Re: Define and fill datastructure using the record format name

This might give you what you want Booth http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg030315-story01.html

It was written with record locks in mind, and avoids the “big blob” DS copy fields that you have in your pseudo code.

I would consider this a more modern version of the old MODS approach which appears to be what you were trying to do.


Jon Paris

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On Mar 23, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This seemed simple enough until it exploded in my face this morning.

I have a screen with 7 input/output capable fields. Lets call that record name FMT01.

I want to define a datastructure as being like FMT01, and then have it automagically be populated with the values from the 7 input/output capable fields whenever it is used in a calc.

I also want 2 standalone fields (OLDVALUES & NEWVALUES) that are like the datastructure

The purpose is to make these lines work:

OLDVALUES = DataSt;
EXFMT FMT01;
NEWVALUES = DataSt
if OLDVALUES <> NEWVALUES:
.... do stuff.

Is that possible? Have I taken the Stupid Pill again?


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