Upgrade Dictionaries into ARev1 and ARev3 (AREV Specific)
At 27 MAY 1999 01:54:10AM Payne wrote:
We have an application in ARev1 which has been converted to ARev3.
We use RecordCopy/CopyRow to copy dictionary items from an upgrade disc into each system. Eg:
recordcopy dict.customer_new to: dict.customerIt works within ARev1 and data fields copy into ARev3.
However, symbolic fields will not copy into the ARev3 files.
Is there any simple way to over-come this? Not being able to distribute dictioniary items is very frustrating.
At 27 MAY 1999 05:29AM Steve Smith wrote:
If I recall there was a process that came with AREV
2.x utility disks (which may be found elsewhere on
this site) to convert the dictionaries. Check the demos
and downloads section at left.
Steve
At 27 MAY 1999 04:15PM Payne wrote:
Thanks Steve,
But our problem is that we are currently doing the development in ARev and wish to copy the changes to ARev3 users.
Everything transfers correct using copyrow except symbolic dictionary items which either dont copy or copy as blank records.
At 27 MAY 1999 04:54PM Steve Smith wrote:
The dictionary formats are different - you're going
to have to at least transpose the formula, format and
length and name fields to their correct record
locations, then resave the records so that dict.mfs
can invoke the dictionary compiler.
The code I suggested may be a help, if it's still there.
An upgrade to 3.12 for Devt would be easier all round.
Steve