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>In reports, however, I have always used the DE to do all the heavy lifting, but I would prefer to use the same approach that I use in classes - so that with one change to the include file, I can test things in an app utilizing local test tables.
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>I haven't been successful in doing this....and I am sure it is simple...anyone who can help?
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>You should be able to do this if you open tables in code in the DE. IOW, an #INCLUDE file works fine in DE method code.
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>have you tried this?
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>If it didn't work, you may have to explicitly recompile the FRX. I think it's possible that the project manager doesn't "notice" FRX changes properly on a re-build <s>.
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Thanks, Lisa - this works great....especially once I remembered to "include" the include file in the opentables event.