MOVE from SPECIAL Field - 5.6

[Bruce Easton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+bruce=stn.com at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+bruce=stn.com at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf
> Of Nancy Palmquist
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 5:59 PM
> To: Kenneth Brody; filePro List
> Subject: Re: MOVE from SPECIAL Field - 5.6
>
>
> Kenneth Brody wrote:
> > Quoting Nancy Palmquist (Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:54:36 -0400):
> >
> >
> >>Guys & Gals,
> >>
> >>I am doing a lookup and trying to get the data in the field
> >>
> >>lookup xxx=filename r=rn -n
> >>
> >>ab(13)=xxx(1)
> >>
> >>
> >>When I do this assignment, it pops a message on the screen that says:
> >>
> >>NO Support for a MOVE from a special field.
> >>Call filePro Technical Support
> >>
> >>I can not get the data from xxx(1) to assign to any field, I can display
> >>the value but can not assign it.
> >>
> >>What the heck is up with that??  Anyone know..
> >
> >
> > Not sure why you sent this to the mailing list, rather than to
> > fpsupport as the message indicated.  :-)
> >
> > In any case, that's a "this can never happen" trap.  What is xxx(1)
> > defined as?
>
> Ken and all other interested parties,
>
> The file executing the lookup did not have the edit available that was
> in the looked up file.  When I copied the edit to the local table it
> worked as expected.
>
> Since I was reading not writing the data, this is very puzzling.  I
> could understand the processing having a problem if I wanted to write
> the data to the file with an edit it did not understand, but on a read,
> that makes little sense.
>
> But that gave me the clue I needed.  I have been messing with this for
> over any hour and it was making me nuts.
>
> Nancy
>

Ah! - so would it work then if you made your assignment:

ab(13,*)=xxx(1)

(and still with the edit only in the lookup file)?

Bruce

Bruce Easton
STN, Inc.