I agree with all of the following, that FileMan functions generally need
to be evaluated in a FileMan context. George Timson recently (in the last
year or so) has provided an enhancement to FileMan's Single Data Retriever
that may have a bearing on this discussion. The "field" argument (the 3rd
a
Even now, it's not uncommon to define small frequently used functions as inline in C/C++. It has the same effect (the code is expanded inline at compile time) as an alternative to allocating a new stack frame and going through the whole call/return process. Regardless of whether or not this was the
The FM functions are evaluated and then used to drive the generation of
code, so there isn't an API available. A classic approach would have
APIs and pass the parameters to them, but back in the day, code that
was executed was many times faster than running a routine, if you could
squeeze it a
ons are also
great for sending control codes to printers. ...tx/t
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OK. Thanks. It would be cool if there was a bridge
(API call), but no big deal if there is not.
Thanks
Kevi
--- Greg Kreis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FM functions are, as the name implies, functions in
> the FM domain. M
> functions, on the other hand, are applicable in the
> M domain. So
FM functions are, as the name implies, functions in the FM domain. M
functions, on the other hand, are applicable in the M domain. So
forget about using the FM functions in M code or M routines. But, they
are quite handy in print, sort and input templates and in defining
computed fields (all
But PRINT NUMDATE(TODAY) would crash if I put this
into a M function (i.e. outside Fileman). So I assume
that a M function can not call these Fileman custom
functions. Correct?
I.e, I can't do the following
MyFunct(Param1)
PRINT NUMDATE(Param1)
quit
Kevin
--- Thurman Pedigo <[EMAIL PROTEC
A function can be used almost anywhere. For instance if you wanted to print
numeric date just use the function with date enclosed in ():
Like:
PRINT NUMDATE(TODAY)
Most functions will give you format and use. Probably my two most common
functions are NUMDATE and SETDATA. Then you can make your own
