Quick (As in QDESIGN) Question:

Fri Dec 11 11:02:25 CST 2009

Does the screen receive anything from a higher screen? These item
statements might be intended to stop automatic initialization of items
in the primary file from items in the passed list.

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Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:56 AM
To: Bob Deskin
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Subject: RE: Quick (As in QDESIGN) Question:

Thanks, Bob:

Well, it is a PRIMARY file and I see this sloppy ITEM statement used for
a whack of table variables.

The context and usage consists purely of an ITEM statement with no
value, no other program references.

FWIW Dictionary states ZONED UNSIGNED size 4; Rdb Integer size 2....

How are things in ON?

John M Penney

1532 Fern Street SW

Olympia, WA  98502

(360)789-8159

--- On Fri, 12/11/09, Bob Deskin <Bob.Deskin at ca.ibm.com> wrote:

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Subject: RE: Quick (As in QDESIGN) Question:
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Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 10:43 AM

That would certainly be the net effect. QUICK always initializes to 
default values first, regardless of anything else, but I can't remember 
whether you'd get dictionary initial values as well.

The context and usage of the item should tell you why the ITEM statement

was there.

Bob

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<WAG>
Maybe this is used to cancel the automatic item initialization that 
Qdesign would generate for items in secondary and detail files which
have 
the same names as items in the primary file?
</WAG>

Regards,
JWP

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Subject: Quick (As in QDESIGN) Question:

OK, folks:

It's been a long week, but I came across this construct in a relatively 
mature (13+ years of age) Quick screen:

Item LAST_THERAPY_SEQ_NBR of PARTICIPANTS

Note there is no value or variable assigned, just the "ITEM" and that is

that.

Curious. I think I know the answer, but can anybody splain what the
system 
will assign?

More of a qquestion is why anybody would write code like this.... Nother

story.

Thanks!

John M Penney
1532 Fern Street SW
Olympia, WA  98502

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