Printing report when a record is being updated

[Scott Walker]

Steve,

Thanks for the idea.  I really love Ken's suggestion to use -ro.  It's so
easy to implement.  Only issue I see is it seems to run at a fraction of the
speed as without -ro.

Regards,

Scott


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Wiltsie [mailto:swiltsie at micro-mui.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 9:10 AM
> To: Scott Walker
> Subject: RE: Printing report when a record is being updated
> 
> Scott,
> 
> Does the report have to be up to the minute or could it have data as of
> end of business yesterday?  I have one customer where I copy the file
> they work in all day to file2 and that is where all of the reports come
> from.  It works for them, would that work for you?
> 
> Steve
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott Walker [mailto:Scott.Walker at RAMSystemsCorp.com]
> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 7:48 AM
> > To: Steve Wiltsie
> > Cc: 'filePro Mailing List'
> > Subject: RE: Printing report when a record is being updated
> >
> > Steve,
> >
> > I believe the -u flag just allows you to run the report on the file
> > even if the FILE is in use.  It will still pause and wait at a RECORD
> > that is being updated and thus has the RECORD locked.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Steve Wiltsie [mailto:swiltsie at micro-mui.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 8:23 AM
> > > To: Scott Walker
> > > Subject: RE: Printing report when a record is being updated
> > >
> > > Scott,
> > >
> > > Have you tried the -u flag on the dreport menu line?
> > >
> > > Steve Wiltsie
> > > microCONCEPTS
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From:
> > > > filepro-list-bounces+swiltsie=micro-mui.com at lists.celestial.com
> > > > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+swiltsie=micro-
> > > > mui.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Scott Walker
> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 3:33 PM
> > > > To: 'filePro Mailing List'
> > > > Subject: Printing report when a record is being updated
> > > >
> > > > I am printing a customer list.
> > > >
> > > > Someone else is updating a customer record and thus has that one
> > > record
> > > > locked..
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way for me to get fp to just get the data for that
> > > > customer record from disk (I'm not trying to update it) and thus
> > get
> > > > the report to continue without having to wait on the other user to
> > > > release the record lock.  I know I will be getting the data from
> > > > before whatever changes they make.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Scott
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Scott Walker
> > > > RAM Systems Corp
> > > > (704) 896-6549
> > > > Scott.Walker at RAMSystemsCorp.com
> > > >
> > > > www.RAMSystemsCorp.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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