John,
If Design Bais is riding on the back of SB+ field definitions then you
may be able to use D/I types. SB+ can be set to create and maintain D
& I types by setting DMCONT SB.CONTROL<34,1> = 1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]<34,1>).
At last look there was a bug in the UV version of SB.FD.S regarding
setting the S/M field for "I(function)" type derived fields. Maybe
they've fixed it. I just wrote a quick/dirty wrapper for SB.FD.S which
handled it.
0001 subroutine SB.FD.S
0002 * wrapper to 'fix' SB+ I(function) derived fields not setting S/M
field correctly
0003
0004 include DMSKELCODE COMMON
0005
0006 localParam = PARAM
0007 localKey = KEY
0008 localValue = VALUE
0009 localRecord = RECORD
0010 localFile = F.FILE
0011
0012 sbFDS = '*SB+.DEFN*SB.FD.S' ;*// globally catalogue original
SB+ subroutine.
0013 call @sbFDS
0014
0015 if SB.CONT<34,1> = 1 and localParam = 4 and
localRecord<8>[1,2] = 'I(' and index(localRecord<2>,'M',1) = 0 then
0016 recordlocku localFile,localKey locked return
0017 writev 'S' on localFile,localKey,6
0018 end
0019
0020 return
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Stuart,
it just so happens that Design Bais will convert D types to A types
when
you modify anything that is not confined to their extended dictionary.
Maybe System Builder does the same thing ?
Hence you can end up loosing certain dict info such as S/M, SQL
settings and
Value marks in the headings.
Even though i came from a pick background i prefer D & Is so i am not
happy
about this and would prefer the original dictionary type be
maintained.
Hopefully this will be addressed but in the meantime if its an issue i
can
create a separate dictionary but it means you have to be careful in
accounts
that are not primarily DB.
jak
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