Odd things happening...

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Tim Fischer (Wed, 2 Mar 2005 11:22:09 -0500):

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> 1) contrary to documentation - @sn works in automatic processing.
> Should this be?  Basically if this is a bug that will soon be "fixed"
> it will break my code.  (I'm currently dependant upon @sn in automatic
> processing)

Where does it say that @SN doesn't work in auto?

I can tell you that it's always been allowed, and even documented as
a way of testing *clerk-vs-*report by testing @SN="".  (ie: if you
have auto processing for *clerk which should be skipped in *report,
test for @SN="", which will be true in *report.)

> 2) Non-global dummy variables that are set in automatic processing are
> not holding their values between simple screen changes on the same
> record. I thought that dummy variables would retain value so long as
> you were on the same record.  I do not do too much coding in Automatic,
> so maybe it's just something to do with Automatic?

Simply switching screens won't cause non-global variables to be cleared.
When the record is read/re-read and automatic processing is run, is when
non-global variables are cleared.  Switching screens by pressing a
number key does not cause the record to be re-read, nor automatic to be
re-run.

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