syatem command and dummy fields

[Dennis Malen]

John,

Thanks for the reminder. The CD's are invaluable tools. I probably had this 
approach stored away subliminally and thought it was my idea.

Anyone programming in filePro must have your CD's. Great tool!

Thanks again for the clarification.

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Esak" <john at valar.com>
To: "'Dennis Malen'" <dmalen at malen.com>; <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Cc: "'pmahler'" <pmahler at malen.com>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 5:18 PM
Subject: RE: syatem command and dummy fields


> 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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