Field question

[Chris Kelleher]

Hello,

New to QAD and I would like to know where the hi_values and lo_values come
from? I do not see them in the Database Definitions or File relationships
manuals. I am assuming they are maximum and minimum values and the date
values are driven from the -yy parameter. But where are they stored?

mfgpro 7.4/8.4
T64 4.OD
win95 and nt4

Jim Granfield
K and M Electronics, Inc a subsidiary of
ITT Industries
Engineered for Life

 

[Chris Kelleher]

James,

They aren't stored. They are calculated as part of the login process, and
the basic routine is to check the values of chr(1) through chr(255),
comparing each one to the other and saving the value that sorts highest and
lowest.

The reason this is done relates to the use of different code pages. The
same value is not the highest or lowest in all codepages. Sorting this out
in this fashion eliminates issues with different code pages.

For more information, go to the QAD web site into the customer support area
and access the Solution Builder (under Knowledgebase) to ask about hi char,
lo char, or code page. You will need your password to get in there, so if
you haven't got a web password yet, apply for one online. They're free for
customers who are current on maintenance.

Good luck, and welcome!

Scott
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[Chris Kelleher]

They're not fields, they're shared variables. They're defined in mfdeclre.i, and
set somewhere in one of the first procedures run by mf.p . AFAIK, low_date and
hi_date are not set based on the -yy value.
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Paul T. O'Leary
Evco Plastics, a leader in plastics injection molding
DeForest, WI USA