DECODE
DEC
ODE IF_name
PG_name
RP_name
SF_name
*
marks a report, program, input form, or special form so that INFO compiles it before it is next executed.
argument discussion
IF_name | PG_name | RP_name | SF_name the nondata file in your INFO directory that is marked for decoding or compiling.
*
marks all the non-data files in your INFO directory for compiling.
DECODE marks one or more of your INFO report, program, or form files for decoding or compiling. Use the
DECODE command to notify INFO that a report, program, or form must be decoded or compiled before it is next executed. Once a non-data file has been decoded, INFO automatically compiles the non-data file just before next executing it.
For your reports, programs, or forms to execute correctly, you must use the DECODE command in the following situations:
When you use an editor or other tool outside of INFO to change a report, program, or form, use the DECODE command to notify INFO that the report, program, or form should be decoded or compiled again before it is next executed.
When you change the characteristics of any item in a data file that is used or referenced by a previously decoded or compiled report, program, or form, you must use the
DECODE command to mark for recompiling each report, program, or form that references the changed data file in any way. Otherwise, any previously compiled report, program, or form cannot use the changed data file correctly.
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DECODE
When you use the EDIT or CHANGE command to edit an
INFO report, program or form, INFO automatically marks the edited file for redecoding or recompiling. No use of the DECODE command is necessary in these situations.
If the system variable $DECODE_EXT_PG is set to 1, when the DECODE * command is issued, no external programs, forms or reports will be marked for decoding or compiling.
examples
ENTER COMMAND >DECODE PAYCHECKS
If you want to ensure that all of your non-data files are properly decoded, use the
*
option as follows:
ENTER COMMAND >DECODE *
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