RE: trigger program: can I fool a program into reading someselectfi elds from another file?

You have 20 Divisions, each with their own Item records.  Your mission (if
you accept it...;-), is to have ONE description, product dimensions, etc..
for identical items across the 20 Divisions.  (Identical meaning EXACTLY
identical.)

That data has to come from SOMEwhere, Booth, and there HAS to be some link
between Division Item records (each with own Item Number, iirc) and the
record with the common data.  (Even if there is no centralized Corporate
record, there would hafta be some xref that Item# 123 in Division A is
identical and has same description and dimensions to Item# 987 in Division
B, etc.)

If ANYone can do this without updating ANY data files or ANY maintenance
pgms, I would like to hire this Houdini, ESPECIALLY if they're willing to
work for NO PAY...  LOL!  (Speakin-a which, it don't pay to work from the
desired solution, backwards, to the problem.  Middle-out works best in most
cases, in my experience.)

| -----Original Message-----
| [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Booth Martin

| He's not planning to update any data files, just the fields in the program
| that caused the read.  (as I understand the problem.)