Another dict item issue and file transfer utility Options

[wdavidhicks]

Hi all:

I have an automated process for users to generate Excel reports of sites that we service. The process makes use of the "FTD" file transfer utility. It appears that my dict item with the "IF" in the V/CORR is bombing the transfer utility. The transfer window opens, accumulates an error count, and doesn't do anything else.

I tried manually invoking the transfer utility and selected a limited number of records from a different file and specifying another dict item that had an "IF" in the V/CORR and got the same results.

Has anyone experienced this before? And if so, did you find a solution?

In the example below, file SR.EQD attb 40 holds multivalued inspection tasks. I don't need to know the tasks, just that a schedule exists. Hence the second dict item. A simple select on these items works fine. FTD doesn't like it at all.

CODE

Page   1     DICT SR.SM

    EQD40
001 A
002 0
003 TASKS
004
005
006
007
008 AN(EQL.NO):"*1"]TSR.EQD;X;;40
009 L
010 12

    SCHED
001 A
002 0
003
004
005
006
007
008 IF N(EQD40) = '' THEN 'NO' ELSE 'YES'
009 L
010 5


[405] 2 items listed out of 2 items.
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TIA for any and all suggestions!
-Dave

[wdavidhicks]

I'd create a subroutine and call it from line 8 of the attribute defining item "SCHED"...

..but doesn't an excessive amount of CALLs in your ADIs create a performance hit?

[TonyG]

Without looking too closely, my first thought is to contact Pete Schellenbach, since FTD is an AccuTerm utility. We have no idea which release of AccuTerm you're running or if Pete has perhaps already fixed the issue described.

HTH

[wdavidhicks]

So posted.

Thanks Tony!