Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Reporting:
Query/Results for UNIX

Testing the version number

Use the following shared variable in your Progress procedures to see the Results version number your users are running:

DEFINE SHARED VARIABLE qbf-vers AS CHARACTER NO-UNDO.

The shared variable qbf-vers contains the product version number. The product version number consists of two digits separated by a decimal point, and followed by a letter. For example, 1.2A could be a version number.

Check the version number to verify that the environment you used to develop your programs matches the version of Results the user is running. For more information about version numbers and their meanings, see the "Application Rebuild option" section.

If the versions do not match, programming interface changes between Results versions could cause erratic behavior. For example, error messages similar to the following might appear when users try to run the User program: “Shared variable name has not yet been created,” or “Conflict in extent, data type, or undo status for shared variable name,” where name is the name of a shared variable. Such an error can keep the user program from executing, and can possibly terminate the session. To avoid this, you have to rebuild your application. See the "Application Rebuild option" section.