FW: @td question

[John Esak]

Okay, what gives? I sent this message up to the list hours ago. I never see
it... then I see Ken Broday answer almost exactly the same thing as if he
has never seen it also. Happened with Bob today, happened with Ken... except
that I never even saw this message appear on the list and it is clearly
marked for delivery to the list as a cc. Where exactly are my messages going
if not to the list??

John


-----Original Message-----
From: John Esak [mailto:john at valar.com]
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 7:41 PM
To: beppler at comcast.net
Cc: Fplist (E-mail)
Subject: RE: @td question



-----Original Message-----
From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com
[mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf Of
beppler at comcast.net
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 6:52 PM
To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
Subject: @td question


My client came to me with this today. He is running SCO Unix 5.07 Filepro
5.0.14R4.

  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
settle . If:                                   .
       Then: bi(6,allup)="050816"                  'Effective Entry Date
Settl>
124  -------   -   -   -   -   -   --   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   
-   -   -   -   -
       . If: bi co "/"
.
       Then: beep;beep;beep;errorbox "DATE IN WRONG FORMAT, RETRY MENU
OPTION !>
125  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
       . If: 'to check if date is not in past                      ;       .
       Then:
fx(8,mdy/)=mid(bi,"3","2"){"/"{mid(bi,"5","2"){"/"{mid(bi,"1","2").
126  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
       . If: fx lt @td                                            .
       Then: beep;beep;beep;errorbox "Settlement Date in the PAST !";exit

Line 126 returns true when it is false.

But if I change @td to @TD it works. I major problem if all system fields
must be in caps now with FP version 5.0.14R4. Is this true?

Any ideas? Is this true with all system variables?

Thanks

Brandt Eppler
Synergistic Systems, Inc.

Hi Brandt,

Well, I'm not going to address the @td/@TD thing you bring up. I think that
is quite impossible. There is NO difference to filePro whether the case is
upper or lower. That aside. Is there any reason why you are putting the 6
year-month-day field into edit type ALLUP?  Why not do this:


      if:
    then: bi(6,ydm)="050816"
      if: bi lt @td
   thend: show "@Date is less than today's date...";  end
      if:
    then: show "@Date is not less than today's date...";  end


John