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Yes, File(1) will be 10 if there is a nokey. But I find that I generally want to do the same thing (ie, stop reading) no matter what file(1) is. If file(1) is 0, I read, if not, i don't read.     If you want to make sure you are testing for NOKEY, then still, don't use ERR. Its messy and unreliable....

I think CSV files is an excellent use for these functions.   I am constantly having problems with encapsulation characters in BR's reading of CSV files. Encapsulation characters have become a standard but BR doesn't handle them properly. I really wish it did. If they were able to add it to the STR2M...

I think you're on the right track with this now.   I often also have specific libraries for any data files that need more complicated logic associated with them. In my SageLive system I have an Invclib with functions specific to adding and deleting invoices from the invoice file, and a recieptl libr...

Mikhail,   I do use this teqnique whenever I have to, because sometimes its necessary. However, it makes for fragile and confusing code. Its much better to use the specific error trap routine to do this:   READ #1, using form$(1) : mat f$, mat f nokey TestNoKeyError ... ... TestNoKeyError: ! Have yo...

I agree with you about the wow factor of 4.2 child windows. But the problem is that the 4.2 child windows Take the Focus of the BR program. Therefore, if the user tries to click on the rest of your program its either DEAD, or worse, it does something random to the child window that actually has the ...

When you want to Highlight something (as in a highlighter).   Gabriel On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Susan Smith <susan@creativelyspeaking.net ( susan@creativelyspeaking.net )> wrote: Regarding the Transparent attribute for print fields: is there any reason not to ALWAYS use this? I can see why yo...

Yes, now that we have the wiki, I still often get frustrated that commands are underdocumented, but then I realise that its my responsibility to fix them when they are undocumented.   Its still frustrating sometimes looking for some arcane piece of BR knowledge but it does seem to get better every t...

In my experience, 4.2 is very compatible with 4.18 - in other words, my 4.18 programs run just fine under 4.2 without changes to wbconfig.sys or any of my programs.   Now, I'm not doing every single thing BR handles, so I cannot offer a guarantee that it will work for everything you might be doing. ...

Do you consistantly get the error?   If its random, then its probably caused by the wireless connection breaking.   Now, I would have to disagree with the doomsayers out there - I have been running BR over a wireless connection (and even over the internet sometimes) without too many problems..   Gab...

Here at Sage AX we have spent the better part of the last year developing some new technology that has allowed us to create New GUI programs and New GUI modifications to your existing programs Better, Faster, Cheaper, and More Reliably then ever before.   We are therefore proud to announce that effe...

Utilizing the BR Profiler, we have increased the speed of FileIO and all applications using fileIO, by 10 times when running locally or over a LAN, and by 100 times when running over the internet (via client server).   In order to get these speed increases in your programs, you will need to use the ...

John,   Susan tells me that BR files always make a .BAK file when you save over them. I don't see it happening here as much so perhaps its a configurable option. But I recommend you look for the .BAK file and try to find a way to open it.   Gabriel On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:40 PM, John Bowman <gothn...

Perhaps there was a way to make BR automatically create .BAK files of old versions whenever it replaces something. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 9:29 AM, John Bowman <gothnerd@gmail.com ( gothnerd@gmail.com )> wrote: Pharris (my dad) said he’d used it several times in the past, but didn’t remember the exac...

What are you trying to accomplish? I'm pretty sure you can not use variables in your data statements. So you can't say "Data P$". But what are you trying to accomplish? Gabriel On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Larry <ltietz@verizon.net> wrote: If p$="ABC" Data p$ Read mat1$ Will r...

Nice. On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:15 AM, John Bowman <gothnerd@gmail.com> wrote: Inf= 1E+307 it's a little known BR constant for the largest possible number -----Original Message----- From: br_forum-bounces@maillist.ads.net [mailto:br_forum-bounces@maillist.ads.net] On Behalf Of Gabriel Bakker Sent: ...