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susannah
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when you define a field in a master file description, how do you add the DESCRIPTION or the TITLE attributes? or can you?
i tried just slapping it on at the end of the function after the ; but no cigar



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mgrackin
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susannah,

Make sure you have a comma after the ;

DEFINE PRIORITY2/A5 = EDIT(PRIORITY, 'Sev $$$$$$$$$9');, TITLE = 'Priority',$


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FrankDutch
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Mickey

Is this also possible as

DEFINE FILE CAR
PRIORITY/A5 =....
END

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yep i did that, but no cigar, Mick. i still get 'SEG03' in the description area in ReportAssist.



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mgrackin
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Frank,

DESCRIPTION and TITLE are keywords for the Master File Description only. You cannot use these in a normal DEFINE section of code in a FEX. The AS phrase in a FEX will do the same thing as the TITLE attribute in an MFD.

Susannah,

Try doing a CHECK FILE on your MFD to see if it will catch any syntax errors you may not see.

Another thought would be to check the length limit for a DESCRIPTION attribute in an MFD for your platform. FOCUS on VM/CMS limits the DESC attribute to 40 characters.


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If really desperate and you need to see it in report - use the good ol' 'as' phrase. Ira


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FrankDutch
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thanks Ira.....thats what I always do, but sometimes you want some other ways to do..




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mgrackin
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Susannah,

Is this issue resolved for you?


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Thanks All,

I just came across the need for this (TITLE in MFD DEFINE) and found it here in the WF Forum, as expected.

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Darin Lee
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This is in our current MFD sets and working fine - no comma after the ;

DEFINE POL_REN/A3=EDIT(POL_NBR_REN ,'$$$$$$$999');
TITLE='Renewal,Number',$


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Darin


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