Problem: using a quiz use file multiple times
Alice DeWit
adewit@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:11:23 +1000
Hi, I wonder if anyone can help solve a problem I have....
OBJECTIVE: to call a subprogram or utility ( that does a date conversion)
multiple times from within one pass from QUIZ and QTP. The
subprogram/utility should be able to be called from many programs.
DETAILS: I want to be able to call a common utility/program many times
from a Quiz or Qtp program. I have to do a date mapping conversion for a
encoded date each time I display or use a date. This means that in one
pass I may have to convert 2 to 10 dates.
PROBLEM: If a use a Quiz subprogram as a utility , the second time I use
the quiz subprogram to convert a date, I get duplicate define problems,
unless I convert a date per pass, which is unwieldy.
If I execute a DCL command file after I set a symbol using
SETSYSTEMVAL in quiz, I have to execute the quiz program before the
symbol is set. This means that I would only be able to convert one date
per pass which is unmanageable
ENVIRONMENT: I am working on DEC VAXES and ALPHAS using
Powerhouse 7.10.e1 and 7.10.e6
Does anyone have a solution? If you have please let me know. Thanks in
advance.