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Lookups, PREVIOUS records, different twist.

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    Lookups, PREVIOUS records, different twist.

    Situation:

    SET with files - daily, vehicle, driver and fuel. FILES in question - daily and fuel. These 2 files are joined on the vehicle number field. Both contain date fields.

    NEED TO DO - The daily file records fuel data on a fillup basis which is not necessarily a daily basis (it could be more than once per day, or, every other day, etc. The fuel file contains fields for date, odometer reading, gallons purchased and purchase cost. I need to be able to have the program place the the PREVIOUS fuel:odometer reading into daily:prev_odo field with the record pointer set to the same vehicle number for the current daily record (new record being created). The prev_odo field would have to be a creation field and not change if you edited the field later. This data would allow the calculation of MPG among other things and would relieve the driver of having to accurately remember the previous odometer reading for perhaps days. The drivers also change vehicles frequently, creating additional problem.

    Drivers report on their daily/vehicle activity on a daily basis, because of internal accuracy and volumn problems

    Any good way to do this in 3.04 without a ton of xbasic which might create on-site maintenance problems for me? They are about 35 miles from me and not at all computer literate.

    Thank You

    Ron Cottrell
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    RE: Lookups, PREVIOUS records, different twist.

    Tried using a script using the object THIS and an event of OnArrive. The script consisted of QuickSort on THIS and FetchLast on THIS. This produced no result or errors. When I returned to the script, it was gone!

    Any suggestions?

    Ron

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      RE: Lookups, PREVIOUS records, different twist.

      Hi Ron,
      No, I don't have any ideas for the script, but I remember years ago in Alpha four.v1 creating a checking account database where the balance forward was the balance field of the previous record. So, are there too many vehicles to have one database (table, now-a-days) per vehicle? If so, when entering the amounts (gallons, price, etc.), you can create an index on descending record order, then have the previous record automatically fill in the current record with whatever you need to "carry forward", so to speak.

      Just an idea that worked for me for a checking account.

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        RE: Lookups, PREVIOUS records, different twist.

        Hi Wanda,

        Thanks for the reply. Your idea is sound but . . .! This system is to be used by neophytes so I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible. I'm afraid that so many dbf's might overburden the already overburdened.

        I solved the problem by using Lotus Approach 9.1 as I have done with three previous apps which I have attempted with Alpha 5. I Have officially given up on Alpha 5 and have sold the package. The reasons are simple, lack of documentation and support.

        Thanks again for your help.

        Ron

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