Changing a fields edit type

[Kenneth Brody]

On 6/24/2016 9:30 AM, scooter6--- via Filepro-list wrote:
[...]
> Obviously I can change the edit types without any pain.....but how can I
> 'enforce' the edit change?
> IIRC, just changing the edit type won't 'edit' the existing records, right?
[...]

Changing a field's edit in ddefine will go through every existing record and 
apply the new edit.

I'd strongly recommend making a backup first, and double-checking the new 
edit.  Any existing records where the data fails the new edit will end up 
with a blank field.

-- 
Kenneth Brody