syatem command and dummy fields

[John Esak]

Hi Dennis,

You really need to find some time to roll through the CD's you bought from
me.  This technique is covered in several movies and in several variations.
But thanks for putting it up in a nice accessible format for those who
haven't seen this sort of thing.  Honestly, I don't see how you were doing
system calls any other way... but good.

Next, throw in putenv's and some -r[vwxy] stuff, and you'll be flying into
new territory.

John


> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf
> Of Dennis Malen
> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 10:17 PM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Cc: pmahler
> Subject: syatem command and dummy fields
> 
> Just want to report that the following works. This opens up a tremendous
> amount of opportunities to control reports that are to be run and which
> can
> be changed on the fly without entering processing.
> 
> -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>   ~ If:
>   Then: ba=7;bc=8
> -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>   ~ If:
>   Then: system "/appl/fp/rreport"<(ba)<"-f"<(bc)<"-v vrab -a -u"
> 
> Thanks to everyone. This is extremely efficient for us. Hope this helps
> someone else.
> 
> Dennis Malen
> 516.479.5912
> 
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