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This script summarizes a document describing an ACL script that cancels out matching positive and negative amounts in a table. The ACL script takes an input table with an amount and key field, sorts the data, joins it on itself, and extracts the cancelled and leftover amounts into two separate output tables. It provides disclaimer information and descriptions of what the script does and its requirements.

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ACL Technical Support Standard Script Document: Page 1 of 3

This script summarizes a document describing an ACL script that cancels out matching positive and negative amounts in a table. The ACL script takes an input table with an amount and key field, sorts the data, joins it on itself, and extracts the cancelled and leftover amounts into two separate output tables. It provides disclaimer information and descriptions of what the script does and its requirements.

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ACL Technical Support

Standard Script Document

COMMENT
** DISCLAIMER NOTICE:
** ACL SERVICES LTD. ("ACL") AND ITS DISTRIBUTORS PROVIDE THE SCRIPT "AS IS" AND
** FREE OF CHARGE. ACL AND ITS DISTRIBUTORS: (A) DO NOT PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THESE
** SCRIPTS; (B) MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, WITH
** RESPECT TO THE SCRIPT, INCLUDING ITS FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
** MERCHANTABILITY, DURABILITY, QUALITY OR ITS NON-INFRINGEMENT; (C) DO NOT
WARRANT ** THAT THE SCRIPT IS FREE FROM ERRORS; AND (D) WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES ** (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO INDIRECT DAMAGES SUCH AS LOST PROFITS
AND LOST
** DATA) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SCRIPT. YOU AGREE
TO ** ASSUME ALL RISK OF LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE SCRIPT.
END

COMMENT
*******************************************************************************
** Script Name: Cancel_matching_amounts (positive and negative amounts)
** Description: This script will create a new table without any duplicate
** amounts and one table with the amounts that were cancelled
** out.
**
** Requirements: A table with an amount field and a key field.
**
** Output: Two tables (cancelled and leftover amounts).
**
** Written By: Heiko Wieler, ACL Services On: October 9, 2003
** Last Edit By: Heiko Wieler, ACL Services On: February 11,2004
** Don Mak, ACL Services On: August 30, 2004
*******************************************************************************

SET SAFETY OFF

COMMENT
***** Clean up all variables.

DELETE ALL OK
CLOSE

COMMENT
***** Asks for the input and output table names.

DIALOG (DIALOG TITLE "ACL - Cancel Matching Amounts" WIDTH 587 HEIGHT 192 )
(BUTTONSET TITLE "&OK;&Cancel" AT 384 144 DEFAULT 1 HORZ ) (ITEM TITLE "f" TO
"v_input_table" AT 432 24 ) (TEXT TITLE "Please select the table to check for
canceling amounts:" AT 24 28 ) (TEXT TITLE "Please enter the output table name for
the leftover amounts:" AT 24 64 ) (EDIT TO "v_output_table" AT 432 60 ) (TEXT TITLE
"Please enter the output table name for the cancelled amounts:" AT 24 100 ) (EDIT TO
"v_output_table2" AT 432 96 )

COMMENT
***** Opens the input table.

OPEN %v_input_table%

COMMENT
***** Asks for the amount and key field.

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DIALOG (DIALOG TITLE "ACL - Cancel Matching Amounts" WIDTH 410 HEIGHT 164 )
(BUTTONSET TITLE "&OK;&Cancel" AT 216 108 DEFAULT 1 HORZ ) (ITEM TITLE "N" TO
"v_amount_field" AT 252 24 ) (TEXT TITLE "Please select your amount field to check:"
AT 24 28 WIDTH 216 ) (TEXT TITLE "Please select your key field:" AT 24 64 ) (ITEM
TITLE "C" TO "v_key" AT 252 60 )

COMMENT
***** Deletes any fields created if the script has been run on this table
***** already.

DELETE absolute_amount OK
DELETE sign OK

COMMENT
***** Creates a computed field containing the negative/positive identifier.

DEFINE FIELD sign COMPUTED

"N" IF %v_amount_field% < 0


"P"

COMMENT
***** Creates a computed field containing the absolute value of the amount
***** field.

DEFINE FIELD absolute_amount COMPUTED ABS(%v_amount_field%)

COMMENT
***** Sorts on the sign in descending and then in ascending order to new tables.

SORT ON %v_key% absolute_amount D sign D TO "Sorted_Table_1"


SORT ON %v_key% absolute_amount D sign TO "Sorted_Table_2"

COMMENT
***** Opens Sorted_Table_1 and creates a record number field to join on.

OPEN Sorted_Table_1
DELETE record_number OK
DEFINE FIELD record_number COMPUTED STRING(RECNO(), 8)

COMMENT
***** Opens Sorted_Table_2 and creates a record number field to join on.

OPEN Sorted_Table_2
DELETE record_number OK
DEFINE FIELD record_number COMPUTED STRING(RECNO(), 8)

COMMENT
***** Open the primary and secondary tables.

OPEN Sorted_Table_1
OPEN SECONDARY Sorted_Table_2

COMMENT
***** Join Sorted_Table_1 and Sorted_Table_2 on record_number.

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JOIN PKEY record_number FIELDS ALL SKEY record_number WITH ALL TO "Results" OPEN
PRESORT SECSORT

COMMENT
***** Obtains leftover amounts.

EXTRACT FIELDS ALL IF absolute_amount = absolute_amount2 AND sign2 = sign TO


"%v_output_table%"

COMMENT
***** Obtains cancelled amounts.

EXTRACT FIELDS ALL IF absolute_amount = absolute_amount2 AND sign2 <> sign TO


"%v_output_table2%" OPEN

COMMENT
***** Clean up temporary tables.

CLOSE SEC
DELETE FORMAT Sorted_Table_1 OK
DELETE Sorted_Table_1.FIL OK
DELETE FORMAT Sorted_Table_2 OK
DELETE Sorted_Table_2.FIL OK
DELETE FORMAT Results OK
DELETE Results.FIL OK
SET SAFETY ON

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