Odd things happening...

[Joe Chasan]

On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:43:49AM -0500, Tim Fischer wrote:
> http://fpunixware.fptech.net/fpmanhtm/start.htm
> 
> Search for @sn

you are right, the manual at that url clearly states 
"Note: Only available on INPUT processing tables."

testing value of @sn in automatic, you can clearly see it is available
and contains values - that documentation is incorrect.

-joe
 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: joe at magnatechonline.com [mailto:joe at magnatechonline.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 11:30 AM
> > To: Tim Fischer
> > Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> > Subject: Re: Odd things happening...
> > 
> > On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:22:09AM -0500, Tim Fischer wrote:
> > > I've come across a few issues where filepro responds in a way I didn't
> > > expect and I'm hoping someone can tell me if it's something I'm doing or
> > > simply something that can't be done.
> > >
> > > 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 in docs do you see that @sn doesn't work in automatic processing?
> > i use it all the time in automatic processing simly to differentiate
> > between running clerk (@sn ne "") and report (@sn eq "")
> > 
> > > 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?
> > 
> > if you are trying to save the data from one run of automatic to the next
> > run of automatic, even on same record, you will still need to make the
> > dummy global.
> > 
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