Re: Assistance with subfile???

You should be fine trying to set that up like that.   That in my opinion 
would be the best way to do it.  Use and updatable subfile, with a command 
key to add a new record (writing the new record to the subfile) position 
the cursor to the new record, allow the user to enter the data, update the 
values in the subfile after they've been keyed.  Mutiline subfiles are 
excellent.  Might be helpful to see the dds and the error message you 
getting.

Ron Power
Programmer
Information Services
City Of St. John's, NL
P.O. Box 908
St. John's, NL
A1C 5M2
Tel: 709-576-8132
Email: rpower@xxxxxxxxxx
Website: http://www.stjohns.ca/
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One of the modules I am working on is for trucking recruiting and I am not 

sure if it can be implemented the way I have envisioned it.

When a truck driver calls us to apply for a job, we of course enter their 
relevant information into the system, name, address, phone, date of birth, 

etc.  Included in that is their work history for the past ten years.  It 
is 
the work history that I am having a problem with.

We basically get the following information:  Employers name, address, 
city, 
state, zip, phone, fax, start date, end date, and reason for leaving. 

I was wanting to display this information in a subfile like the following, 

with up to two employers per page:



EMPLOYER NAME: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
ADDRESS:       XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
CITY:          XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  ST: XX
PHONE:         XXXXXXXXXX        FAX:      XXXXXXXXXX
START DATE:    XXXXXXXX          END DATE:   XXXXXXXX
REASON FOR LEAVING:   XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


However, when I try to setup the subfile it errors out telling me that I 
am 
overlaying the fields, or something like that....so I started thinking 
that 
maybe a subfile wasn't the best way to do this....

I am open to suggestions or ideas that someone else may have....it would 
be 
nice to see several employers at once.

the other thought I had was display the name and dates of empoyment in a 
subfile and allow the recruiter to select an entry to drill down to the 
detail...but since I have never done selections within a subfile that 
might 
be getting beyond my abilities.

Douglas

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