QuickStart Development

[Kenneth Brody]

On 6/15/2016 11:11 AM, Kenneth Brody via Filepro-list wrote:
> On 6/15/2016 10:54 AM, Nancy Palmquist via Filepro-list wrote:
> [...]
>> A footnote to remember is that while every effort is made to make filepro
>> and Quickstart filepro run exactly the same on the same tables it is not
>> always the case.  It is critical that you compile the tables with the
>> associated automatic table indicated.  I have seen differences in how they
>> throw error messages and like issues over the years.  So it is important to
>> test your software in both environments.  QS does not have a debugger level
>> so you will have to get very friendly with logtext to track your flow.
> [...]
>
> If you have a dummy field which is defined in automatic processing, but not
> in the auto processing to be used for the output, and you use that dummy
> field for multi-level break subtotals[*], then you will get different output
> in rreport than in dreport.  I don't recall if there is a problem with a
> dummy field not defined in automatic, but defined in the auto processing
> used for the output.  (rclerk-vs-dclerk is not affected.)
[...]

I forgot to (re)mention that Nancy had already said -- that this issue is 
only if you don't compile the prc with the correct automatic processing.

-- 
Kenneth Brody