Irrational subfile behavior

[Bruce Hobbs]

At 9:40 PM +0000 09/01/1999, Al Karman wrote:

>2nd ?, 1st...
>Auto-redefine - bad syntax, but the thought was that QTP doesn't do 
>this...would QTP change an elements characteristics solely due to it's being 
>processed more than 1nce, hmmmmmm????
>
I believe that in QTP the SUBTOTAL keyword only applies to TEMPORARY items, not DEFINEd items.

>1st ?,...
>If we want to split hairs (quick, gimme an axe...), QUIZ is in fact 
>re-defining my element...
>Some would think sub-totalling a numeric field shouldn't change it's 
>physical characteristics.  Your point is well taken, but I'm curious on your 
>thoughts of the above...
>
I think Matt's point is, as his example demonstrated, that you've actually got two separate and distinct items in Quiz: your DEFINEd X and a similarly named "bucket" containing the SUBTOTAL of your DEFINEd X.
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