Date Created

[Richard Kreiss]

Based on what you are showing, the creation date you are pointing to, is a real field not a system field. 

Take a look at the file map as it looks like it is field after the phone #. 


Richard
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On May 13, 2011, at 9:04 AM, haroldef <haroldef at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 5/12/2011 9:47 PM, Kenneth Brody wrote:
>> On 5/12/2011 5:21 PM, haroldef wrote:
>> [...]
>>> I now know what is wrong. All future records will have the right creation
>>> date as I changed my dummy field from cd to ef.
>>> 
>>> Now all I have to do is make the @cd show up, which is there in the
>>> key file.
>>> 
>>> Harold
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The field being displayed is !@cd. And, I did have a dummy field named
>>> cd,
>>> which I changed, but cannot get rid of the wrong date for !@cd. If I
>>> look at
>>> the key file using a text editor I can see the correct @cd date. I just
>>> cannot get it to display.
>> [...]
>> 
>> Huh?
>> 
>> First, what is in @CD? Is it the "correct" date, or is it 05/01/11? And
>> if it's the wrong date, have you figured out why?
>> 
> 
> @cd is 05/01/11 and it should be 01/01/89.  No I haven't figured why 
> yet, but the dates are about the same as when fpcopy was used.  When I 
> say "dates" I mean that @cd changes dates.  I have copies of the MAC in 
> which @cd changes to 11/02/10, and 04/12/11,  These dates are, maybe, 
> when Bill or I used fpcopy.
> 
> I was wrong when I said that the problem was that I had used a dummy 
> field called cd.
> 
>> How did changing the dummy field's name from "cd" to "ef" change anything?
>> 
> It just made sure there were not two cd's.
> 
>> And, finally, you can't see @CD in a text editor, since it's stored in
>> binary within the record header.
>> 
> 
> Here is the first record in the file viewed with Atlantis.  The 
> "01/01/89" shown in the upper right is the creation date.  But @cd shows 
> up with one of the dates listed above.
> 
> 
> k(n(        RHODES        JERRY W      37 LAWSON RD 
> GUNTERSVILLE      AL35976-5322(256) 878-7841EN2            01/01/89 
>    JAN          Y65-66            Delete email 
>                                  12/10/9565 
>                 01/14/0402/07/11                 66 10/08/01 
>                               11/20/05          Y         89      k(n( 
>        WEED          CHARLES T    PO BOX 187 - 271 SNELL ST 
>             PINCHARD          AL36371     (334) 983-4291SN 
>     01/01/89                     Y53-56  53CWEED329 at aol.com 
>                    05/08/9903/30/10                       56 10/08/01 
>  03/30/10                                                      Y         89
> 
> I put an attachment showing screen1 but it was too big to send.  All I 
> did was place !@cd on screen1 to show the creation date.
> 
> I don't know what is going on.
> 
> Harold
> 
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