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The Question is: i have two vax 4000 series systems. In the system startup I have a procedure that defines print forms and defines and starts the pront queues. The systems have identical startups. On one system the startup is clean. On the other system when defining the p rint forms at startup time I get the error "qualifiers apperaing before this item were ignored" on every define statement. Is there a possibility the system queue manager is causing me a problem. This is really strange since the same procedures work on th e other system. Please let me know if you have any suggestions on where I can look. The Answer is : While the systems might appear identical, clearly they differ in some fashion. The specific error very likely involves the order of the qualifiers in a DCL command -- DCL syntax requires that certain qualifiers must be specified before others on specific commands. (Within the CLD for the DCL verb, this typically involves involve qualifiers which trigger the use of the DEFINE SYNTAX command mechanism -- when switching the syntax, all qualifiers preceding the syntax-switching qualifier are ignored.) Without some idea of which command is generating the error, a specific answer on the qualifier is not possible. You can (and should) use verification of the startup to determine the failing command. Also ensure that you do not have DCL symbols that are conflicting with existing and defined DCL command verbs -- login command procedures and such can acquire symbols which match existing DCL commands such as DELETE, DEFINE, SET, and COPY, and these symbols can cause obscure errors and odd error messages. You will also want to check the ECOs installed, as this could be a case of differing ECOs. You will want to install the current set of mandatory ECO kits on all hosts. Please see the OpenVMS FAQ for pointers to the ECOs and for tools which can report the installation ratings of ECO kits.
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