RE: Detecting changing objects...

> > do you mean that there is no need for such a utility?
> 
> No. Your original question asked if the system provided the information
> in an efficient manner.
> 
        [Leif Svalgaard]  
        don't quibble: of course the system does. What I meant was
        if there is a command that gives you that information so we
        don't have to write a utility. I don't remember all 1600+ commands.

> > Of course, there is a fast way of doing this. Use MATCTX
> > with a selection of timestamp since. But, my question
> > was: can the user easily and fast get this information?
> > without actually saving all changed objects.
> 
> Selection listing for the MATCTX (MATerialize Context - for those new to
> MI a context in MI normally means a library) is a exellent way to do
> this.
> 
> Also the QEZOLBKL API should be able to return the similar information,
> but I've not checked the docs for the API yet, and *could* be faster as
> it access the changed object list.
> 
        [Leif Svalgaard]  Please investigate. Thanks.

> >>> before embarking on this let us get a consensus as to whether
> >>> the system already provides this in an efficient manner, i.e.
> >>> real time.
> > >
> > > Yes the system does this - can you imagine how (much ;-) slower
> > > SAVCHGOBJ would be if the system didn't have a nice place to
> retrieve
> > > this information from...
> > >
> > > --phil
> > >
> 
> 
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