Irrational subfile behavior

[Al Karman]

Michael,

Thx for the two cents....

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If Only Powerhouse Was So Sensitive To Other Programming Oversights...

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One hopes a 'programmer' would figure out maximum sizes, and code 
accordingly....



>From: Michael Lee <mcl_systems@bc.sympatico.ca>
>Reply-To: mcl_systems@bc.sympatico.ca
>To: "Ohmes, Matt" <Matt.Ohmes@COGNOS.com>
>CC: "'Al Karman'" <alkarman@hotmail.com>, powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
>Subject: Re: Irrational subfile behavior
>Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 14:51:35 -0700
>
>One reason that it makes sense to automatically change the size of a 
>subtotalled
>item is that it is fairly likely that the subtotal will be larger than the
>original item allows. If Powerhouse did not automatically resize the item 
>then
>people would have to add a lot of new defines to their reports. For 
>instance if
>you had an item ZONED SIZE 2 (as below) and the subtotal of that item would
>exceed 99, you would have to add a new DEFINE of a larger size equaling 
>that
>item and subtotal the new DEFINE instead.
>
>Just my two (non) cents.
>
>
>Michael Lee
>MCL Systems Inc.
>
>"Ohmes, Matt" wrote:
>
> > Al, a reporter from the back of the room asks...
> >
> > "Funny you mention subtotalling - I do invoke that arcane function....
> > Why does Quiz insist on redefining, on its own, my fine work??
> > And a follow-up, Mr. President....why DOESN'T QTP do auto-redefine??"
> >
> > Hmmm.... First question first. Well, actually Quiz didn't redefine your
> > work. ;-)  You created a defined item of Zoned size 2, but you REPORTED 
>a
> > summary result, not the defined item.  To illustrate:
> >
> > Define X Zone*2 size 2 = 1 ; I hope I got that syntax right
> > Report &
> >   X pic "^^^" Heading "Defined^Item X" &
> >   X SUBTOTAL pic "^^^^^^" Heading "Summary^Item X"
> >
> > I just reported 2 items, the first was a defined item, zoned size 2.  
>The
> > second was a floating point calculation result that happens to also have 
>the
> > name X.  You'll notice the Picture and heading clauses follow the word
> > SUBTOTAL because the report item is X SUBTOTAL, not just X.
> >
> > Now, as to the second question...
> > Huh?  What do you mean "auto-redefine"?
> >
> > Matt
> >
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