Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 02:29:11 -0400
From: HECTOR SANTOS
To: HENRY TOBER
Subject: Need File Area Name 
Newsgroups: win.server.wcreports
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Its now Jan/8. Did you solve this yet?  If not, I have to re-read this a
few times to see what you are doing and what exactly you are looking to
do. If  you are basically trying to see if people have downloaded their 
file(s), you can print out the download count.    0 means it wasn't
downloaded, 1+ means it was downloaded. 

One thing I would like to point out is that presently there is no
"internal" recognition of a "User File Area".  i.e,
"User X has File Area
Y".  This is can be done with wcBASIC programming, but in general, this
is typically done using the access system, so that in the final analysis,
by using security access, the user is limited to 1 file area.  

What we have recommended to customers who have a need to have 1 to 1
user/file area assignments, is to "label" (name) the security
access and file area with the user name. (Or something similar to
this).  

The idea is for reporting and easy administrative viewing.  So when you
do a report to list the file areas that have file downloads greater 0,
then in the report you will see the file area names as user names. Just
basically a tip.

I will reread your message to see if I missed something that I can help
with.

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->    We use Wildcat! as a bbs to allow doctors, hospitals and collection
-> agencies
-> upload/download files.  We set up each user with their own access 
-> profile and file areas to strictly limit who can access what.  With 
-> our collection agency users, we have two file areas to download from 
-> for each user; one called reports and the other called data. We 
-> provide files in each file area for every agency each month.  Our 
-> need is to be able to quickly see who has (or hasn't) downloaded 
-> their files from either/both area(s).  We purchased WcReports to do 
-> this.

->    Due to several different reasons, the file areas for many of the 
-> users are not in consecutive order numerically.  When we define in 
-> File Match on the General tab the filename string, date range and 
-> check 'Files that have never been accessed' the results list in file 
-> area numerical order.  For example...

->  **** [7] PAC Data File Area
->  **** [8] PAC Reports File Area
->  **** [12] Abel Credit Data Area
->  **** [14] ARMS-Huntvly Data Area
->  **** [16] ARMS-Marlton Data Area
->  **** [50] Valley Credit Data Area
->  **** [52] NEAR Reports Area
->  **** [54] Abel Credit Reports Area
->  **** [55] ARMS-Huntvly Reports Area
->  **** [56] ARMS-Marlton Reports Area
->  **** [57] Collection Center Reports Area
->  **** [58] Collection Info. Reports Area
->           (All files listed removed to shorten example)

->    It's would be a lot easier to compare the file areas for a particular
-> user if I could get the results
-> in alphabetical order so that all of a user's file areas would be 
-> with each other.

->    I have also tried exporting the file list as an Excel file so that I
-> could then sort the file so that I
-> COULD get all file areas for a user together.  The problem with this 
-> tactic is that the FILE AREA NAME is not an available field to be 
-> defined and so, I can't sort it the way I want to.  With only the 
-> AREA NUMBER, it's even more confusing.

->    We currently have about 150 file areas with several hundred files 
-> in the areas.  Having to recreate the file areas so that they are in 
-> the order I need would be a task I want to avoid.

->    Is there a way that I can define the FILE AREA NAME as an available
-> field or perhaps
-> something that I am not aware of so that I can arrange/define the data
-> better than I currently
-> know how to?

->    Or perhaps, is there a way to get the FILE AREA NAME defined as an
-> available field in the next update for WcReports?