parse unknown format as number

forward compatibility
2018-12-23 09:19:26 -08:00
parent 67b384bb6c
commit 1ce449d40d
1 changed files with 5 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/pdbApp/pvif.cpp
+++ b/pdbApp/pvif.cpp
@ -537,7 +537,11 @@ void findFormat(pvTimeAlarm& pvmeta, pdbRecordIterator& info, const epics::pvDat
                    fmt->putFrom<pvd::uint32>(i);
            }
            if(!found) {
-                fmt->putFrom<pvd::uint32>(0); // Default
+                try {
+                    fmt->putFrom(std::string(FMT)); // attempt to parse as number
+                }catch(std::exception& e){
+                    errlogPrintf("%s: info(Q:form, \"%s\") is not known format: %s\n", info.name(), FMT, e.what());
+                }
            }
        }
    }