In theory should I have any concerns if I

1) used the table builder to create new dict item in a dict.

2) created a form to log dict table updates and during the save

of a record I read in the dict item from (1) and store in the

data portion of the bound table of this form

3) have a routine that takes an item from (2) and writes to

a dict table.

My concerns are that there are system records or tables that need

to know this information. (i.e. is the table builder doing anything

unique that a 'write' to a dict would not do?)

Thank you

In theory, you should be OK since DICT.MFS should recompile the dictionary element. I don't know whether errors in compilation can be caught this way, however. BTW, OI doesn't date/time stamp changes to F and S type dict items the way AREV does. That feature has always been handy for me to track changes but OI doesn't do it automatically. I'm sure somebody else can jump in if there are any other "gotcha's".

Cheers ..

Don Miller

C3 Inc.

Don,

So on doing …

DITEM=XLATE('TEMPDITEMS',id,'',x)

OPEN "DICT.":table TO DFILE THEN

 WRITE DITEM ON DFILE,id THEN

 END

END

would work?! Where/when does the DICT.MFS come in and do its compilation?

]]In theory, you should be OK since DICT.MFS should recompile the ]]dictionary element. I don't know whether errors in compilation can ]]be caught this way, however.

Errors in compilation not being caught does concern me. I have been told that "R"elationals would cause problems.

Thanks for the info.

Andy,

For compilation errors you could use the TestFormula function.

eg

Declare Function TestFormula

If DItem=S' then

  Formula=DItem

  Result=TestFormula

  If Result=' then

• Error

      .

      .

      .

As for indexing, I would always clear out any data in any index position. Ie Cols 6,21,22,23,24 (see Dict_Equates)

Simon

RebusHR

Sorry, should read

Result=TestFormula(Formula)

and I don't know what happened to my indents !!

Simon

RebusHR

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