MEMO field use

[Bill Randall]

Just check the contents of the memo field as you would a regular field.

Say field 12 is the memo field.

IF 12 eq "":' No memo
IF 12 ne "":' There is a memo

Bill

On 10/4/2016 12:48 PM, daN baueR via Filepro-list wrote:
> This should be a simple question. I've been asked to add memos to an old
> application. I'm testing the memo function with a test file. The show memo
> and edit memo commands work just fine. But to make this actually useful I'd
> like to know if a memo has been already created for any specific record.
> Then I could place a dummy field on the screen that says something like
> "Please See Existing Comments - Press 'S'"
> I've looked at the fpmanual but that doesn't address this feature? Is it
> missing?
> I did try using
> MEMO xx CO 'mytext"
> as illustrated but that doesn't pass the syntax test
>
> *** A filePro Error Has Occurred ***
>
> Line Number: 15
>
> memo 14 co ""
>       ^
> Process contains a syntax error at position indicated.
>
> Field 14 is 16 chrs and is MEMO type. It does works with the show and edit
> commands.
>
> Anyone out there actually using the MEMO function? This is a SCO Unix env
> running filePro 5.7.04
>
> Thanks in advance for your assistance.
>
> Dan Bauer
> dan at onlinemgt.com
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