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Any purpose to TIMESTAMP field in FRX's
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From
12/04/2006 21:26:28
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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12/04/2006 20:28:40
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01113217
Message ID:
01113227
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>Does anyone know if there is a purpose to the TIMESTAMP field in FRX tables?
>
>By purpose, I mean does the value of the TIMESTAMP field play a role in the generation of report output or is it just for documentation purposes.
>
>Thanks!
>Malcolm

I think it was used at some moment, when multiple platforms where supported, like DOS, Windows and Mac. When converting the report from one platform to another, multiple copies of the records where maintained (for the different platforms); the timestamp (I think) was to make sure an older version of a record didn't overwrite a newer version.
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