Re: Program AMBS6XFR for creating invoices

Thank you Kris,

I didn't know that about UF with A.
An old dog can learn new things.

Greg


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I think what you are missing is the file access method: UF with
additions.
Because of this the compiler will direct the system into immediate write
to
the file (like force ratio 1).  The reasoning is that even the program
itself could perform a read or chain to the record it has just written
with
this access method.  It is a programming trick you can exploit yourself:
If you do not want to give force ratio 1 to the file (performance in
general) but do want the records to be immediately available, the make
sure
you have the UF with addition access, instead of merely output.

PS: Once you get to know SYNON generated code, it no longer seems like
spaghetti, but they remain sizeable monsters.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Wenzloff" <GWenzloff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 5:16 PM
Subject: [MAPICS-L] Program AMBS6XFR for creating invoices


> I'm puzzled and wondering if anyone can explain this?
>
> Program AMBS6XFR is the one that creates an invoice and loads file
> MBF9REP with invoice header data.    When the program does the WRITE
to
> the file it is not followed by an FEOD nor does the file have its
> 'Records To Force A Write' attribute set to 1.
>
> Therefore the record should still be in the program's file buffer.
But
> just about 10 lines of code later the user exit UMBINV1R is called.
>
> I would think that the user exit program would not be able to see this
> new record and therefore could not update it.
>
> What am I missing here?   By the way, this is one of those 300 page
> Synon spaghetti code monsters.
>
> Also the program appears to update the OPENAR file after the user exit
> is called.  I could be wrong on that but that's what it looks like to
> me.
> If I want to change the Aging Date using UMBINV1R it won't find the
> OPENAR record either.
>
> Greg
>
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