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Article #140Q: FM Pro Export to 4D: Handling Repeating Fields
From: R. Glenn Stauffer
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 14:54
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 14:54
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I have an application that performs an inventory on a Macintosh computer and produces an export file that works with FileMaker Pro. Fields such as system inits, cdevs, and application software are stored in repeating fields. I recently got my copy of 4D and am trying to integrate this inventory system into a "help desk" application for tracking work orders and service calls. The problem that I am having involves getting these repeating fields into a 4D database. At this point, I'm assuming that the repeating fields would go into sub-files. How do I perform the import operations on these fields? Is there any way to import a data file that has repeating fields in one piece (ie repeating and non-repeating fields together) or do I have to import the main database records first, then get the sub-file fields sub-file by sub-file? Thanks for any and all suggestions, rgs /--------------------------------------------------\ | R. Glenn Stauffer | | Micro-Computer Specialist | | Swarthmore College Computing Center | | 500 College Avenue | | Swarthmore, PA 19081 | | | | Internet: stauffer@cc.swarthmore.edu | | Compuserve: 70242,2603 | | | \--------------------------------------------------/
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!mips!darwin.sura.net!ukma!psuvax1!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!news From: stauffer@cc.swarthmore.edu (R. Glenn Stauffer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases Subject: Q: FM Pro Export to 4D: Handling Repeating Fields Message-ID: <BSFHBFL2@cc.swarthmore.edu> Date: 7 Apr 92 14:54:51 GMT Article-I.D.: cc.BSFHBFL2 Sender: news@cc.swarthmore.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Swarthmore College Computing Center Lines: 36 Nntp-Posting-Host: gator13.mac.swarthmore.edu X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1a2