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[Coleman]

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Another quick way of isolating a system maintained field vs. a possible dummy field displayed in various ways by processing, from IUA, go into browse mode, and add the system maintained field (!@CD).  Dummy variables are not displayed unless specifically programmed into the browse.  You will see the true contents of the creation date.

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---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Richard Kreiss <rkreiss at verizon.net>
Date:  Fri, 13 May 2011 09:31:00 -0400

>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
>Sent from my iPhone
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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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