Problem with "-" in selection set names

Roger Cornelius rac at custom-mobility.com
Fri Jun 20 09:40:51 PDT 2014


filePro 4.8.10D4
SCO OSR6

I just ran across a problem I noticed a couple of years ago but never
reported.  filepro doesn't like selection set names containing "-".

On an "If" line in processing, referring to a selection set name
containing a "-", e.g. em-wotx, produces a syntax error when saving and
syntax checking the table:

*** A filePro Error Has Occurred ***

Line Number: 5

not em-wotx
    ^
	Process contains a syntax error at position indicated.


Referring to a selection set name containing a "-" from within a
selection set also does not work.  E.g., when using scan for records,
extended selection, and a selection set name containing "-" is specified
in the Selector Sentence, I get the following error after pressing enter
to select records:

*** A filePro Error Has Occurred ***

On File: /u/appl/filepro/F142AD/sel.em


em-wotx
^
File not found

It seems it's only the "-" that filepro doesn't like.  Replacing it
with "_" in the above examples works as expected (i.e., correctly).

Is this still present in the current version of filepro?
-- 
Roger Cornelius            rac at custom-mobility.com


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