MOVE from SPECIAL Field - 5.6

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Nancy Palmquist (Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:55:24 -0400):
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> >>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
[...]
> > In any case, that's a "this can never happen" trap.  What is xxx(1)
> > defined as?
> >
> And I would hazard as guess that it is not a "never can happen" feature,
> since it truly did happen.

How about "should" never happen?  :-)

> The xxx(1) field has a local edit defined and is 15 characters long.
> The edit does not exist in the file I am in, but I do not care about
> that.  I just want the data.
>
> I have tried different names for the lookups and variables to insure it
> was not a conflict.
>
> I am going to put the edit in the live file.

Before making changes, can you save the files (the main one and the
lookup file) and contact fpsupport so they can look try duplicating
it?

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