Subj : System check ??? To : Jasen Betts From : Gerald Miller Date : Thu Oct 31 2002 08:11 pm Hello Jasen, On Wednesday October 30 2002 at 19:15, Jasen Betts [3:640/531.42] wrote to Gerald Miller, about: System check ??? [snip] GM>> I tried: "echo %@makedate[14936,4]" and "echo GM>> %@makedate[14936]" and both times I got "11-22-20". It's a GM>> little confusing - I don't know if it's dropping the millennium GM>> 20 or the year 20? I guess it may not matter much as it GM>> still yields up my system date format: MM-DD-YY.... JB> It drops the century, for other date formats. 4dos 6 doesn't do JB> multiple formats in makedate so you just get your local format even if JB> you stick the ,4 in there. Okay, I'll leave the ,4 in the batch with hopes that it will operate with 4dos version 7. It doesn't appear to be causing any damage with version 6. [snip] GM>> 컴컴 001 GM>> 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴탠컴컴휥M-DD-YY휥M-DD-YY탠컴컴탠� GM>> � GM>> Up pops a NEW problem! Some country codes are a single digit, GM>> some country codes are double digits and the remaining country GM>> codes are triple digits. I searched the 4dos help (mine), looking GM>> for a %@pad command so I can pad single digit country code with GM>> "00" and pad double digit country code with "0", but, of course, GM>> you know there is no %@pad command in 4dos version 6.02. GM>> Suggestions JB> add 100 and only keep the last two characters, Since I had posted XBOOT3.BTM to you (earlier today), I took another look at the BTM and did a rework using the @format command... I don't need to pad that field with leading zeros. I'll wait for you to comment before I post the latest revisions.... :)))) Sorry about that, but I don't get brain farts that often. JB> but JB> %@replace[2,d,%@replace[20,yy,%@replace[1,m,%@makedate[14936]] JB> this should give the date format anywhere in the would, JB> but the germans would probably perfer j instead ot y and t instead of JB> d :) The germans have enough already. If you makes concessions for the germans, then you'll have to do the same for all the other countries. Maybe a little creative genius with an insertion of "iff %country==49 then".... On second thought, NO! It works perfectly now and satisfies my requirements. GM>> The idea of using the country code in the line is so that the BTM GM>> can make a comparison of that line and the current system country GM>> code. If the compared digits are identical, then the BTM carries GM>> on. If the compared digits are different, then the BTM would GM>> convert the data file to the current system country code AND the GM>> correct date format JB> maybe you could just compare the format strings with locally generated JB> ones. I have tried that. I have been using COUNTRY.SYS to change my country code, with the results being less than optimal.... Just let me know when you're ready to view XBOOT32.BTM.... Cheers ... Gerald --- GoldED+/386 v1.1.5-21026 * Origin: Operator, trace this call and tell me where I am! (1:342/512) .