Is there a way to have a calculated symbolic field show up in a fixed fmc without a global?

Thanks

Donna ..

Sure..do it all the time. Here is an example of a symbolic dict that will to this:

Name UP_COST

OPEN 'PARTS' TO PARTS ELSE

@ANS=NO PARTS'

GOTO DONE

END

@ANS=' ;* CLEAR FOR LATER

..DO MY PARTS COST CALCULATION HERE .. I WON'T BORE YOU WITH IT

..IT WILL SET @ANS TO THE COST. I ALSO SAVE IT IN THE VAR CALCCOST

LOCK PARTS,@ID THEN

@RECORD=CALCCOST  ;* UPDATE A REAL FIELD AND WRITE IT BACK

WRITE @RECORD ON PARTS,@ID ELSE

   @ANS=WRITE ERROR ':@ID  ;* CATCH THE WRITE ERROR

END

UNLOCK PARTS,@ID

END ELSE

@ANS=LOCKED ':@ID  ;* CATCH THE LOCK ERROR

END

DONE:

Hope this is useful

Don Miller

C3 Inc.

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