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    #1

    Duplication of operations


    Operations: Append,Post,Import, duplicate with incorrect
    file labels. Also Reports dissapear.
    Got to be me, but what am I doing wrong ????
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    #2
    RE: Duplication of operations

    Fred:

    Please provide a little more detail.

    bob adler

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      #3
      RE: Duplication of operations


      I created a db menu.dbf.
      Created a form as a startup form assigned to menu.dbf, on
      the form, created button as mutiple task button.

      assigned an, import,post,copy, and report operation to the button. (my term would have been "MACRO")

      On key touch everything worked but when I exited the pgm.
      them re-started, my operation menu had duplicates of all
      operations.
      I checked the operations using design and one of each was correct, the other, "duplicate was incorrect. "wrong master file name correct transaction file name.

      I then deleted the incorrect operations and tried again.

      results: the same, they came back.

      Found dupes in my desktop folder, "directory", ?????,
      and on my win98se, desktop screen.

      Some where I must have asked either windows or alpha-5 to do this, but where ????.

      Lookin' fo' assistance

      Fred

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        #4
        RE: Duplication of operations

        Fred, I'm very confused by your message and what you mean by a 'multiple task button'. Since this seems to be a new database it's probably still quite small, could you zip it and post it so I, or others, can take a look? If you are not comfortable posting where everyone will have access, you might consider sending a copy directly to me at [email protected]

        I assume you are new to A5. Here are a couple comments based on what you wrote:

        - Menu.dbf is a table; not a database. This can be significant when describing problems - especially if you hadn't included the .dbf extension to clarify it. If you also have a database called Menu then it will have the following files: Menu.adb, Menu.alb, Menu.alm, and Menu.alx. Normally, you should start by creating an empty database and then add tables to it.

        - The files on the Windows Desktop are probably caused by the method you are using to open the database. If you are starting from an icon, check the icon properties for a "start in" directory. If this "start in" directory is not defined, it will use the Windows Desktop and end up placing copies of the various data dictionary files there. (The dictionary files for tables end with ddd, ddm, ddx. The set dictionaries end with set, sem, sex. And the database dictionaries end with alb, alm, alx.)

        Cal

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          #5
          RE: Duplication of operations


          Cal, ol' buddy I think that you have set me on the right path.

          Yes I'm new to Alpha Five, wrote for many years in GW-BASIC & TURBO BASIC. Thanks for the assist.

          Fred J. Hayes

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