Dummy variables

[Steve Wiltsie]

I have something going on at one customer's location I have never seen 
before in filePro.  They are running filePro 5.0.14 on an SCO Unix system 
that has been in place for several years.  The problem is in printing 
payroll checks.  They have two branches to the company and the branches are 
handled by qualifiers.  The payroll check printing routine is the same one 
used for both qualifiers.

Here is the problem:

The check stub has a section for deductions.  In this I print the amounts 
for this check and the amounts for year to date for each deduction.  This is 
done with a combination of real and dummy fields.  The YTD amounts are 
looked up from another file and placed in the dummy fields as the checks are 
printed.  This works fine for both companies and for every employee except 
one.  In his case, the dummy variable for the City Tax prints the variable 
name itself (ex: *aa).  All checks before this one and all for the other 
company print the amount in this field instead of the variable.  This seems 
very strange to me.

In addition, the same thing happens on this one employee's check with the 
Social Security Number.  We print only the last 4 digits and, again, all 
other employees' checks print the 4 digits but this same employee's check 
always prints the variable itself.

Like I said, I've never seen this before and am trying to figure out how it 
could happen.  It is always the same employee and always the same two 
variables.  Has anyone seen anything like this or have an idea as to how to 
fix it?

Thanks,
Steve Wiltsie
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