Re: Date variables in Xy III

[cld@xxxxxxxx (Carl Distefano)]

Reply to note from Patricia M Godfrey  Mon, 20
Oct 2003 11:49:29 -0400

> Is there any way to get a text date in Xy III (i.e., not the
> ≪DA≫ code but the plain ASCII numbers of a date) in a purely
> numeric format (e.g., 20031020)?

I don't think so. This was a perennial wish-list item until
Signature|Xy4 came along.

> I've tried putting it in quotes

Quoted strings are Xy4 and later. My post of yesterday assumed Xy4,
although the basic ideas hold true in 3 as well.

> in Xy 4, of course, stored files have that dratted LOG code at
> the end, so they won't work as batch files, which is what I
> want

You can turn off Document Information with the setting that Chris
mentioned. But if (hypothetically) you wanted Doc Info on, you
could still avoid the problem with ZAP26 (with the BATch
file in the current Xy4 window). This deletes the EOF marker and
everything after it, which is where Doc Info is stored.

That said, I don't understand what your BATch file is supposed to
do. Could you explain?

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