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An ACMS application executing on OpenVMS Alpha must reference images
that have been built (either natively or by using the VEST utility) on
OpenVMS Alpha. Similarly, an ACMS application on OpenVMS VAX must
reference images that have been built on OpenVMS VAX. This appendix
identifies potential areas that may cause platform compatibility errors.
H.1 Task Group Definition
Check that the following objects or image files referenced in the task group definition are compatible with the platform on which the application is executing:
The ADU BUILD GROUP command has several qualifiers that reference platform-specific object modules and libraries. If you use the qualifiers /OBJECT, /SYSLIB, /SYSSHR, or /USERLIBRARY when building a task group, check that the object modules or libraries you reference are compatible with the platform on which the application is executing.
This appendix contains common errors that you may get when you are writing or migrating an ACMS application for OpenVMS Alpha. The errors are in one of the following categories:
This section lists some of the common errors that ADU may return.
ACMSTDU-E-INVLIBTYPA, <filename> is not an OpenVMS AXP object or
shared image library.
Explanation: ADU encountered an error when trying to
open a file specified with the /USERLIBRARY qualifier. The file
specified was not an Alpha object library or an Alpha shared image
library.
User Action: Check to see that the specified file is
an OpenVMS Alpha object or shared image library. This can be checked by
executing the DCL LIBRARY command LIBRARY/LIST. Only OpenVMS Alpha
object libraries and shared image libraries are valid input with the
/USERLIBRARY qualifier.
ACMSTDU-W-INVVAXOBJMOD, <filename> is not an OpenVMS VAX object
module.
Explanation: ADU encountered an error when trying to
access a file specified on the /OBJECT qualifier. The file specified
was not an OpenVMS VAX object module.
User Action: Check to see that the specified file is
an OpenVMS VAX object module. This can be checked by executing the DCL
ANALYZE command ANALYZE/OBJECT.
ACMSTDU-W-INVALPHAOBJMOD, <filename> is not an OpenVMS AXP object
module.
Explanation: ADU encountered an error when trying to
access a file specified on the /OBJECT qualifier. The file specified
was not an OpenVMS Alpha object module.
User Action: Check to see that the specified file is
an OpenVMS Alpha object module. This can be checked by executing the
DCL ANALYZE command ANALYZE/OBJECT.
I.2 Task Debugger
This section lists some of the common errors that the Task Debugger may return.
ACMSDBG-W-WLK_DEAD, Unexpected Workspace Symbol Image termination
-IMGACT-F-NOTNATIVE, image is not an OpenVMS AXP image
Explanation: The workspace symbol process could not be
created for debugging workspaces because the task group being debugged
was built on an OpenVMS VAX system.
User Action: Build the task group on an OpenVMS Alpha
system.
ACMSDBG-I-SPDIED, Server <server-name> stopped unexpectedly
Explanation: This error can occur when starting a
server within the task debugger. Additional information on why the
server stopped unexpectedly can be found in the SWL. Typical reasons
for this are:
$ HELP/MESSAGE <message identifier> |
This section lists some of the common errors that can occur at application startup.
ACMSEXC-E-ACTIVATE_MSG, Error activating message file <filename>
in task group <task-group> -IMGACT-F-NOTNATIVE, image is not an
OpenVMS AXP image
Explanation: A message file defined for a task group
is invalid.
User Action: Check the MESSAGE FILES clause in the
task group definition and build an OpenVMS Alpha message executable
image.
ACMSEXC-E-ERROPENVFF, Error in opening DECforms file specification
<file-name>.EXE_VAX; -RMS-E-FNF, file not found
Explanation: The ACMS$MULTIPLE_SUBMITTER_PLATFORMS
logical is defined and the form image file for the OpenVMS VAX
submitter nodes is not found on the application node.
User Action: Build the form image file on OpenVMS VAX
with the extension .EXE if it has not been built. Then rename the .EXE
file to use the extension .EXE_VAX and copy the file to the application
node.
ACMSEXC-E-ERROPENVFF, Error in opening DECforms file specification
<file-name>.EXE_AXP; -RMS-E-FNF, file not found
Explanation: The ACMS$MULTIPLE_SUBMITTER_PLATFORMS
logical is defined and the form image file for the OpenVMS Alpha
submitter nodes is not found on the application node.
User Action: Build the form image file on OpenVMS
Alpha with the extension .EXE if it has not been built. Then rename the
.EXE file to use the extension .EXE_AXP and copy the file to the
application node.
ACMSEXC-E-WP_TRM, Server Process for server <server-name> defined
in group <task-group> died unexpectedly
Explanation: This error can occur when starting an
application. Additional information on why the server died unexpectedly
can be found in the SWL. Typical reasons for this are:
$ HELP/MESSAGE <message identifier> |
ACMSEXC-E-ERROPENVFF, Error in opening DECforms file specification
<filename>
Explanation: An error occurred while opening a
DECforms file specification. All DECforms files used by an application
must be accessible when starting the application.
User Action: Check the file specification in the task
group definition and check to see if the file exists. Check the file
protection on the form file to make sure the EXC process can access it.
ACMSEXC-E-OPEN_RLB, Error opening Request Library <filename> in
task group <task-group>
Explanation: The request library defined for a task
group is invalid.
User Action: Check the REQUEST LIBRARY clause in the
task group definitions. See accompanying messages for more information.
I.4 Task Execution
This section lists some of the common errors that can occur when a task executes.
%FORMS-F-LOADFORM, failure attempting to load a binary form.
-FORMS-F-INVFHDSIZ, invalid form header size.
Explanation: The DECforms form file image was not
built properly or was built on a different OpenVMS platform than from
which it is being called.
User Action: Relink the form image file with the
/symbol_vector option and include (Forms$AR_Form_Table=Data) as shown
in Section 16.2.1.1. If the application uses multiple submitter platforms,
make sure to build the form image file on the appropriate platform and
use the naming convention explained in Section 16.2.1.
%FORMS-E-BADRECLEN, the record length argument does not match the
length of the record in the form. -FORMS-W-RECORD_LEN, you specified a
record length of 234, but the length of the MENU_HEADER record is 236.
Explanation: The data alignment in the form file is
not consistent with the alignment in the application.
User Action: Retranslate the form file using the
/MEMBER_ALIGNMENT or /NOMEMBER_ALIGNMENT qualifier to match the
alignment of the application, or rebuild the application to match the
alignment of the form file.
TDMSNOTAVAIL, Task performs TDMS I/O but TDMS is not installed on the
system
Explanation: The selected task requires TDMS to
perform exchange I/O, however, the TDMS software is not installed.
User Action: Select the task from an OpenVMS VAX node
that has the TDMS software installed on it or install the TDMS software
on the OpenVMS VAX node on which the submitter is selecting the task.
TDMS is not available on OpenVMS Alpha.
CANTPASSTERM, Remote tasks cannot pass terminals to processing steps
Explanation: A user on a remote submitter node
selected a task on an application node and the task attempted to access
the user's terminal to perform I/O from a server process. The task is
canceled because server processes can only access terminals that are on
the application node.
User Action: There are a number of possible solutions:
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