And please don't let anyone mention the tax laws in Italy! <g> My head still aches and it's well over a year since I had any dealings with them.
Regards, Alastair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gunnar Ekblad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 4:51 PM Subject: RE: Auto Number > Steve in Memphis > As an old rbase programer that this days run an accountant company I > give just one example why sequence should be contigus. If you run an > invocing routine and suddenly Invoice # 1563 is not there you account > might ask you where is have you taken it out of the books since you got > cashpayment? At least in Sweden that would be very profitable but > illegal from a tax point of view. So the problem is a real > bussniesproblem. > Sometimes what I do due to this autonum problem is what I call a manual > autonum, that is to say : set v vmax compute max inv# fro invoice;set > vmax to (.vmax +1) before the entryform. > But thanks for all tips in the conversation now I can give my > oldfashioned solution and maybe start use autonum more > Gunnar > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of J. Stephen Wills > Sent: den 21 november 2002 16:51 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Auto Number > > Steve, could I ask a couple of Q's? > > 1) Are the paper forms (pre-)printed w/sequential ID's? > 2) If not, must the AUTONUM'd ID's be contiguous? > > TIA, > Steve in Memphis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 1:37 AM > Subject: Auto Number > > > > To All: > > > > I have created a simple application that stores permit data in one > > table. Other tables exist as look-up tables to fill in repetitive > alpha > > data in the input form using numerical codes. The input form has an > > autonumber column that generates a sequential id number. On completion > of > > the last field of the form, pressing the "enter" key obviously brings > up a > > new blank form with a incremented id number. Works great, especially > when > > one enters 50 to 100 forms in a single session. The only problem is > that > > if you entered the form by mistake, the autonumber column increments. > Even > > though you exit with "discard row" the autonumber remains incremented > as > > expected. The work around is to remember to exit the last instance of > > completing the form with "esc" and "save". Not very elegant, but it > works. > > Now I am going to guess that it is bad form to bring up a new form > without > > asking if you want to enter another form each time. I am sure there is > a > > better way to control autonumber more effectively. And I want to > minimize > > the additional keystrokes needed on a repetitive basis to prevent > instances > > of an unwanted incremented autonumber column. Suggestions? > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
