Conference ilbbak::ibi_focus

517.0. "Appending reports to format DOC files in v6.1.1 " by MR4MI2::TEUWEN () Mon Jun 01 1992 14:33

I am no longer an active heavy FOCUS user but have an application for which I'm
still responsible.  In that application, there are a series of reports generated
which may be display on-line or put to a format DOC file.  Until FOCUS 6.1.1 was
inatalled, if the user was putting the reports to a file, as each report was 
generated, it was appended to any previous reports.  Under 6.1.1 each report
replaces any previous report.

I think - but am not sure - that there is a verb or modifier or parameter or
something that one could set to cause reports or data put to a hold file to be
appended to prior data rather than replacing it.  Unfortunately, I can't 
remember what that something was nor can I find it in the FOCUS documentation.

I this a figment of my imagination or is there nothing I can do to append
reports to an existing report file?  

This known bug with V6.1.1 is resolved in V6.1.2

LisaC

    There is a command you could place at the beginning of your FEX.
    
    FILEDEF report DISK report.name APPEND
    
    However this will append always to the previous report sothat it could
    be usefull to start your FEX by deleting the old report.
    
    Fi :
    VMS DELETE MYREPORT.DOC;
    FILEDEF MYREPORT DISK MYREPORT.DOC APPEND
    
    TABLE FILE XXX
    ...
    ON TABLE HOLD AS MYREPORT FORMAT DOC
    END
    
    TABLE FILE YYY
    ...
    ON TABLE HOLD AS MYREPORT FORMAT DOC
    END