@ud and @ub updated

Mon Apr 9 17:26:50 PDT 2007

To Bob Stockler,

I've been a programmer since 1979. I have been programming in filePro for 
more than 25 years. Our filePro programs are extremely sophisticated. 
Citicorp at one point inquired whether we could program for them after 
having seen our system.

Filepro is but one language that we program in. We have been involved with 
other programming platforms as we are a national firm and must accommodate 
federal requirements of the most sophisticated and regulated clients.

Over the last number of years we have had to get involved with the Microsoft 
windows environment and have created cross platform modules very 
successfully.

We have experimented with actual PC's and Wyse thin clients to help our 
effectuating a cross platform environment. We predominantly use the Wyse 
Thin Clients which allows everyone to use dual monitors. They are more 
expensive but they alleviate our having to have the additional down time 
with PC's and costly service agreements. In essence there are no moving 
parts.

We have also been scanning and bar coding for years. We have adapted to a 
paperless office.

We make use of a secure VPN where employees and clients can log in through 
the web. We have initiated web based products that allow us to maintain 
total integrity of our system.

When we are audited by national banking clients they marvel at our system. 
Filepro is but one part of that system and is one facility that I would 
never give up.

The current question I am raising on the list is probably not a run of the 
mill filePro question. It involves a higher level of filePro knowledge then 
most have. Ken & Bruce easily fit that ticket.

I can easily understand your reluctance to get involved as you probably have 
nothing to offer at this point.

I conclude by letting you all know that I love filePro and am probably one 
of its greatest supporters. We have grown to where we have two other full 
time people in the office who also program in filePro. In answer to your 
question, NO! I would never give up programming. It has made us too 
successful and allowed us the flexibility to be way ahead of our 
competition. In any event, we do know our limits have on occasion used other 
outside programmers including filePro.

In any event, if I can ever be of help to you in the future please let me 
know. We are just a little more sophisticated than most.

Best regards to you,

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Stockler" <bob at trebor.iglou.com>
To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: @ud and @ub updated

> Top Post . . .
>
> Dennis . . . with all due respect . . . somewhere in the deep
> recesses of my mind I have the idea that you're not a filePro
> programmer, but an Attorney-At-Law.  If that memory is true,
> why don't you hire a *real* filePro programmer to do that kind
> of work for you, and spend your valuable time attending to the
> needs of your clients, reading case law, etc. ???
>
> It would do you (and many of us on this mailing list) a great
> favor - you and your clients would benefit by your spending
> your valueable time working for them, some *real* filePro
> programmer might pick up a few bucks doing your filePro stuff
> properly for you, and the rest of us wouldn't have to [Delete],
> [Delete], [Delete] ... through the message threads started by
> you giving incomplete questions, incomplete responses, etc.
>
> Do YOU and us a favor.
>
> Bob
>
> Dennis Malen wrote (on Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 06:07:21PM -0400):
>
> | As a further update I went into "input" and at the top of the processing
> | placed an "end" on the first line. I then put the @key code and moved it
> | right under the "end" line.
> |
> | The error still occurred. There is something that causes the record to 
> go
> | into update mode and effectuate and esc esc.
> |
> | If you did not have any processing in input and you pressed esc esc it 
> would
> | update the @ud and @ub.
> |
> | Dennis Malen
> | 516.479.5912
> | ----- Original Message ----- 
> | From: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
> | To: "Bruce Easton" <bruce at stn.com>; <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> | Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 5:40 PM
> | Subject: Re: @ud and @ub updated
> |
> |
> | > Bruce and Ken,
> | >
> | > I tried the lookup - in another file and it did not change @ud and 
> @ub.
> | > There must be something I have in "input" which causes the record to 
> go
> | > into
> | > update mode when I am taken to the new record to view.
> | >
> | > Obviously, when lookup - transfers me to another record in the problem
> | > file
> | > there is processing in "input" that causes it to update and therefore
> | > change
> | > the two fields.
> | >
> | > Do either of you have any idea of what type of processing in "input" 
> would
> | > cause the entire "input" processing to be activated. Now by the 
> process of
> | > elimination, thanks to the list, this is what appears to be happening.
> | >
> | > Where do I now start to look in "input" processing????
> | >
> | > I remember years ago there was a filepro article that was written that
> | > indicated that when doing any updating it should be done after @entsel 
> so
> | > that if someone was running a report the record in update would not 
> effect
> | > the running of the report.
> | >
> | > Just as a reminder, I deactivated auto proc and @entsel and the 
> problem
> | > still persisted.
> | >
> | > Dennis Malen
> | > 516.479.5912
> | > ----- Original Message ----- 
> | > From: "Bruce Easton" <bruce at stn.com>
> | > To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> | > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 3:45 PM
> | > Subject: RE: @ud and @ub updated
> | >
> | >
> | >> Dennis Malen wrote Monday, April 09, 2007 3:23 PM:
> | >>>
> | >>> Bruce,
> | >>>
> | >>> I did deactivate auto prc and @entsel. Neither solved the problem.
> | >>>
> | >>> Dennis Malen
> | >>
> | >> OK - this is starting to go beyond cocoa puffs.  But, Dennis - in
> | >> reviewing your older posts I  just noticed that you said back on 
> Friday:
> | >>
> | >>>>I never had this problem in 4.8. I am on AIX and am not sure whether
> | >>>>that could be the problem.
> | >>
> | >> AIX?? does anyone out there speak French???
> | >>
> | >> Ken - could the AIX be different than other platforms for 5.0?
> | >> Also, Dennis - what level of 5.0 are you on?
> | >>
> | >> Bruce
> | >>
> | >> Bruce Easton
> | >> STN, Inc.
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