables by merging bits together.
Attached picture shows this on Text constant where 75006 is now part of 75005 along with a couple of Global Variables :roll:

Has anybody seen this before?
If so, is there a fix or way to get round it?

Many Thanks,

Rob.

sc00by

Update (not fixed):

I've managed to find out what is causing this but don't know if this is a known issue that will be corrected or if we have to constantly switch between Base and Hotfix versions of Client when using NDT :shock:

What I've found is that if I export the same table object using both a Base Nav 4 SP3 client and a Hotfix Client, then examine the two text files - what it shows is that the Text Constants in the Global Variables are formatted differently in each file!

For example:

Base Object Export
Text75005@1000000011 : TextConst 'ENU=Do you want to change %1 from %2 to %3?';
LedgerEntryDimension@1000000017 : Record 355;
GLEntry@1000000018 : Record 17;
Text75006@1000000000 : TextConst 'ENU=in';

Hotfix Object Export
Text75005@1000000011 : TextConst
'ENU=Do you want to change %1 from %2 to %3?';
LedgerEntryDimension@1000000017 : Record 355;
GLEntry@1000000018 : Record 17;
Text75006@1000000000 : TextConst
'ENU=in';


It's where the actual text constant text value is dropped to the line below that mucks up the import into the NDT database.

Is anybody familiar with the reasons that both fobs and txt exports are formatted differently in Nav 4 SP3 vs later Hotfix versions of the client?

This is really annoying as the NDT is pretty useful when developing between Dev, Test, Training and Production systems (albeit it has some problems but this one is fundamental!).

Rob.

sc00by

Ok, now I've downloaded all of the Hotfixes and applied them one by one starting from the top and found the point where the object export file changes for the "Text Constants".

Update 4 - Build 24449 - is ok
Update 5 - Build 24734 - has the text on the next line and doesn't load into NDT properly!

I've tried this using totally fresh installs of both client and NDT and NDT database and it happens every time.

Has nobody else seen this before?
Any ideas on a way forward?

Rob.