Tip of the day: Running reports from a control record

[John Esak]

Mr. filePro,

Very nice... why didn't you post this tip about 15 years ago? :-)

Meanwhile, I've been doing the following for about 15 years as well... how
does mine differ from yours substantively? Especially viz the free chain?

I put the code I want to use at the top of an output table in the control
file (as yours does), like the following... 


     If: 
   Then:  'do all my lookups and such here, run the report
     If:
   Then: delete;  exit


I run this without a -v table as:

 dreport filename -fp myoutput -a -u

Does mine run the risk of corrupting the free chain any more than yours...
Is there some reason you are using the seemingly extra -v table with its
lookup dash?

I tried to put this response on the forum, but I got messed up doing it...
I'll try again later.

John
 





> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf
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> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 5:15 PM
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> Subject: Tip of the day: Running reports from a control record
> 
> Tip of the day:  Running reports from a control record.
> 
> How to run a report while sitting on a control record, without blocking
> other
> users from running the report at the same time.
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