I would suggest a clearer naming convention for your dictionary items. When
you have DATE as part of your field name, it makes sense that a programmer
would expect a date to be returned.

For instance, DEPDATE (or DEPOSIT.DATE) should be a data type (D), and just
the date of the deposit.  I suggest DEPOSIT.DATE because in an attorney's
office, DEPDATE could be a deposition date.  You can always shorten the name
via a synonym if you wish.

If you want to display deposit dates and know if the deposits were voided,
I'd name the I-type DEPOSIT.DATE.VOID or DEPOSIT.DATE.STATUS so both a
programmer and a user could expect to see something besides just a date.

Louie Bergsagel
Seattle


>
> > DEPDATE
> > 001 I The displayed deposit date (if not voided).
> > 002 IF VOID = "" THEN DEPOSITED ELSE "*Voided*"
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