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    Hi Guys,

    I have a table named dues in a database. This table has a field named "datepaid" C/10. The table has records for last year as well as this year. Entries are made monthly, so there are 12 entries for each member (about 800) for each year. To prevent the table from becoming excessively large I want to remove the previous year, name it i.e. 1999, and store it in the same folder. Part of my question is: can separate scripts be attached to "on_push", "on_arrive" and
    "on exit" on the same button.
    1. I view these scripts like copy last years records to
    new table
    2. Rename the new table to i.e. 1999.
    3. Remove last years records from dues.dbf leaving only the records for the current year.

    Now the big problem, I don't know how to do this. Any help i receive must not be written in general terms since I am Xbasic ignorant. I am converting an application that I created about 5 or 6 years ago in A4V6 to A5V4.

    So far I have created an operation that will copy all previous years rexcords to a Db named lastyear.dbf.

    Any help will be unbelievably appreciated,
    Ed
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    RE: multi scripts

    Hi Ed,

    >>Part of my question is: can separate scripts be attached to "on_push", "on_arrive" and "on exit" on the same button.

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      #3
      RE: multi scripts

      Ed,

      You're the boss but when you write "To prevent the table from becoming excessively large I want to remove the previous year...." and you also say that there are about 800 records per year, I wonder how long you are expecting to use this table. I mean, 10 years would be 8K records which is still a very small table. In other words, why bother. Remember design complexity also has its costs.

      Bill
      Bill Hanigsberg

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        #4
        RE: multi scripts

        I agree with all that you said,Bill. The removal of the previous years records and put into a separate table is a wish of the user. They feel that it will be safer to maintain past records as company policy dictates. That also allows them to store past years history on separate disks, which again appeals to them. It also aloows them to send the disks to the home office for archiving.

        Thanks for responding Bill,
        Ed

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          #5
          RE: multi scripts

          I missed one line in your response, Bill. There are 800 records per month.

          Thanks again,
          Ed

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            #6
            RE: multi scripts

            My hope Jim is that each script will complete before another one starts at a slightly later time.

            Thank you for answering,
            Ed

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              #7
              RE: multi scripts

              Ed, since you've already learned how to define an operation to copy the previous years records to a table you're well on your way.

              Next define an operation to delete the previous year's records from your table.
              (Remember to have a couple of safe backups of everything before doing this one!)

              Then write and save a script to rename the table created in the first operation.

              Then use Action Scripting to build a single script to attach to your button. It will run the first operation, then it will run the second, then it will play the rename table script.

              All of this can be done by hand as you know. Stringing together these scripts and operations is made much easier by the Action Scripting feature of Alpha Five. However, if you are writing applications for others you will find that sooner or later you will need to learn Xbasic. Dr. Peter Wayne's book 'Xbasic for Everyone' is a great start. It's available from Alpha software I believe.

              -- tom

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                RE: multi scripts

                Hi Tom,

                I already have Dr. Waynes book, have had for a year or
                more. I find that his book starts out at a preschool level as it should and then suddenly jumps to nearly graduate level not really telling the why's and wherefores that are
                needed for a complete understanding. I have done considerable programming in most of the Basic levels and a
                fair share in "C", but when I learned those, the text was lots more complete. I also find that the documentation for A5V4 is inadequate to learn all of the facets of A5. I had a similar experience with A4, and bought a 3rd party book that enabled me to develop 3 major apps, still being used.
                The work i am doing now is converting those apps to A5.

                Thank you for your interest,
                Ed

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                  #9
                  RE: multi scripts

                  I find something new in Dr. Wayne's book each time I read it.

                  Yes.

                  I have read it more than once. You too might benefit from a second perusal now that you're getting up the learning curve with Alpha Five.

                  Good luck with your conversion project...

                  -- tom

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                    #10
                    RE: multi scripts

                    I appreciate your confidence in me Tom. I am still
                    working with the book with high hopes.

                    Thanks again,
                    Ed

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