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RESOURCES

These tips are designed for primarily for Solcase administrators. In almost all cases they will also work in Visualfiles although there may already be a different or better way to do it in VF.

TIP OF THE MONTH - JULY 2007

Using choose-expr to build radio button lists

Other recent tips:

Upper case lower case and sentence case

Understanding and coping with Null values

Passing values between scripts using temporary fields

Generating sequential numbers (eg for bills)

Check whether a string or field is Numeric

Using external files as a data source (eg for land registry fees)

COMING SOON- POST A QUESTION

We will shortly be launching our own user forum to allow you to post a Solcase or Visualfiles question. In the meantime, if you have any pressing coding issues you can email us -

ABOUT PARASOL

Parasol was originally conceived in 2005 to provide expert help for solicitors struggling to get a return on their investment and make the best of their Solcase or Visualfiles installation.

The Parasol Consultancy Group was initially set up by:-

Richard Arney
Affik Choudhury
Andrew Hall
Tim Long
Bryan Tulloch

ASSUMPTIONS

Our code assumes that you have a recent version of Solcase.Some commands like &Grid and proval are not supported in earlier versions of Solcase. Upgrades are free as part of your support and maintenance agreement so check with Lexis Nexis Visualfiles on 0113 226 2020 if you think yours is out of date. Version 7.2 of Solcase is now available with an improved (and coloured) script editor.Please note there are a few issues with some versions of the new editor. If your script stops working properly try switching off the editor in the system set-up screen (via solutil) and edit and resave the script. We like the coloured editor for writing new scripts or debugging but find it painfully slow to open existing scripts. My advice: switch it on if you are creating a number of new scripts but otherwise leave it switched off.