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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: March 12, 1991 09:12 AM Tuesday; Rod Welch

Complete code to load CNS record to SDS record under new CNS system.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Alternate Orgz name
3...Move CNS ID off screen
4...Contact Person's ID
5...Pending

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1...Need to modify the Help section to explain about moving the cursor to

CONTACTS 

SUBJECTS
Concepts and Plans, General
CNS Summaries,
Alphabetical segments,
910103
Load CNS records to
SDS, 910312
Secondary (User), 910323

0709 -
0709 -    ..
0710 - Summary/Objective
0711 -
071101 - Follow up
071102 -
071103 - Nearly complete with code to load a CNS record to an SDS record.
071104 - Have it except for doing multiple records.
071106 -  ..
071107 - Changed the format for CNS record and the format for SDS record
071108 - contacts field.  We will no longer display the ID #, but rather will
071109 - put it off page (see next rec segment).
071111 -  ..
0712 -
0713 - Idea
0714 -
071401 - I think the way to use both concepts of a segmented data base and a
071402 - single summary for selecting things like schedule coordination is to
071403 - have the total data base segmented and a personal listing for each
071404 - user that is a composite.
071406 -  ..
071407 - Each User selects the names they use regularly, but can tap the total
071408 - data base at any time.  A single small data base is actually faster to
071409 - use than selecting individual letters.  It lets people look things up
071410 - in different ways if their initial impression of how to look for
071411 - something is incorrect.
071413 -  ..
071414 - So the personal composite CNS summary file has to go somewhere.
071415 -
071417 -  ..
0715 -
0716 -
0717 - 02601x
0718 -
071801 - Most of the work was done in this file today, but it was detailed
071802 - coding.  The new format let me eliminate some code with the result
071803 - that it runs faster and with less memory.
071804 -
071806 -  ..
0719 -
0720 - 047041x
0721 -
072101 - We have to use the get command instead of opening the file directly,
072102 - so we can purge the Summary files.  They will be a bunch of different
072103 - ones.
072105 -  ..
072106 - Made this change so we purge MSG.
072108 -  ..
0722 -
0723 - 050404x
0724 - 050406x
0725 -
072501 - Conformed the other two modules where CNS Summaries are opened to the
072502 - new format.
072504 -  ..
072505 - Need to modify the Help section to explain about moving the cursor to
072506 - the letter of choice and hitting F1 to get a Summary for that item.
072507 -
072508 -
0726 -

SUBJECTS
Contacts, Records
Orgz Format, 910312

0804 -
0805 - Progress
0806 -
080602 -  ..
080603 - Need to revise the record format today, and the way it is entered
080604 - into SDS.
080606 -  ..
080607 - The record ID now goes on top line in 8 digit format.  The phone
080608 - number begins in column 20, and alternate phone numbers can be
080609 - entered as necessary, but only the first two will be entered into the
080610 - record.  This lets us show a fax number if necessary.
080612 -  ..
080613 - Doc Log 10 char field is on next line in column 52, where the Summary
080614 - orgz name is entered.
080616 -  ..
080617 - I modified h: sd 09 01 022 to reflect this, and made the Chips record
080618 - conform to this.
080619 -
080620 -
080622 -  ..
0807 -
0808 -
0809 - SDS format for Contacts
0810 -
081001 - Alternate Orgz name
081002 -
081003 - Why not eliminate the alternate SDS name.  Can do this if we put the
081004 - record ID off screen, because in that case the natural length of the
081005 - string would never be too long for positioning the phone number on
081006 - column 45.  If it is, the longer portion goes on a second line, so
081007 - the address is not messed up.
081009 -  ..
081010 - Actually, now that I think about it there could still be situations
081011 - where it would be helpful to have this capability so will keep it for
081012 - now.
081013 -
081014 -
081016 -  ..
081017 - Move CNS ID off screen
081018 -
081019 - Put the CNS ID in column 171 with the SDS pointers.  This would have
081020 - an advantage of avoiding having this information show in printed
081021 - reports.  The short term disadvantage is that the code has to be
081022 - changed, and all my existing records have to be changed to do data
081023 - base search.  No one else's records would have to be changed though.
081025 -  ..
081026 - It would look better.
081027 -
081029 -  ..
081030 - Contact Person's ID
081031 -
081032 - Think I may decide to omit in SDS the contact person's id number,
081033 - since it is not clear right now how we use it.
081034 -
081035 - All we do so far is look up records by contact with an organization.
081036 - On the other hand there may well be situations where SDS is applied in
081037 - a setting that an organization is contacted often and it is helpful to
081038 - do reports to see contacts with a particular individual.  So for now
081039 - will try to keep it.
081041 -  ..
081042 - If I move this stuff off page, it will not make any difference.
081044 -  ..
081045 - Pending
081046 -
081047 - I still have to do this for Individual data base, and change the
081048 - existing records to conform with new format.
081049 -
081050 -
081051 -
0811 -