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Conference ilbbak::ibi_focus

Title:FOCUS, from INFORMATION BUILDERS
Moderator:ZAYIUS::BROUILLETTE
Created:Thu Feb 19 1987
Last Modified:Mon May 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:615
Total number of notes:1779

56.0. "Help! NOCLEAR use w/CRTFORM's " by PMRV70::HOLT () Fri Apr 08 1988 17:12

    HELP!
              
    I need to know how to use CRTFORM NOCLEAR.  I called the hotline,
    and they're looking into it, but I thought maybe some of you FOCUS
    gurus might be able to help me.
    
    I'm using a MODIFY procedure with CRTFORM's to add data to my database.
    I have 2 segments in my master file definition: 
    
          "Project name" (the parent segment)
    
          "Phase" (parent = project)
    
    Each project has 9 phases.  I'm using case logic.  Case 1: project
    doesn't exist yet, so add data both for project and phase segments.
    Case 2: project exists, so add data for phase segment only.
    
    The reason I'm interested in NOCLEAR
    is because in case 2,  much of the data for each phase segment will 
    not change, and I don't want to have to retype it.
    
    Can anyone help me?  Thanks very, very much!
     
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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56.1Using NOCLEAR with CRTFORMNRPUR::CUSACKWed Apr 13 1988 15:5017
    I'm not sure exactly where your problem is occurring, but in routines
    that I've written before using NOCLEAR was fairly straightforward.
    An example might be as follows:
    
    	MODIFY FILE FILENAME
    	CRTFORM LINE 1 NOCLEAR LOWER
    	"<10 Enter Badge Number: <BADGE_NO "
    	.
    	.
    	.
    	DATA
    
    If you could be a little more specific about where the problem is
    I might be able to help more.
    
    Mike Cusack
    DTN 234-4764
56.2thank you, MikeWITNES::HOLTFri Apr 15 1988 20:4915
    Hi Mike - thanks for the reply.  I also used "CRTFORM LINE 1 NOCLEAR"
    and got it to work for my first crtform, but not for successive
    ones.  I've basically decided that I'll just be careful when I input
    the data for the projects that already exist.  THAT's where CRTFORM
    would have been extremely useful - when I have to type in all 8 phases of
    one project all at once, and the data doesn't change much, and I
    start a new record.
    
    I finally figured out that what I really, REALLY needed was turnaround
    fields, so that the old data comes up when I'm updating something.
    
    Thanks again, and if you have any suggestions in the "Help!" I'm about
    to put in, it would definitely be appreciated.