Date:         Fri, 2 Aug 1996 21:00:12 GMT
Reply-To:     "John M. Rinehart" <74134.3135@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "John M. Rinehart" <74134.3135@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Organization: CompuServe Incorporated
Subject:      ?? Storing FSEDIT observation values in an SCL list

Hi all,
 
I'm working on an FSEDIT application and want to include audit
journaling, to document dataset updates (oldvalue/newvalue, etc.).  I
plan to store the initial and updated dataset values in SCL lists, for
comparison and recording to an audit dataset.  However, if possible, I
would like to avoid hard-coding all the dataset variable names in
assignment statements, to reduce application maintenance following
changes to dataset variable names.  I can of course get the get the
current variable names into an SCL list, and use this to create named
lists for storing the initial and updated values for each variable.
But how can I actually put the dataset values into the lists, without
hardcoding the window variable names in a SETNITEM_ function?
 
Symbolic subtitution of varible names in SCL code doesn't seem to be
appropriate at runtime.   Is there any way to reference the values of
the current observation in an FSEDIT application other than by window
variable name?  An undocumented listid or something?
 
Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
 
John M. Rinehart
3280 Skytop Trail, Dover, PA 17315
(717) 292-1636
 
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