Posted by Joe Forani on March 24, 2009 at 12:19:03:
In Reply to: DB Manager & Image Files posted by Gerry B on March 24, 2009 at 11:24:20:
Hi Gerry, had many similar problems with DX when converting from image to non-image. Here's an email conversation I had with Barb when we were trying to debug the image file conversion in DX.
Joe:
It's in position 243 (relative to 0). The image indicator is "I". The IB include file is called Cfiles.inc and it's in XTL.
bb
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Forani
To: 'Barbara Brazil'
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 1:03 PM
Subject: RE: DB Manager
Ok – for some reason the ‘image’ check box is unchecked – I guess it didn’t come across in the conversion, but all the fields are calculated as image. What is the position in #CFILES for the image flag – I will put it back in and then try unchecking it DBMGR.
Joe
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From: Barbara Brazil [mailto:barbara@signature.net]
Sent: September 10, 2008 3:57 PM
To: Joe Forani
Subject: Re: DB Manager
Joe:
Yes I think there is! As I recall all you have to do is uncheck the "image" check box on the File tab of DbMgr and it will recalculate all the field positions for you.
bb
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Forani
To: 'Barbara Brazil'
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:35 PM
Subject: re: DB Manager
Hi Barb,
I am looking for a suggestion here. I am in the process of converting all image files for a customer. No problem – convert the files and recompile the programs (after removing all the image statements). The problem is the old and new report generator. In the old report generator I am restricted in specifying the file size to 3 numerics. For instance – the inventory history file was 756 bytes as an image file and is now 1600 bytes as a non-image. Ok – no problem, let’s just not use the old report generator and move onto to DX. I need a way to modify the starting position of each one of the fields. In the old report generator I was able to edit each one of the fields and as I tabbed out of one field it calculated what the starting position of the next field would be, I would make note, and use it when I entered the next field. There is no way for me to do this in DBMGR, or is there?
Thanks,
Joe
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