Very very cool. I'll have to play with this. What a great Christmas gift. Thanks!
Kevin On 12/23/05, Steven McPhelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the terminal interactive mode when doing an Fileman Inquire, anyplace > where you would enter a field name or number to display, you can enter > <field number in file>:<other field number in pointed to fil> > > Obviously this syntax only works for field types of pointer or variable > pointer. > > At one time, an extended syntax argument could not be used in the Fileman > DBS calls. But I believe it can be now. > > This syntax can be used in any output Fileman program. It can also be used > in the ternlnal interactive mode for editing an entry in a file. I do not > believe this extended syntax can be used in UPDATE^DIE or FILE^DIE. I am > not sure of that statement. > > The portion of the Fileman DBS manual describes when this extended syntax > can be used. > > > > > Select OPTION: 5 INQUIRE TO FILE ENTRIES > > OUTPUT FROM WHAT FILE: MAILBOX// > Select MAILBOX NAME: SGM MCPHELAN,STEVEN G SGM > ANOTHER ONE: > STANDARD CAPTIONED OUTPUT? Yes// N (No) > FIRST PRINT FIELD: .01 NAME > THEN PRINT FIELD: .01:.111 > By '.01', do you mean MAILBOX 'NAME'? Yes// (Yes) > By '#.111', do you mean NEW PERSON 'STREET ADDRESS 1'? Yes// (Yes) > THEN PRINT FIELD: .01:.112 > By '.01', do you mean MAILBOX 'NAME'? Yes// (Yes) > By '#.112', do you mean NEW PERSON 'STREET ADDRESS 2'? Yes// (Yes) > THEN PRINT FIELD: .01:.113 > By '.01', do you mean MAILBOX 'NAME'? Yes// (Yes) > By '#.113', do you mean NEW PERSON 'STREET ADDRESS 3'? Yes// (Yes) > THEN PRINT FIELD: > Heading (S/C): MAILBOX LIST// > STORE PRINT LOGIC IN TEMPLATE: > DEVICE: TELNET Right Margin: 80// > MAILBOX LIST DEC 23,2005 > 16:02 PAGE 1 > NAME .01:.111 .01:.112 > .01:.113 > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------MCPHELAN,STEVEN > G > > > > Select OPTION: 1 ENTER OR EDIT FILE ENTRIES > > INPUT TO WHAT FILE: NEW PERSON// 3.7 MAILBOX (144 entries) > EDIT WHICH FIELD: ALL// .01: > EDIT WHICH NEW PERSON FIELD: ALL// .111 STREET ADDRESS 1 > THEN EDIT NEW PERSON FIELD: .112 STREET ADDRESS 2 > THEN EDIT NEW PERSON FIELD: .113 STREET ADDRESS 3 > THEN EDIT NEW PERSON FIELD: .114 CITY > THEN EDIT NEW PERSON FIELD: .115 STATE > THEN EDIT NEW PERSON FIELD: .116 ZIP CODE > THEN EDIT NEW PERSON FIELD: > THEN EDIT FIELD: > > > > > > > On 12/23/05, Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not sure where I would put this 2:10? Could you elaborate? > > > > Thanks > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > > On 12/23/05, Steven McPhelan < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > 2:10 > > > > > > > > > > > > On 12/23/05, Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > If I have file A with a field 2 that is a pointer to file B, then when > I do an fileman inquiry to print out a given record, then for field 2 it > will display the .01 field for file B as the value for the pointer. > > > > > > > > But what if I wanted field 10 in file B instead. I am guessing this > is determined by an output transform of some sort. But would I put this in > file A or file B? And is it set at a file level or a field level? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Steven McPhelan > > > "The important thing is not to stop questioning." - Albert Einstein > > > > > > > > -- > Steven McPhelan > "The important thing is not to stop questioning." - Albert Einstein ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
