Comparing Files to Make A Third File

[Walter Vaughan]

Art Moore wrote:

>Most of you can do what I am going to ask faster than it 
>will take to ask.  For those part-time programmers/users like myself I 
>would be grateful if someone would share coding that would do the 
>following:
>
>I have a larger MASTER file of general contact information 
>(name. address etc.)
>I also have a smaller SUPPLEMENTAL file of other relevant data 
>about 'some' of the contacts in the MASTER file.
>Each file shares a key field - an ID Number. 
>I need to create a COMBINED file (a third file) that 
>consists of all the fields in the MASTER file and the SUPPLEMENTAL file where 
>there are matches of ID numbers in the SUPPLEMENTAL file with ID numbers in the 
>MASTER file.  There should always be an ID Number match but anything can 
>happen.
>I will be using filePro version 5.0.00 (Define Processing 
>version 5.0.05D9 and QuickStart version 5.0.05R9) on a Windows portable computer 
>with a current version an XP Pro operating system.
>
There is no real trick. Pretty much "day 1" learning how to
program in filePro with lookups.

This isn't MS-Access. You just can't drag stuff around
to get you where you wanna go.

Get to work. Just write two "processing-only" reports.
One for the master and one for the Supplimental.
You know what you want included.

And forget about the "anything can happen".
Maybe you should be doing this in a more visual environment
like Excel or OpenOffice Spreadsheet.

If you need training on "Lookups" that create free records,
you *really* need to take professional filePro training,
and should be at Circus Circus in LasVegas with STN. 

--
Walter

Also, for pete's sake don't post HTML mail here,
especially dark gray background on black text.