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Fri May 13 08:12:25 PDT 2011

On 5/13/2011 8:55 AM, Coleman wrote:
> Top Posted due to length.
> 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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Thanks Don.  I tried this suggestion and it showed 05/01/11 in each and 
every record.

I created the MAC directory in 01/01/89 after we had a reunion in late 
1988.  The first two hundred, or so, members had a creation date of 
1/1/89 when I first created the file MAC and used import from a 
spreadsheet file contained in a diskette.

I have MAC directories in my computer, with different names, in which 
all records in each directory have identical @cd dates.  I have a MAC 
directory in which all records have the same @cd date of 11/02/10, 
another MAC directory has an @cd of 04/12/11 in each of its records, and 
another MAC directory has an @cd of 05/01/11in each of its records.

I have to go to the grocery store.  I will work on this when I return.

Harold

> ---------- 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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