Subphyla question

[Robert J.M. Edis]

G'day Valarie

There are a number of solutions to your problem.

1. you can create an environment variable (symbol or logical in VMS) to hold
the date (or date range) and then use this in a choose or select statement
in the subsequent passes.

2. you can write the date to a subfile as you mention and link to this
subfile with LINK TO RECORD 1 OF *subfile syntax (RECORD 0) on some
machines.

3. use your first pass to create a 'use' file containing a CHOOSE statement
and use this in the subsequent passes.

Regards,

Blue 

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott, Valerie
To: POWERH-L@lists.swau.edu
Sent: 2/29/00 5:30 PM
Subject: Subphyla question

How can I avoid needing a parm prompt entry in all 4 passes of a report?
I
am unable to pass the user date range beyond the first report.

I am writing a Quiz program that runs 4 passes of data.
Each pass for data require the same user entered Date range.
I created a one record subfile(a) to accept the PARM PROMPTED date
value.
On the first report, I use a USE to run the subfile(a), prompting for
the
date.
The remaining reports access other files and append to a separate
subfile,
which at the end is sorted and reported by type of record.
I don't believe I can link to my 'date' subfile, because the data file
is
driving the reporting.
Once the date range is captured, is there a way to hold the dates,
throughout all four passes?

Thank You,
Valerie
Solano County


 

Thank you,

Valerie Scott


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