I Am using the following programming to get information from two elements in my Newprocs file. 

For some reason, the programming does not work when I try to set the DataFlag element.  I've checked the spelling and changed the name of the element in my Newprocs file (currently called "MARK"). 

Nothing I do seems to work.  Both the DataFlag and Mark are text elements.

I know the statement is correct because when I change "Mark" to some other element in Newprocs, it works! 

Any thoughts??

NHUser



// GO GET THE CUSTOMER NAME AND SET FLAG FROM THE WORK INSTRUCTION FILE

If @isBlank(DCNO)=0
{
     CUSTOMER = @XLU(@fn,DCNO,"NEWPROCS!DIACOM P\N","CUSTOMER")
     DataFlag = @XLU(@fn,DCNO,"Newprocs!DiaCom P\N","Mark")
}
writeln("->"+DataFlag+"<-")

That backslash is a holdover from the programming that Lantica did for me when we went from Q&A to Sesame.  I don't use the backslash when I program.

It seems to work fine in the first line and will work OK in the second line if I get info from an element different than "Mark".

What could be causing the "Mark" element not to work?

Hello Paul,

Check to make sure that the name is not 'Mark ', note the space after Mark. I've seen this happen a few times.

-Ray

I discovered what is wrong...

It has something to do with the forms and file structure.  When the database file was first created (by Lantica), the form was newprocs under a file of newprocs.  (I don't know if I'm using the proper terminology.  See the attached screen shot).

I updated the form offline while it was still in use by my coworkers, so i gave the "new" form the new name "work instructions".

I thought the file newprocs would contain all the data elements in all the forms it contained.  However, the command was looking in the form newprocs and not the form 'work instructions'.  It works fine when I changed the programming to:      

DataFlag = @XLU(@fn,DCNO,"Work Instructions!DiaCom P\N","Mark")