Processing Table problem in FilePro 4.0

[John Esak]

Don't know why you are doing this code... but, if you want to see something
processing does to a field, you must put a DISPLAY in your code... like
this...

2  -------------------------------------
                 If
               Then DISPLAY; END

This will show the "current" value of 1 whether you've changed it or not.

However, this has nothing to do with actually writing out the record... if
you want the field 1 (and the whole record) immediately "written out" to the
media, then you want to put a WRITE command in your code. like this....

@WEF1   If @CD EQ ""
      Then 1 = "1000"+ at RN;  WRITE
------------------------------
        If
      Then DISPLAY;  END

But realize that the WRITE will mean the creation date @cd will no longer be
blank for any other tests on this table. The record is "written" at this
point.

--
John Esak
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com]On
> Behalf Of rlmuller at uscomputergurus.com
> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 8:52 PM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Processing Table problem in FilePro 4.0
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm running FP4.0 over WinXP-Pro/SP2.  I've got the following input
> processing table for a two-field MyCust file:
>
> 1  -------------------------------------
> @WEF1   If @CD EQ ""
>                 Then 1 = "1000"+ at RN
> 2  -------------------------------------
>                 If
>                 Then END
> 3  -------------------------------------
> @WLF1   If 1 GT ("1000"+ at RN)
>                 Then BEEP; SHOW "CustID must be in the range 1001-" &
> ("1000"+ at RN);
> SCREEN, 1
> 4  -------------------------------------
>                 If
>                 Then END
> 5  -------------------------------------
>
> Problem: Field 1 does not get populated immediately when an update
> screen is displayed ... it is blank then.  But if I leave it blank and
> save,  scanning the file shows it to be properly set.  Why isn't it
> populated before the display?  (I tried 'if 1 EQ ""' too, but to no
> avail.)
>
>
>
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