Cheque Edit & Roman Numerals

[Richard Kreiss]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Filepro-list [mailto:filepro-list-
> bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Nelson Coleman
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 5:05 PM
> To: Filepro_List
> Subject: Cheque Edit & Roman Numerals
> 
> I have encountered a strange situation that I cannot explain.  In filePro 5.0,
> where I use the CHEQUE edit to print checks, the "written"
> output has changed from Arabic numerals to Roman numerals, e.g.
> "$374.39" prints the "written" part of the check as "CCCLXXIV*** zero
> and 39/100 dollars *** ".    My check global dummy field da picks up the
> $ value from field 5 "da(80,cheque,g)=5" .
> 
> The CHEQUE edit shows as "CHEQUE:[{!" "!}](zero|<*** > lots cents|<***
> zero>cents)" and check2 as "chek2:( !0! | ones< hundred > )  ( !00! | (
> !0! ones | tens ) )".
> 
> Could I have a corrupted edit file or could this be related to field
> length?  Eighty seems adequate and this is a recent occurrence which may
> have happened while I was fiddling with an client's older filePro.   Any
> thoughts?
> ---
> Nelson D. Coleman
> Emerald Computer Systems
> emerald at bright.net

This is a copy of the CHEQUE edit as I have it:

CHEQUE ◄[{!" "!}](zero|<*** > lots cents|<*** zero>cents)
lots   ◄(tr| hb | tb | bil | hm | tm | ml | ht | tt | thou | hun | tens | ones)
tr     ◄N N N N N N N N N N N N N & (!0! | ones< trillion >) hb
hb     ◄N N N N N N N N N N N N & (!000! | chek2 < billion > ) hm
tb     ◄N N N N N N N N N N N & ( !00! | ( (!0! ones | tens) < billion >)) hm
bil    ◄N N N N N N N N N N & (!0!|ones< billion >) hm
hm     ◄N N N N N N N N N & ( !000! | chek2 < million >  ) ml2
ml2    ◄                    ( !000! | chek2 < thousand > ) chek2
tm     ◄N N N N N N N N & ( (!0! ml) | ( tens < million > ml2 ) )
ml     ◄N N N N N N N & (!0! | ones < million >) ml2
ht     ◄N N N N N N & ml2
chek2  ◄( !0! | ones< hundred > )  ( !00! | ( !0! ones | tens ) )
tt     ◄N N N N N & (!00! | ( !0! ones | tens ) < thousand > ) (hun|tens|ones)
thou   ◄N N N N & (!0!| ones < thousand >)(hun | tens | ones)
hun    ◄N N N & (!0!|ones < hundred >) (tens | ones)
ones   ◄!0!|!1!<one>|!2!<two>|!3!<three>|!4!<four>|!5!<five>|!6!<six>|one2
one2   ◄!7!<seven>|!8!<eight>|!9!<nine>
tens   ◄!10!<ten>|!11!<eleven>|!12!<twelve>|!13!<thirteen>|!14!<fourteen>|ten2
ten2   ◄!15!<fifteen>|!16!<sixteen>|!17!<seventeen>|!18!<eighteen>|ten3
ten3   ◄!19!<nineteen>|!20!<twenty>|!30!<thirty>|!40!<forty>|!50!<fifty>|ten4
ten4   ◄!60!<sixty>|!70!<seventy>|!80!<eighty>|!90!<ninety>|ten5
ten5   ◄(!0!|ten6 <"-">) ones
ten6   ◄!2!<twenty>|!3!<thirty>|!4!<forty>|!5!<fifty>|!6!<sixty>|ten7
ten7   ◄!7!<seventy>|!8!<eighty>|!9!<ninety>
cents  ◄< and > [!.!] num num </100 dollars ***>
zero   ◄zer1 <*** zero> !.! cents

The edits may be dropping through to the Rom edit which are just below the zero edit.

Make sure there is nothing after the **> in the zero edit.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting

Office: 410-653-2813