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| Title: | FOCUS, from INFORMATION BUILDERS |
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| Moderator: | ZAYIUS::BROUILLETTE |
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| 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 |
602.0. "decsteps, focus 6.5.3, manauls" by CHEFS::BROOKSP (Paul Brooks, Reading, England) Wed Mar 22 1995 06:45
Hi kiddies,
We have noticed that with the new DECSTEPS, the focus version is 6.5.3,
and when using TABLETALK, the IF selector has been replaced by the verb
WHERE, and ; is used in the WHERE syntax. ooooh, 5"&^$*&T$
Anyway, we haven't tested upward compatability of code yet, but are
expecting some fun...
For anybody that needs to get manuals, we did it by LVO, ordering
FOCUS 6.5 for open VMS, at �30 per 2 volume set, plus �3.50 postage,
from
fao Andrew Samuels
Information Builders Inc
Station House
Harrow rd, Wembley
Tel : 0181 903 6111
Fax : 0181 903 2191
Cheers, Paul
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| 602.1 | 'IF' still working ??? | JURA::COISSARD | | Wed Mar 29 1995 04:59 | 6 |
| Hello,
Does it mean that the IF selector has to be replaced by WHERE in all
the FOCUS programs ? or is it only for TABLETALK ?
Dominique.
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| 602.2 | | SBPEXE::OTTEN | David Otten @SBP - 782-2675 PSG Solent | Wed Mar 29 1995 07:29 | 7 |
| Dominique..
I'm not sure.. I haven't got the documents yet..
David
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| 602.3 | IF versus WHERE | CHEFS::BROOKSP | Paul Brooks, Reading, England | Tue Apr 04 1995 11:04 | 13 |
| Hi kiddies,
Although we have yet to test it all out, our beautiful new FOCUS manuals
suggest that IF statements can still be used in procedures, it's just
that TABLTALK uses WHERE instead.
I think that WHERE has been chosen because IF statements used in record
selection cannot use compound statements (AND's etc), so you have to
use the IF in a DEFINE FILE statement for that, whereas....
WHERE can use compound statements directly in record selection.
Well, that's the theory..... Cheers, Paul
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