ABC: Assigning filenames to Alias files 2002-04-02 -- Maurice L. Pilotte Newsgroups: TopSpeed.Topic.Suggestions Hello Trevor: > Would it be possible to have a NAME parameter for alias files. Clarion > already maintains a separate buffer for aliases, if we had the choice of > having the alias inherit its NAME from the parent file, or have its own > aulified file & pathame, > > Thus the alias could (at times) be looking at one & the same file as thr > parent, and (at other times) be looking at a completely separate file. > > The Appgen already codes the alias file with the same NAME parameter as the > parent, why not have it's own? > > This would be good for file transfer, archiving, file comparison, notebook > docking & backup programs, and should be file driver independant. I have not tried this in C5.5, but this works in C5. The problem with simply allowing you to enter a global variable in a NAME parameter for an alias file is that the code generated assigns the file I/O to the FileManager class of the aliased file. Like I said, the following works in C5 and I don't know if there have been any code changes in C5.5. Hide:Access: Printed May 5, 2024, 8:09 pm This article has been viewed/printed 35124 times. Google search has resulted in 12 hits on this article since January 25, 2004. |