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==== Creating new DICT entry (OpenInsight Specific) ====
=== At 13 JUN 2000 11:20:51AM Jim Jones wrote: ===
 
{{tag>"OpenInsight Specific"}}
 
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I would like to add a sequential counter, %sk%, to the dictionary of an OI table. It is a simple, straightforward procedure in AREV, but I haven't discovered how to accomplish this in OI.



Any help would be appreciated.



Thanks,

Jim Jones


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=== At 13 JUN 2000 03:25PM Don Miller - C3 Inc. wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>It turns out that you have to make a form with a Sequential Key counter field and then use it.  Otherwise, you can create it in the system editor:

File - New Record.  Filename DICT.YOUR_FILE_NAME

Field 1 enter 0

Save As %SK%.



Just as a bytheby .. the Sequential Key logic is much weaker in OI than it was in AREV .. frankly, it wasn't too hot there either.  I have a routine that uses a phony key NEW and then does it properly, including checking for holes and pending records.  It uses the %SK% dict item as its counter and allows for resetting using the=keystroke.  Haven't converted this baby to OI yet.



Don Miller

C3 Inc.

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