MEMO field use

[Ken Cole]

Bill,

Does this work based on the content of the memo or because there is a memo
"pointer"?

How do you check if the memo actually has content and is empty?

Ken

On Wednesday, 5 October 2016, Bill Randall via Filepro-list <
filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:

>
> 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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