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- From: sjs@netcom.com (Stephen Schow)
- Subject: Re: How to keep version number inside *.frm ?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.190021.22517@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:00:21 GMT
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- I use RCS also. You can simply put the RCS string in the form comment field
- or in the inp file as a variable assignment. I had not thought of putting
- it in the TITLE field. This would possibly have the effect of putting
- a cryptic looking title just below the menu bar when you run the form in
- popup mode or one of the GUI platforms.
-
- I put $Revision$ and $Source$ in the comment field of the form and then
- I also use a header block which include several display only fields, such
- as UserID, Date, Version, etc...
-
- By assiging a global variable the RCS string, and then running a PL/SQL
- procedure that extracts just the wanted portion of that RCS string and putting
- that into the header block display only field. What you end up with is
- a nice little "Version X.XX" at the top of the screen.
-
- I'm not really sure how it looks in the frm file. WHen you check the inp
- file in and out of RCS, it updates the RCS strings and then you must
- generate that inp file to create and frm file. I suppose it is possible
- that it retains the string format enough that you could use the equivlent
- of 'what' on the frm. (RCS doesn't use 'what', it uses something else
- that I can't remember its name right now).
-
- Hope this helped
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