At 18:17 25/07/2007 +0100, you wrote: > > Was a quote from:- > > http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/228.html > > > > for the function would you not just use EDITOR or FILED, or a > > trivial basic > > routine ? >Ah, I see. > >Yes of course, an editor or Filed or something similar could be used. >Some people prefer to have a dedicated program to do MDV to FLP >conversions, especially when a batch of files is concerned. Anyway, as >this was an existing old program it was a handy exercise to update it, >that's all. > >It's there for anyone who wants it, those confident with editors or >the like can do it that way too.
I didn't mean an editor(s), in my minds eye I can still see Freddie demonstrating exactly that procedure. It is my preference to use something visible, you know what is happening, in the same way I prefer a spread sheet to a bespoke database. _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
