Hi Bob,
It sounds to like what you want is the TRANS() BASIC function.
This works in UniVerse - Don't know about UniData.
TRANS (filename, record.ID, field#, control.code)
field# can also be a Dict name.
Regards,
Adrian
On 31/8/06 8:21 AM, "Bob Woodward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm trying to set up a general use utility and what I'd like to do is to
> be able to call this utility, passing it an open file handle, a couple
> other parameters plus one that could be used to specify a dict entry
> name, not a field number. The catch is I'd like to use the dict entry
> regardless of what type of definition it is. Obviously there would be
> some limits but the general definition is that the dict item ultimately
> points to a piece of data. An example would be I would want to use a
> data position field like CUST.NUM in the INVOICE file. I'd also want to
> be able to use something like CUST.NAME in the INVOICE file which would
> be a pointer to the CUSTOMER file's NAME field. The utility would use
> READ or maybe XLATE to obtain the desired information. I looked at
> ITYPE() but I'm not sure that's going to get me what I'm looking for.
> In AREV it was simply using the {} brackets.
>
> TIA
>
> BobW
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