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Re: VGETFILEINFO - File version
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John Pollard <[log in to unmask]>
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John Pollard <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 4 Jun 2002 11:43:23 -0400
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On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:50:11, Keven Miller wrote:

>I believe the info is first halfword, a CALENDAR date,
>second halfword is left byte HOURS, right byte MINUTES as
>returned in the first halfword from CLOCK.

And I believe you are right.  Due to some confusion about our normal
practices here, I mistakenly decided that the first two bytes could not be
the CALENDAR date; but I have since confirmed that they are.  Thanks.

Now I must ask a related question: is there a bug in FORMSPEC's "List Forms
File" option?  Here is the output from one such request for a forms file
that I compiled this morning:


Forms File Status
    Modified: TUE, JUN  4, 19:2,  7:43 AM
    Compiled: TUE, JUN  4, 19:2,  7:43 AM

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