Creation password at runtime

[John Esak]

A pain, but just do an extra lookup somewhere on the table that uses the
real filename and not a variable. This way you'll be asked for the password
at when storing the table and not at runtime.

John Esak


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com]On
> Behalf Of Bruce Easton
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:07 PM
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> Subject: Creation password at runtime
>
>
> I am getting prompted for a Creation Password at runtime during the
> execution of a called table.  Just doesn't seem fair.   My code uses a
> variable name for lookup (for read purposes only) into a qualified key of
> the file that seems to be in question here:
>
>         If: 'portion of called table
>       Then: ii(2,.0)="1"
> iiloop  If: ii gt "30"
>       Then: xu=xu+"1"; goto xuloop  'somewhere above all this
>         If:
>       Then: xf="APP at MD"{ii
>         If:
>       Then: lookup  thefile = (xf)  k=td  i=A  -ng
>         If: not thefile
>       Then: xu=xu+"1"; goto xuloop
>         If:
>       Then: 'other stuff gets done here
>         If:
>       Then: ii=ii+"1"; goto iiloop
>
> The program does work OK without error, and will return the
> desired results
> if at runtime, I enter the Creation password for the file "APP" - the same
> password that is required when I use rcabe for anything that looks up into
> that file.  File "APP" has 30+  qualified keys (and for the love of warmer
> weather, I have no idea why someone would design it that way, but
> hey).  SCO
> Unix - filePro is 5.0.14.
>
>
> Bruce Easton
> STN, Inc.
>
>
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