Visimage3 Frequently Asked Questions
Convert Error
Error #138 in list execution:
Convert Error - Invalid Digit:(X10 -> P20) OX5 2LD
reg:#add-own-zip exp:ADDRESS-INFO.ZIP
- The error message contains useful information to help isolate the issue:
- Visimage3 is trying to convert a character, length 10, value (X10) to a numeric (P20) value.
- The value in the original X10 field is: OX5 2LD
- The expression is: #add-own-zip = ADDRESS-INFO.ZIP
- In this example, the convert error is being caused by a foreign zip-code.
- Change the variable definition for ADD-OWN-ZIP from Numeric to Character, length 10.
Error #138 in list execution:
Convert Error - Invalid Digit:(X2 -> P20) TX
- In this example, there is less information displayed. That indicates, that this error does not involve a variable compute statement.
- Again we see that a Character value (X2) is being converted to a numeric (P20).
- The value that cannot be converted to a number is: TX
- This error was caused by attempting to total the MEMBER-FILE.STATE column.
- Remove the Total option to clear the error.
Error #138 in selection:
Convert Error - Invalid Digit:(X2 -> I2) "JT"
- In this example, Visimage3 is trying to convert an X2 value "JT" into an numeric (I2).
- This error was caused by using an invalid selection criteria: ADDRESS-INFO.ACCOUNT = "JT".
- (The user was intending to check the ASSOC-CODE, but selected the wrong field from the item list.)
- Change ACCOUNT to ASSOC-CODE to clear the error.
Creating SD Indexed Files
- Maximum filename length is 11 characters (for permanent files).
- Maximum field name length is 20 characters.
- Warning: Do not create a global variable with the same name as the SD Indexed filename.
Date Formatting
- !datint(date, ["format"])
- If no format is specified, "CYMD" will be used
- When converting dates, !datint now supports the formatting characters '-' and '/', if the specified format is one of CYMD, YMD, MDCY, MDY, DMCY and DMY. For example: "3/15/2016" and "9/9/2009" can be converted using the format "MDCY".
- !datext(int-date, ["format"])
- Where "int-date" is any date in internal format (usually a call to !datint)
- If no format is specified, "CYMD" will be used
- New date formats for displaying and converting dates:
- The characters d (day), m (month) and y (year) have a special meaning according to the table shown below.
- All other characters are treated as insertion characters - see examples.
- When DDD, DDDD, MMM or MMMM appear in all caps, the corresponding name will also be all upper case.
- (Any other combination will display the day/month name using initial caps. Case has no meaning for d, dd, m, mm, yy and yyyy.)
| Format Chars |
Meaning |
Output Length
|
| d, dd |
Day of month |
One or two digits. (dd is always two).
|
| ddd, dddd |
Day name |
Three chars (ddd) or full name (dddd).
|
| m, mm |
Month number |
One or two digits. (mm is always two).
|
| mmm, mmmm |
Month name |
Three chars (mmm) or full name (mmmm).
|
| yy, yyyy |
Year |
Two digits (yy) or four (yyyy).
|
| Date Value |
Format |
Result
|
| 20160704 |
"mm/dd/yyyy" |
07/04/2016
|
| 20160704 |
"dd-MMM" |
04-JUL
|
| 20160704 |
"d-m-yy" |
4-7-16
|
| 20160714 |
"ddd mmmm d, yyyy" |
Thu July 14, 2016
|
| 20160714 |
"DDDD MMMM DD, YY" |
THURSDAY JULY 14, 16
|
- For CYMD dates, these formats can be used as print formats (Visimage & AskPlus) and with !format()
