MERGE formatting (Arev32)
At 27 OCT 2011 02:54:29PM Terry Rainville wrote:
In AREV 3.11 or 3.12 if you have multiple fields on a line in a merge they are formatted accordingly even if they have no values.
In AREV32 if the leading fields do not have values the fields are not formatted and the fields that follow are now out of line.
Example.
Label1='
Lebel2=LABEL2'
{LABEL1(OVF,L#35)} {LABEL2(OVF,L#10)}
AREV 3.11 & 3.12= ' LABEL2'
AREV32 = LABEL2'
At 27 OCT 2011 02:57PM Terry Rainville wrote:
Sorry this editor removed spaces
This is the example (b) stands for space
LABEL1(OVF,L#20)}bbbbbbbbbb{LABEL2(OVF,L#10)}
AREV 3.11 & 3.12= 'bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbLABEL2'
AREV32=bbbbbbbbbbLABEL2'
At 27 OCT 2011 07:44PM Terry Rainville wrote:
More Merging issues
A symbolic being used in one of the merges is trying to check a common variable using unassigned - this will not compile and is returning an error unless removed.
Eg
Common \Var_common\ Page%
declare subroutine unassigned
if unassigned(Page%) then Page%=1
At 27 OCT 2011 07:45PM Terry Rainville wrote:
More Issues
Format.Para is returning an erorr - this is a internal variable to the merge operation
At 28 OCT 2011 12:08PM Ray Chan wrote:
Hi Terry,
When we first converted from Arev to OI, we resorted to using S/Merge by Sprezzatura. It really help us transition our old Arev Merges to one that would work with OI. It saves us much time and was worth the investment. We had some very complex Merges and some of our clients depend on using Merge for things like letters, etc.
FWIW, you might want to take a look at S/Merge. I don't know much about AREV32, and whether it's compatible, you'll need to contact Sprezz about this, but as you know they are always helpful. HTH,
Ray Chan