Global File Format

MPM Global File Name — GLOBAL.DAT

File Type — Btrieve

Record Length — 280 Bytes

Keys — 2

Field

Type*

Length

Description

Global ID

C

8

Global ID

Description

C

20

Description

Path

C

242

Path where global files attached to this Global ID reside

Release Number

C

2

First character = major release number; second character = minor release number

Week Type

C

1

Type of week; used for posting weekly data. Select (W)hole Weeks or (P)artial Weeks

Start Day of Week

C

1

Start day of week; used for posting weekly data

1 = Monday 4 = Thursday 6 = Saturday

2 = Tuesday 5 = Friday 7 = Sunday

3 = Wednesday

Hours per Day

S

4

Number of hours in a normal workday; used for posting weekly data

System Use

 

2

System use

* C = Character D = Double S = Single I = Integer L = Long

Keys

This file contains two keys. These keys contain no duplicates.

Segment 1 = Global ID

Segment 1 = Path