Adding info to repeating fields

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Since when doesn't Extend() work? Works just fine for me.

Bill

"charly" <carlosmenemthefirst (AT) ubbi (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Don't worry, be happy. In FM 8 it's yet impossible to use dinamic
subindex for repeting fields. Worst.......... The EXTEND function
isn't working anymore. I have the same problem. I have read hundreds
of articles and some books and I've found in all of these, without
exception!!! the same comment "Is better not to use repeating fields"
In the real world, specifically speaking, Programming world, there is
something called ARRAY (Unidimensional, Bidimensional, N-dimensional,
wow!) Apparently FM has no notice about it..... yet.

I want to ask to all those people that recomend using relations instead
of repeting fields, how you can solve a problem where you want to
display a kind of a grid where columns are internal users of the system
(not FM security users) and rows are menu items (internal items). Each
user has a unique field defined with 1000 repetitions and the
"Authorization Layout"shows 30 different users plus the 1000 menu
items. How can I put those 30 columns with 1000 rows each using
relations? And when I have all the "clicks" in each repetition and I
want to copy them back to the original field, I can't because extend
function doesn't work anymore ............

Are someone working now to promise that in FM 15.0 we will have arrays
(and in memory please!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not in global fields)

thanks, sorry my english

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Re: Adding info to repeating fields - 12-03-2005 , 01:39 PM