Changing a fields edit type

[scooter6 at gmail.com]

Ken,

Meaning if I go to Define Files and change it there, correct?
I forgot it will go through and restructure / modify the fields after
saving changes there...

thanks
Scott

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at spamcop.net>
wrote:

> 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
>
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