Reading magnetic strip card

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Hi Dave,

Yeah, I need to get around to downloading the PH online manuals. But I'm
getting to that age where I like the challenge of remembering anything more
than my name. ;-)

And the SEP you are thinking of is a option on the date format.  The SEP
user command has been around since the beginning but I'd guess 95% of the
population never uses it.  But when you need it, it sure comes in handy. 

However, having said that, I like the idea of the leading dummy field too.
As long as the user doesn't have to use the screen to and gets confused by
it.

Matt :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Knox, Dave (Dallas, TX) [mailto:knoxda01@unisourcelink.com]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 2:35 PM
To: 'Ohmes, Matt'; 'Louis BROUILLETTE'; powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu
Subject: RE: Reading magnetic strip card

Hey Matt... 

You should download the online manuals from um....Cognos...they're great... 

Anyway, the SEP command is to dictate the seperator in date fields. (Or am I
thinking of something else) 

Louis 

A couple of quick and dirty alternatives.... 

Why not add a dummy field prior to the entry field, that will be bypassed by
the "skip"... 

or... 

Override the entry procedure, and if the field is a null entry, accept the
field a second time...? 
(if you need to retain the ";" as part of the data, add it in after) 

Regards 
Dave 

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ohmes, Matt [ mailto:Matt.Ohmes@COGNOS.com
<mailto:Matt.Ohmes@COGNOS.com> ] 
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 2:17 PM 
To: 'Louis BROUILLETTE'; powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu 
Subject: RE: Reading magnetic strip card 

I'm a little rusty and I don't have a manual with me, but you should be able

to call the SEP (separator) command.  That is a command the user can call to

change the ";" to any other single character. 
Hope that helps. :-) 
Matt 

Matt.Ohmes@Cognos.Com 
Cognos Corporation 
909 E. Las Colinas Blvd. 
Suite 1900 
Irving, TX  75039 
214-259-6200 
"Matt doesn't really know anything.  He just likes to pontificate a lot. 
We refuse to acknowledge that he works for Cognos or that we have ever 
met him or anyone with whom he's ever been associated.  Don't lend him 
money and don't let him talk to your sister!" ;-) 

-----Original Message----- 
From: Louis BROUILLETTE [ mailto:Louis_Brouillette@UQTR.UQuebec.CA
<mailto:Louis_Brouillette@UQTR.UQuebec.CA> ] 
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 2:11 PM 
To: powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu 
Subject: Reading magnetic strip card 

Hi everyone, 

I'm trying to read a magnetic strip containing the student id into a quick 
screen. 
My problem is that the string that I read begins with a ";", the command 
separator.  It causes the entry field to be skipped.  I can't change the 
separator character in the qkgo because users would kill me.  So my 
question is: Is there a way to disable the separator character (or change 
it to something else) for the period of time the input procedure is executed

? 

Louis Brouillette 
Analyste en informatique (DBA) 
Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres 
Tel: (819) 376-5011 ext. 2435 
Email: Louis_Brouillette@uqtr.uquebec.ca 
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<DIV>Hi 
Dave,</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Yeah, 
I need to get around to&nbsp;downloading the PH online manuals. But&nbsp;I'm 
getting to that age where I like the challenge of remembering anything more than 
my name. ;-)</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>And 
the SEP you are thinking of is a option on the date format.&nbsp; The SEP user 
command has been around since the beginning but I'd guess 95% of the population 
never uses it.&nbsp; But when you need it, it sure comes in handy. 
</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>However, having said that, I like the idea of the 
leading dummy field too. As long as the user doesn't have to use the screen to 
and gets confused by it.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Matt 
:-)</DIV>
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 <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: Knox, Dave (Dallas, TX) 
 [mailto:knoxda01@unisourcelink.com] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 
 2:35 PM To: 'Ohmes, Matt'; 'Louis BROUILLETTE'; 
 powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu Subject: RE: Reading magnetic strip 
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 Hey Matt... 
 You should download the online manuals from 
 um....Cognos...they're great... 
 Anyway, the SEP command is to dictate the seperator in date 
 fields. (Or am I thinking of something else) 
 Louis 
 A couple of quick and dirty alternatives.... 
 Why not add a dummy field prior to the entry field, that will 
 be bypassed by the "skip"... 
 or... 
 Override the entry procedure, and if the field is a null 
 entry, accept the field a second time...? (if you need 
 to retain the ";" as part of the data, add it in after) 
 Regards Dave 
 -----Original Message----- From: 
 Ohmes, Matt [<A 
 href="mailto:Matt.Ohmes@COGNOS.com">mailto:Matt.Ohmes@COGNOS.com</A>] 
 Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 2:17 PM To: 'Louis BROUILLETTE'; powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu Subject: RE: Reading magnetic strip card 
 I'm a little rusty and I don't have a manual with me, but you 
 should be able to call the SEP (separator) 
 command.&nbsp; That is a command the user can call to change the ";" to any other single character. Hope that helps. :-) Matt 
 Matt.Ohmes@Cognos.Com Cognos 
 Corporation 909 E. Las Colinas Blvd. Suite 1900 Irving, TX&nbsp; 75039 
 214-259-6200 "Matt doesn't really 
 know anything.&nbsp; He just likes to pontificate a lot. We refuse to acknowledge that he works for Cognos or that we have 
 ever met him or anyone with whom he's ever been 
 associated.&nbsp; Don't lend him money and don't let 
 him talk to your sister!" ;-) 
 -----Original Message----- From: Louis 
 BROUILLETTE [<A 
 href="mailto:Louis_Brouillette@UQTR.UQuebec.CA">mailto:Louis_Brouillette@UQTR.UQuebec.CA</A>] 
 Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 2:11 PM To: powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu Subject: Reading 
 magnetic strip card 
 Hi everyone, 
 I'm trying to read a magnetic strip containing the student id 
 into a quick screen. My 
 problem is that the string that I read begins with a ";", the command 
 separator.&nbsp; It causes the entry field to be 
 skipped.&nbsp; I can't change the separator character 
 in the qkgo because users would kill me.&nbsp; So my question is: Is there a way to disable the separator character (or 
 change it to something else) for the period of time 
 the input procedure is executed ? 
 Louis Brouillette Analyste en 
 informatique (DBA) Universite du Quebec a 
 Trois-Rivieres Tel: (819) 376-5011 ext. 2435 
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