-RO causes an error

[Dennis Malen]

That was my recollection that I should not use a protected lookup in a 
browse format. If that is wrong then I will do so from this point.

As far as Ken is concerned he is probably the best thing that happened to 
filePro besides Esak and gang. It has been a pleasure to be part of the 
list. If I have a problem that goes back many years and Ken can easily 
answer for me and the group immediately than that is wonderful. If he 
doesn't want to then he won't. If he doesn't that will be sorely missed as 
the support line tries but can't quite do it.

Ken is part of the list. Whether he writes code or not he's part of the 
group. He can respond if he wants to.

I asked another question of whether I'm getting 5.0 or above on AIX. My 
understanding is Ken is part of what needs to be done. If not tell me who is 
and I'll call them. I need 5.0 or above ported on AIX otherwise IBM will not 
support me.

I need filePro to step up to the plate and support AIX. I have been using it 
since 1979 or there abouts. I have also been a great supporter of  filePro. 
I shouldn't be left out in the cold.

Again as far as Ken answering a question that was lying around for two days 
unanswerable by anyone on the list, I think I can suggest that Ken may know 
and that I'm surprised he has not answered. That is appropriate. No one else 
was able to. If he doesn't want to, then so be it. I can still ask. It was 
indeed appropriate. It's Ken's decision.

I'll be out of the office until Tuesday afternoon if someone wants me to 
respond.

The list is great. Let's not forget what its all about.

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laura Brody" <laura at hvcomputer.com>
To: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
Cc: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: -RO causes an error


> Quoting Dennis Malen <dmalen at malen.com>:
>
>> Jeff,
>>
>> In auto proc I am doing a lookup in order to do a show statement when the
>> file is viewed.
>>
>> The error is caused when it hits the lookup statement.
>>
>> In addition, there was a discussion a number of years ago about the -p 
>> and I
>> have not used it since.
>
>   Not using a -p on a lookup that you modify is NOT recommended.
> Why would you decide to never use the -p flag?
>
>> I'm surprised Ken Brody has not responded. He should know the answer.
>
>   I think that you need to be reminded that Ken's job is to
> write C code for fP Tech, not to give everyone on this list
> free and almost instant filePro technical support. It has
> gotten to the point were his help is not appreciated, but
> simply expected -- people actually get annoyed that Ken hasn't
> posted a solution to their problem within minutes of it appearing
> on the mailing list.
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