TFH Volume: 29 Issue: 10 Archives

Guru Classic: Triggers – Allow Repeated Change

February 13, 2019 Paul Tuohy

Author’s Note: This article was originally published in November 2013. This has always been one of my favorite techniques for data modernization. I only wish I had thought of it back in the days of Y2K! The content of the article has been updated for free form RPG and some of the coding enhancements that have been introduced into RPG since 2013.

Recently, during a modernization project, I have been making use of the Allow Repeated Change (ALWREPCHG) option with before triggers. ALWREPCHG allows a before trigger to make changes to the record being inserted or updated, and that lets …
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Guru Classic: Who Needs Custom Perspectives In RDi?

February 13, 2019 Susan Gantner

I often talk to people who are confused about RDi perspectives, so I thought this two-part series on why and how to create and use your own custom perspectives would be a good one to update. Very little has changed since the original publication of this first part, but I’ve updated the screen shots and addressed one or two small differences in recent releases. This version assumes you are running at least RDi 9.5

Who needs custom perspectives in RDi? Just about everyone. At least everyone could probably benefit from them. As you know if you’ve read my earlier tips, …
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Guru Classic: A Bevy of BIFs — %CHAR, %EDITC and %EDITW

February 13, 2019 Jon Paris

Author’s Note: The reason I chose this particular tip to revisit was that a similar question came up on one of the RPG web forums the other day. The questioner was looking for an easy way to edit a numeric field to include the use of colons as separators. Because the answer involves the use of %EditW I have added a simple example of its use at the end of this tip.

“I need to convert a numeric value into a character string. How do I . . . ?” This question is often asked by RPGers as they face …
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Guru Classic: Triggers – Allow Repeated Change

Guru Classic: Who Needs Custom Perspectives In RDi?

Guru Classic: A Bevy of BIFs — %CHAR, %EDITC and %EDITW

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