Auto Exit

[Richard Kreiss]

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> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of Jean-Pierre A. Radley
> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 5:46 PM
> To: FilePro Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Auto Exit
> 
> Richard Kreiss propounded (on Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 08:58:52PM +0000):
> 
> | Nancy,
> |
> | Wouldn't your suggestion work using a qualifier.  This would insure
> | that the two file always had matching maps and screens.
> 
> If you do that, I guess you can't have any "real" qualified files, for different
> customers or different years or any other kinds of qualifiers.

If the program is menu driven, one can setup an option to enter new data with the dummy qualifier set.

I have a number of applications where entering a new "whatever" is a separate menu item as the input processing table is different than the IUA input table.  I usually simply call in "enter.prc".  

 One can get around this problem with a little bit of filepro programming.  Read the directory for keyqualname and then present a listbox of the "available qualifiers" and the create the command line and use a system call to run it.

Granted is would be nice to have a command line option to have filepro read a text file with the qualifiers to be used for a given file.  One could use the above approach to update the text file(s).  Or thinking about it, create the file and then read it in to create the listbox.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting