Re: 4th Dimension questions

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From: Charles Albrecht
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:11

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In article <27JAN199313352985@sscvx1.ssc.gov> dlittle@sscvx1.ssc.gov (DENNIS LITTLE) writes:
>I'm very new to programming in databases in general and 4th Dimension in 
>general and have several questions.
>
>1.  Is there a way to copy fields?  I have a few databases which
>    have the same setup but only one character difference in the 
>    name and it would be nice to be able to just input the first
>    set and then copy and modify the rest.

I think 4D Mover may be able to help you here, but there is an additional 
cost involved.

>
>2.  Is there a way to set up a 1 character alphanumeric field?
>    according to what I've read so far, alpha fields must be at
>    least 2 characters long and I need this one to only allow one
>    character.
>
>me

You can add an Entry Filter to your input layout to restrict the entry to
a single Alpha character.  See Design Reference (DR) 149-155 (v.2) or
DR5-27 to 5-35 (v.3) for more info on creating custom entry filters.

-C   charlesa@ncar.ucar.edu

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