Posted by Grant Foraker on May 20, 2010 at 09:12:25:
Stuff I liked better in the old USE file generator and other comments/requests.
1) put in my own file name, you add the ".INC"
2) put in my own format ID
3) Local/Common option
4) Info to the right of the fields was clearer ...
! Description Type Len Pos !
! ------------------------------------------!
415 FORMAT _ !
JMJOB$;_ ! JOB NO S 4 0 !
JMDESC$;_ ! JOB DESCRIPTION S 30 5 !
JMSTATUS$;_ ! ST S 1 36 !
JMTM$;_ ! T& M? S 1 38 !
JMACCT$;_ ! CO DE S 2 40 !
JMCUST$;_ ! CUST# S 5 43 !
JMCNT$;_ ! CONT# S 6 49 !
JMNC$;_ ! N C S 1 56 !
JMADATE$;_ ! AWARD DATE S 8 58 !
JMCTYPE$;_ ! CON TYP S 2 67 !
JMDDATE$;_ ! DELIVY DATE S 8 70 !
JMWDATE$;_ ! START DATE S 8 79 !
JMSPEC$;_ ! SPEC# S 6 88 !
Exception, I like the use of the #CFILES name in place of "Description" column.
5) really don't like the position "@(0)" stuff
!
JMF: Format _
JMJOB$,@(0);_ ! job.no 0, 4
JMDESC$,@(4);_ ! description 4, 30
JMSTATUS$,@(34);_ ! status 34, 1
JMTM$,@(35);_ ! t.and.m 35, 1
JMACCT$,@(36);_ ! acct.code 36, 2
JMCUST$,@(38);_ ! customer.no 38, 5
JMCNT$,@(43);_ ! contract.no 43, 6
JMNC$,@(49);_ ! customer.type 49, 1
JMADATE$,@(50);_ ! award.date 50, 8
JMCTYPE$,@(58);_ ! contract.type 58, 2
Any USE or INC file with position hardcoded is red flagged to me.
6) In "Add a field", the auto fill of Column, IB Variable, and Description is a pain. It's never right and often not close. I'd rather the fields were blank.
Grumble, grumble, grumble.
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