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color=#0000ff size=2>What about adding a switch (cc={NO_INVOICE_DATE}) to the
report so when it runs the invoice code in the use file can be ignored. That is,
if the QUIZ program is not compiled.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=596341923-20072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Brett</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
powerh-l-bounces+brett.greiner=synoptix.co.nz@lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+brett.greiner=synoptix.co.nz@lists.sowder.com] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>fernando.olmos@hpa.com.au<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 21 July 2006
11:10<BR><B>To:</B> powerh-l@lists.sowder.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Here's a
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi everyone</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have dozens of QUIZ reports that utilise a USE
file, which contains DEFINES for two date fields (c_date_start and c_date_end).
The QUIZ programs will ask the user to input these dates at run time and use
them to CHOOSE data based on an INVOICED_DATE field, which is a repeating
index.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Unfortunately some passes in these reports do not
reference tables that have the invoiced_date field as an index, so the report
will produce an "*E* Not a linkitem of the primary file" error. This is actually
ok, because most of the reports will still produce something, but as you and I
know, it's not good programming practice to allow programs to give out error
messages. The other thing too, is that this error gives users the wrong
impression and they log calls all over the place thinking their system has
crashed, etc.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>My question is this ...</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there a way to know in Powerhouse (or through an
operating system variable?), that will say the pass that is currently running
has these so-and-so indexes in the database? I was thinking that without
changing the QUIZ reports, I could just change a few of the USE files, that ask
for the date range, to have the smarts to be able to strip off the CHOOSE
statement at the end of the use file. If I had some sort of indicator to say
"this current pass DOES HAVE the invoiced_date as an index", then I could
program in the USE file to re-create the same .TXT file without the CHOOSE in
it. It will keep changes within the USE file and then I don't have to change
each and every report to remove the last line in the TXT file.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>A sample TXT file is like this ...</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>define c_date_start date century included =
20060601</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>define c_date_end date century
included = 20060630</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>choose invoiced_date
20060601 to 20060630</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any ideas on this guys?</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT> </P>
<P><I><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>Fernando Olmos</FONT></I>
<BR><B><FONT face=Arial size=2>MIS</FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Senior Analyst Programmer</FONT></B> </P>
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