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From: awd@dbase.UUCP (Alastair Dallas)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: dBASEIII+ question, HELP !!!
Summary: Need more information
Message-ID: <80@dbase.UUCP>
Date: 18 May 89 18:20:53 GMT
References: <440@uncmed.med.unc.edu>
Organization: Ashton Tate Devlopment Center Glendale, Calif.
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Daniel--

I need more information to help you; your message was very vague as to
how you set up the "view file that uses a predefined screen format" and
what circumstances cause "the fmt file to go and get the respective fields."

As I understand it, you get 'Variable not found' when running an FMT file.
This would be the case if the field referenced in an @ GET statement was
not in the current referencing environment.  That is, if you ran the format
file before you put the database file in USE.  Try USEing the database
file in question before using the format file with a command like EDIT.

If that doesn't work, or I missed your point, let me know.

/alastair/