Phantom Links

mgomes - Thu Sep 02 10:49:47 EDT 2010
Try to run the script in attach.

You need to correct the #include in the main script to run correctly.

No guaranties.

vppatel - Thu Sep 02 11:16:00 EDT 2010
Thanks for the script, but it goes through 2 modules and then I get

-R-E- DXL: <Line:97> null Module do loop parameter was passed
-I- DXL: execution halted

mgomes - Thu Sep 02 12:02:41 EDT 2010
Acording what i konw to fix this problem it is needed to loop on every object of the module with phantom links and for each object loop on any link opening the modules with target ou source, depending out or in link and save all the modules in the end. Do not forget to refresh links.

This will refresh the links on objects and update them correcting your problem.

PDU - Fri Sep 03 04:10:40 EDT 2010
Hello,

we have encoutered today (!) quite the same problem.

In first time,
Module A is source module.
Module B is target module.
A linkset exist between A and B.

In second time we need cut module A, si now
Module A1 et A2 are source module. Some objects have been hard deleted in A1 and A2
Module B is target module.
A linkset exist between A1 and B.
A linkset exist between A2 and B.

In module B we have found objects with 2 input links :
A link from an object module A1, this object exist.
A link from an object module A2, when we follow the link we have a message : this object have been purged.

== script fixlinks.dxl says nothing about links from purged objects.
?? who is possible have input links from purged objects.

We have used Analysis Wizard, and phantom links disappears.
We save module.
Reopen it.
Phantom links do not come back. :-)

Pierre

llandale - Fri Sep 03 10:20:03 EDT 2010

There is a small variety of phantom links. The solutions seem to include..

¹ Opening both modules edit, accessing all objects and all links, and then saving and closing the module; even though you made no changes.

² Another solution I see out there is to create a temporary link in every link-set that has some phantom link, save and close both modules, then open again and delete the temporary link, then save and close again.

Accessing links looks like this:

Module mod = edit("My Module")
Object obj, oTarget
Link   lnk
Date   dat
for obj in entire mod do
{  for lnk in obj ->"*" do
   {  dat = obj."Last Modified Date"
      oTarget = target(lnk)
      if (null oTarget)
         edit(fullName(target(lnk))
      oTarget = target(lnk)
   }
}