Selection set with variables in processing

[Kenneth Brody]

On 12/19/2010 2:13 PM, Boaz Bezborodko wrote:
> How do I use Selection Sets with variables in a processing table?
>
> I want to let the user enter a couple of variables and use them in a
> Selection Set in a processing table.  I've never actually use a
> selection set in this way so I was wondering how this is done.

Well, you'll have to "cheat" a little, since filePro won't let you create a 
selection set with dummy fields in it.

Create the selection set that you want, but substituting real fields where 
you want the dummy fields.  Then using your favorite text editor, replace 
the occurrences of the real fields with the dummy fields you want.  For 
example, change:

     :1:co:foo
to
     :aa:co:foo

You can then refer to that selection set in processing, and filePro will use 
the dummy fields as defined in processing.  (Of course, such a selection set 
is meaningless from within a "normal" scan for records, as processing is not 
run during the scan.)

-- 
Kenneth Brody