Odd PH VAX Code

[arthur kogan]

Matt, you fool, have a look at the syntax of date function in the QTP manual, it does
accept 2 parameters.

Still... not really sure what *4I does, looks like some sort of a comment.

Regards,

Arthur Kogan
Westpac Financial Services
Sydney, Australia

MattO1@aol.com wrote:

> Hey all 8-)
>
> I know I'm supposed to be one of the experts on PowerHouse code around here,
> but I'm looking at some code from an existing system and I'm baffled.  Here is
> the code:
>
> *4D
>  ITEM T_INVC_DATE       = DATE(0,T_DATE)                                &
> *4E
> *4I
>  ITEM T_INV_DATE                = DATE(0,T_DATE)                                &
> *4E
>         IF RCRD_ID OF DINVC_UDF_REC = "10"
>
> Two things that puzzle me.  What the heck are the *4D and *4E lines?  And
> where did that DATE function come from?  I don't recall seeing a "(0," in
> there before. The client is operating on a VAX.
>
> Has it been that long since I've worked regularly with PowerHouse? LOL
> (Uhhh don't answer that last question.  It was rhetorical ;-))
> Matt 8-)
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