Constant Global ?

[Norvin]

I need something like a constant global. The following takes place in a peer to peer setting. We run a script twice a year in which a global field’s value is updated. That value is then used in a calculation by several thousand records until the next update. The updating of the global field is the last step in the script. In order to insure that the value remains constant across the network and user sessions, after the script is run and when no one is on the network, I will re-enter the value on the host computer in single user mode, close and open the file. Resetting it manually is not a big deal but I was hoping there might be way thru a script to set a global value that would remain constant in a peer to peer setting across multiple user sessions.

Thanks

[LaRetta]

Hi Hagy,

One thing you might consider is placing that value in a one-record preferences table. Then create a calculation set to global storage with only this field in it. Any time you change the value in the standard field, the global calculation will change. This global calculation can then be accessed from any table in your file without need of a relationship.

LaRetta

[Norvin]

LaRetta,

Thanks for the suggestion. That should be easy to implement. This is twice you have helped me out. Thanks again.

Nor