Function Code Quantity

A client wrote:
     "Can DBDOC tell me how many Function Code 156s we have in our project?"

The answer is:
     For sure!  Let us count the ways. 

1.  In DBDOC Hyperview, under Miscellaneous Indices, click Function Codes and then Function Code 156. This will give you a list of all of the blocks in your system that are function code 156. The blocks are numbered, so you can just scroll to the end of the list for a count.

2.  FC156.dbf in the Exports subfolder has all the FC156 blocks and all the specs, even the compiled input block numbers (and FCnnn.dbf has the same thing for the FC nnn blocks).

3.  File FCLIST.TXT in the build folder lists all the function codes used in the project and how many of each that there are.

4.  The MHD Module Info section of a module will tell you how many are in that module.  This can make module CPU loading possible to estimate.

5.  MASTER.DB is an SQLite database that has all the Function Code information and a lot more. SQLite tools will allow you to open the file, examine the records and do queries.

The bottom line is that DBDOC has a great deal of capability built in that most of our users never find, so they do not tap the resource they have available.  We have tried to do things that are not possible easily with existing tools, if they are possible at all.

Happily, one more site is now turned on to the capability.  

Over the last half year, I have presented Advanced DBDOC workshops and Hyperview training sessions totalling 23 days at 13 sites.  Without exception, the DCS teams found a mess of useful things in DBDOC that they had not guessed were provided.