RE: Getting Dates -- MAPICS-L

Thanks Penny

Kevin Fox
kdfox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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From: pennylancor@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pennylancor@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 9:39 AM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: RE: Getting Dates

The source code for AXZDT and AXZPDR are copyrighted MAPICS source.  The use
of the objects in no way changes MAPICS source code.   The sample code
supplied was from my programs - not MAPICS.

--
Regards, 
Penny Lancor 
Technical Services 
TechKnowledge Partners, LLC 
224.715.3967

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> Penny 
> 
> Is this MAPICS copyrighted source code? 
> 
> Kevin Fox 
> kdfox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: pennylancor@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pennylancor@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 11:22 AM 
> To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion 
> Subject: RE: Getting Dates 
> 
> The documentation in the MAPICS source for AXZDT lists all the functions 
> this program can do. For simple date retrievals and conversions: 
> 
> 
> 
> D @dterr s 1 
> Error Flag 
> D @dtfil s 7 0 
> File Date 
> D @dtfmt s 1 0 
> Date Format 
> D @dtusr s 6 0 
> User Date 
> D @rqest s 5 
> Request 
> D @ttdat s 6 0 
> system date 
> D @ttime s 6 0 
> system time 
> D #mdy s like(@dtusr) 
> User Date 
> D #ymd s like(@dtfil) 
> File Date 
> * Get date format, date and time from MAPICS 
> 
> C call 'AXZPDR' 
> 
> C parm *zeros @dtfmt 
> date format 
> C parm *zeros @ttdat 
> system date 
> C parm *zeros @ttime 
> system time 
> * Format a date from File format to User format 
> 
> C call 'AXZDT' 
> 
> C parm '*USER' @rqest 
> Request 
> C parm @dtfmt 
> Date Format 
> C #mdy parm *zeros @dtusr 
> User Date 
> C parm #ymd @dtfil 
> File Date 
> C parm *blanks @dterr 
> Error Flag 
> * Format a date from user to File Format 
> 
> C call 'AXZDT' 
> 
> C parm '*FILE' @rqest 
> Request 
> C parm @dtfmt 
> Date Format 
> C parm #mdy @dtusr 
> User Date 
> C #ymd parm *zeros @dtfil 
> File Date 
> C parm *blanks @dterr 
> Error Flag 
> 
> -- 
> Regards, 
> Penny Lancor 
> Technical Services 
> TechKnowledge Partners, LLC 
> 224.715.3967 
> 
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> 
> > Perfect! Now where can I find documentation on the interface to use 
> > them? 
> > 
> > -Jimmy 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> > pennylancor@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 6:31 PM 
> > To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion 
> > Subject: Re: Getting Dates 
> > 
> > 
> > MAPICS has two programs used to retrieve and format dates. 
> > 
> > AXZPDR is used to retrieve the current MAPICS date and time. It also 
> > retrieves the tailored date format code. 
> > 
> > AXZDT is used to format dates between *USER (ie. MMDDYY) and *FILE (ie. 
> > CYYMMDD) formats. It has parms for input date, output date, the date 
> > format code retrieved from AXZPDR and the type of formatting you would 
> > like to do. (This program also has other functions such as calculating 
> > a date given a date and number of days) 
> > 
> > If you do not use these programs, be careful with job date for 
> > unattached jobs. Unattached jobs will have a job date of the date the 
> > job started - it's not necessarily the current date. 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Regards, 
> > Penny Lancor 
> > Technical Services 
> > TechKnowledge Partners, LLC 
> > 224.715.3967 
> > 
> > -------------- Original message -------------- 
> > 
> > > Does anyone know where the current date is stored (data area, etc) or 
> > > how to go about calculating the CYYMMD format MAPICS uses in files? 
> > > 
> > > Thanks, 
> > > -Jimmy 
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