defined dummy field not viewable in browse

[Dennis Malen]

Thanks everyone. That's what I thought but was hoping that one of the new 
releases fix it.

Browse lookup will have to do.

Thanks!

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>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:14 PM
Subject: RE: defined dummy field not viewable in browse


> It is simply NOT possible to view dummy fields on the *clerk browse 
> screen.
> The browse simply picks up the data in real fields on every record.  No
> processing is done at all.  Ever since browse first came around, it was a
> wishlist item to have a new type of processing called browse processing, 
> but
> there has never been any meeting of the minds regarding this topic  It 
> opens
> up not only kettles, but oceans of fish.
>
> You can, of course, design a processing browse that shows the same records
> with any dummies you can think of properly shown. I know that's not 
> exactly
> what you want to hear, but it's the only answer.
>
> John Esak
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com
>> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.co
> m] On Behalf Of Dennis Malen
>> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 10:57 PM
>> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>> Subject: defined dummy field not viewable in browse
>>
>> When viewing a file and a dummy field is defined in automatic
>> processing and
>> looks up for a value in another file, I can view the value on
>> the screen
>> such as screen "0" or "1" etc, but is not viewable when I
>> press <B> for
>> browse.
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong or is their a fix or is it just
>> not possible?
>>
>> Dennis Malen
>> 516.479.5912
>>
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