PUT's not working in EXIT procedure

[Michael C. Lee]

So other than my first 3 points I was completely correct....

Thanks for straightening me out on this guys (I think).

Regards,


Michael Lee
MCL Systems Inc.



Deskin, Bob wrote:

> Matt's answered the first question.
> The NEED option is independent of mode and should work in FINDMODE. It
> tells QUICK to treat the record as if the the status ALTEREDRECORD was
> true. Keep in mind, it's not that you can't update in FINDMODE, it's
> that a changed value won't set ALTEREDRECORD to true.
> You can change status if no mode is true. I just tested it in 7.29.C8 on
> MPE/iX.
>
> Bob Deskin
> Senior Product Advisor  bob.deskin@cognos.com
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>
> > ----------
> > From:         Michael C. Lee[SMTP:mclsys@home.com]
> > Sent:         Sunday, August 16, 1998 4:02 PM
> > To:   MattO1@aol.com
> > Cc:   KPCUMMIN@GAPAC.com; powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> > Subject:      Re: PUT's not working in EXIT procedure
> >
> > Just a couple of observations:
> > 1) It would seem impossible to be in FINDMODE in the EXIT procedure.
> > 2) If you are in FINDMODE I doubt the NEED option would work anyway
> > (Bob?).
> > 3) I have found that being in no mode can also contribute to not being
> > able to
> > change the record status under certain circumstances (Bob??).
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Michael Lee
> > MCL Systems Inc.
> >
> >
> > MattO1@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > In a message dated 8/13/98 11:52:17 AM Central Daylight Time,
> > > KPCUMMIN@GAPAC.com writes:
> > >
> > > <<
> > >  I have a clustered screen which contains no database fields, only
> > TEMP's.
> > >  Duing the EXIT procedure, I am attempting to update a field in a
> > DESIGNER
> > >  procedure using an explicit PUT command.  I have found, however,
> > that the
> > >  PUT verb does absolutely nothing if I use it in the EXIT procedure,
> > contrary
> > >  to the PowerHouse documentation.
> > >
> > >  I have experimented with other PUT's in the EXIT procedure (on an
> > indexed
> > >  data file).) and found that they have no effect either.
> > >   >>
> > > Hi Ken,
> > > I've read the other replies so I realize you have a work-around, but
> > just as
> > > an extra bit of information, I suspect I may know the root of your
> > problem.
> > > The Put verb, as you probably know, will not perform any actual
> > update
> > > activity if the record status is NOTALTERED.
> > >
> > > What many people don't know it that you cannot set a record's status
> > to
> > > ALTERED while the screen is in FINDMODE.  You can change the record
> > buffer all
> > > you want, but the ALTEREDRECORD flag will not change from NEW,
> > NOTALTERED,
> > > NOTDELETED.
> > >
> > > I know this has caught me before when I was trying to perform a PUT
> > in the
> > > EXIT procedure. You might try putting the NEED option on your output
> > FILE.
> > > That tells Quick to treat the file as ALTERED even if it isn't at
> > the time of
> > > the PUT.
> > >
> > > Good luck,
> > > Matt Ohmes 8-)
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