Conference ilbbak::ibi_focus

247.0. "TableTalk" by UNTADI::TEICHREBER () Fri Aug 11 1989 05:00

    
    			T A B L E T A L K
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    	Problem-Description :
    	---------------------
    
    	If you call TableTalk you'll see at first a selection-menu where
    	you've to select a file (like the following example ) :
    
    		+----------------------------------+
    		| Select on of these files:        |
    		+----------------------------------+
                | USER                             |
    		| USSK                             |
    		+----------------------------------+
    
    	Very often our file-names which are displayed in the selection-menu
    	will not give the user a good information (e.g. what means USSK ? or
    	how you may cut the file-name 'MATERIAL_RECOMMENDATION_SELECTION.DAT'
    	to a 12-characters-understandable file-name).
    
    	Question :
    	----------
    
    	Is it possible to use the rest of line behind 'USER' for a short file-
        information and - if yes - how ?

    I hope there is anybody who knows the answer to the next question.
    
    We stored our dates in format 'DECDate' which means as a 64-bit-field.
    
    To work with this in FOCUS we used a 'DEFINE-'statement like the
    following example :
    
    DEFINE CONVERT_DATE/A20=CVTSTIME(0,ORIG_FIELD,CONVERT_DATE) ;$
    
    But TableTalk don't accept this DEFINE-statement and write not printable
    characters in our reports.
    
    How is it possible to convert the date correctly for a report which is
    produced by TableTalk ?
    
    Thanks
    
    
    Peter
    
    

    See note 133.* in SHIRE::FOCUS...