Re: How to keep version number inside *.frm ?

guy_at_mais.hydro.qc.ca (Guy Harel) writes:

>We are looking for a way to tag SQL*FORMS objects (.frm) with version
>numbers so we can keep track of our many distributions.
 

>We know that with C, on merely as to define:
>
> char sccs_id = "_at_(#) Version 1.0"
 

>...and than use 'what' on the compiled unit to extract the above info.

>I just found out that we can also do the following in a '*.inp'
 

> TITLE = "_at_(#) Version 1.0"
 

>...generate and then use 'what' on the '*.frm' to extract the info.
 

>Is there another or better way to acheive that?
 

>P.S: We are planning to use PVCS as a source code manager, and hope the
>version number could be automaticaly maintained, even in our '*.inp'.
 

>Thanks for any info.

>--
> Guy Harel

I use RCS, and it is dead easy. It also has UNIX and DOS ports. All you need do is have a variable that is assigned a value when the form starts up that has the identifier you choose.

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