Y2K features in PowerHouse 7.10G1

[Deskin, Bob]

Sorry, there are no hidden settings. The INPUT CENTURY feature is for input
only. If you want to apply it to output or storage, use the CENTURY
function. The reason we did not implement windowing for output is basically
because we could not do it consistently. We could not handle literal values
or the many other combinations. Providing the CENTURY function was a
reasonable compromise.

Bob Deskin              
Senior Product Advisor, Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc.
bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 4205 FAX: (613) 228-3149
3755 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 9707 Stn. T, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA


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> From: 	Henk Joling[SMTP:hjoling@worldonline.nl]
> Sent: 	June 16, 1999 6:34 PM
> To: 	Powerhouse User List
> Subject: 	Y2K features in PowerHouse 7.10G1
> 
> Any help or suggestions please
> 
> We are testing 7.10G1 on a VMS Alpha with Oracle Rdb.
> The new Y2K features work rather well and with a minimum of effort,
> the code of our Quick screens are ready for the next century.
> We are using windowing for date fields and this works perfect
> in the input fields (>=90 is 19; <90 is 20).
> 
> But we found out that the windowing doesn't work in the
> output phase of QTP :
> 
> __________________________________________
> access ...
> item t_date_6 vmsdate = nconvert("990617")
> 
> outut filexxx add update
> item datefield final t_date_6
> __________________________________________
> 
> In this case the windowing doesn't work, but the default
> century is added as the century. (20 in our datadict)
> 
> I looked in the manuals and found out that windowing 
> only works in input fields. Why windowing doesn't work
> in this case so that I have to change the qtp sources?
> [ADDCENTURY ( t_date_6,  CENTURY (t_date_6) ) works]
> 
> Or is there a (hidden) setting that can make the windowing work
> in this case (I hope there is)?
> 
> Thanks for any help you can offer.
> Henk
> 
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