Herman,
First, I am glad to see that my replies on this forum are working to come back
to my email box for the first time. Glad someone finally fixed that problem.
I reported it to my email provider, so I suppose they are the ones who fixed it.
Being a one person development team, I don't have a problem updating my
revision dates. The first thing I do when I open a file is change the revision
date. Sometimes, that is the only revision I make… LOL.
I currently only check the revision dates on three key include files, so I have
not used this technique extensively. I can see how you would want to have this
done automatically with a date/time stamp. I am sorry, but I can not offer you
any better automated solution, as my Windows system knowledge is nil.
BR
Dennis
On Feb 27, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Herman wrote:
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> Thanks Dennis,
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> I have been using revision numbers but I make so many edits (often during RT
> Testing) that it is too easy to apply the code without incrementing the
> revision number. It has happened way too many times that same-name files
> contained slightly different code, when this happens a lot of time can be
> wasted trying to get the remote person in sync. That is why I want to
> automatically sample the DateTime the formula is last modified. If this is
> not possible then the best solution is to sum all DTs in the master folder.
> This folder however may contains files not used by the system (Docs etc) and
> also sometimes files used by the system are located elsewhere.
>
> Not sure yet how to solve this yet... I have a feeling I am missing a simple
> solution. Perhaps Windows Live Sync works better than I expect... however I
> noticed that there is a delay before files are updated - this is what worries
> me - one could apply a formula before it was updated.
>
> best regards,
> herman
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> Herman,
>
> Good idea. One possibility is build it into each module. If your formulas
> are based on smaller include modules, then you can include a sequence number
> based on a shortened date and edit number of the last change 20100227 edit 1
> (e.g., 00227.01), then any edits to the code requires bumping the sequence
> number in the first line of the code:
>
> checksum += 00227.01;
>
> Your top level system:
> checksum = 0;
> theExpectedChecksum = someConstant;
>
> // All the includes go here
>
> If (checksum != theExpectedChecksum )
> {
> //popup the expected vs calculated result
> }
>
> The first time after a change, the warning will give the right result that
> can be edited into the top level value of theExpectedChecksum.
>
> BR,
> Dennis
>
> On Feb 27, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Herman wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I would like to create a System-CheckSum, for example sum the last
> DateTime of each of the component formulas and/or data files used by the
> system. This would provide me, based on a single number, a way to verify that
> all computers are using the same code and using the same data files. I know
> files are supposed to be synchronized but I would feel better if there were
> an additional Check. I can't simply sum the DT of all shared files because
> not all are always used.
>
> I played with the code below and even tried using an include to read the
> DateTime of the formula including it. But I can't get it to go.
>
> There must be an easier/better way but it has to be automated.
>
> Is anyone doing this or have any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> herman
>
> Filename =
> "C:\\SharedFormulas\\"+StrLeft(_DEFAULT_NAME(),StrLen(_DEFAULT_NAME())-2);
> FileModified= fgetstatus( Filename, 1, 3 );
> // CheckSum = sum of FileModified DTs
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