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    We want to post from a field "price" in the line item.dbf to a field "total_billed" in the customer dbf.

    The problem is the linking keys. Customer.dbf has a customer_id field. The line_items.dbf has an invoice_number field. So, there is no matching linking key values. I tried adding a customer_id field to the transacton dbf but it did not work.

    Also, what is the procedure for adding a "posted" logical field to the transaction dbf? I know how to add it to the dbf structure, but from there I am lost.

    I would sure like an example of the above.

    We are modifying the invoice.dbf included with A5V4.5.

    #2
    RE: Posting

    James,

    It almost sounds like you need to 'post' the transaction detail item to the invoices record (to create an invoice total), and then use another post from the invoice total field to the customer record. I've never attempted a two layer post like that but that's the direction I'd explore if I were you.

    -- tom

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      #3
      RE: Posting

      Tom, this would seem a required process in every accounting application. In a previous message you advised that it is properly handled by an Xbasic script. What I really wanted to post was the invoice total, that is to include line item totals as well as tax and shipping, to another dbf file to compare payments and invoice totals for a customer. I assume the new add on apps for Ver 5 has this outlined.

      We are not quite ready to jump into Version 5. Maybe someone has this written that I could look at.

      I am posting payments made for a customer, but not for individual invoices, and that works pretty well. Here again I have not constructed the posted logical field in the transaction database. I assume this is a necessary part to keep from reposting or is that only a concern when the post operation is constructed in the post card and not the field rules.

      I hope I am not belaboring a subject that all programmers know how to handle.

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        #4
        RE: Posting

        James, as noted previously, the post field rule and the saved post operation have distinctly different scopes.

        The post field rule adds, substracts, or replaces the field value from the current record only. If there are related records present in the 'transaction' table their field values are NOT added to, subtracted from, or substituted for values in the target fields of the 'master' table.

        In sharp contrast, a saved post operation examines each and every record of the 'transaction' table. If a record in the 'transaction' table meets the current filter criteria field values from that record are posted to a 'master' table. Then the next record in the transaction table is fetched, examined, and posted (or skipped if the filter criteria is not met). Then the next record in the transaction table is fetched, examined, and posted (or skipped)... this continues until all records in the transaction table have been processed.

        The field rule and the operation are designed to do the same thing, but for different ranges of 'transaction' records.

        I hope this clarifies things for you.

        -- tom

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          #5
          RE: Posting

          That certainly helps.

          If a logical field "posted" is included in the transaction table how does one automatically set the value to "true" after that particular post? I assume this is necessary in either posting scenario.

          Jim

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            #6
            RE: Posting

            James:

            Here's a very rudementary example that - with field rule events

            1. gets the Customer ID and the date into the line items.
            2. posts the line item charge into the customers 'charges' field.

            As I see it, you'd want the sales tax calculated and as part of the line-item detail. Thus, the tax and price extension can be posted to the customer record via add/post field rules linking on the customer Id. Automatically Alpha will keep track of subsequent changes made after the save and adjust that balance properly.

            Shipping charges could be posted from the header using the customer id linking common fields.

            On the other hand, as Tom suggests, you can get the invoice total into the header record and post only that amount to the customer's 'charges' field.

            I'm sure others have even better examples - this is just my humble submission.

            Ken

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              #7
              RE: Posting

              James, your assumption is wrong. It's needed only in the saved POST OPERATION. The FIELD RULE post is activated only when you enter a new record or change the field value, as explained in the manual. You would not want to place a flag in the record which prevents further posts if the user changes the field value, I should think.

              I sent you a complete working example 8/24/02, demonstrating the saved post operation in action, including updates to a logical 'posted' field. Sounds like you missed it or haven't looked at it. I also posted it in the Code Archive for everyone else.

              Check Forum List
              Open Code Archive
              Click on Saved Post Operation Example

              -- tom

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                #8
                RE: Posting

                Tom,

                Here is a question I have not seen answered in the past, although I'm sure someone must have run across it. It relates to this Post problem. If, for example, one creates a post on an amount in one database to update another, based on a condition, then what happens when that condition is later modified? In my current .dbf the post does nothing, because the Post is based on the amount, not the condition. But shouldn't A5 see this as a change and undo the previous input, then correct it?

                Let's say that DBF1 has one field which is "RunningAmount". DBF2 has two fields, one called "Amount" and one called "Type". If you set up the Post operation to post the "Amount" from DBF2 to "RunningAmount" in DBF1 on the condition that "Type" = Good, then the post will work on first entry or on any change to the "Amount" field. But if a correction needs to be made and "Type" now equals "Bad" then the Post does not reverse itself.

                Any ideas on this or somewhere I could look?

                Thanks as always.

                Charlie

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                  #9
                  RE: Posting

                  Charles,

                  please reframe your question. This thread deals with both field rule posts, which deal with one record at a time... and saved post operations, which deal with the entire table. I cannot tell which you are referring to in your question.

                  -- tom

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                    #10
                    RE: Posting

                    Tom,

                    What I am referring to is field posts. I solved the problem late last night, by using a crossadd of the dbf along with a general post to the file. Thus, each time I make any kind of change to the file, I am assured that - no matter what - I am updated fully in the other file.

                    My comment is, that it's too bad that this cannot be done within the field post. It seems though that this method, which I never use and always stay away from, because of data integrity, would only be good in the one example you mentioned, which was a checkbook update.

                    Anyway - get to bed! 4:30am is way past your bedtime!!!

                    Charlie

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