Laptop identifier

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The laptop identifier is used to figure out which directories on the Regional Server is used for a laptop's News and Backup. The identifiers are stored in entry "Laptop_Identifier" in Settings (CCMBD.mdb) / A_Info tableand apply to some File Locations.

The naming convention is a letter for the site and a 1 digit number that has no inherent meaning other than to ID a laptop.

Laptop Identifier Assignment

added to Settings

Implementation

It would be best if this change was done before Update of D ID to include a laptop identifier

CCMDB.accdb

In CCMDB.accdb, the function LaptopLocation() will return the location of the laptop it is run on.

Background

We are using:

  • single digits numbers for ease of filling TISS (it doesn't accept letters for that field)
  • descending numbers to make it less likely that someone accidentally enters old page number rather than laptop ID
  • single letters to minimize the increase in data

What would need to change?

see Update_of_D_ID_to_include_a_laptop_identifier#Implementation

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