So I'm on client site in NYC working on an old AREV system we've web and OI Tablet application front ended for them and we've got the old Linear Hash Service 2.1 non-unique station Ids on the same workstation coming up.(If you're not familiar with this, running multiple instances of AREV on the same workstation returns non-unique station ids). This is causing us no end of problems and the obvious fix (upgrade to the Universal Driver) isn't possible just now. So I had to develop a routine to change the current Station Id to make it unique.

I developed the routine (using date time and a random number) and it seemed to be working well but here's where I discovered an interesting fact. If you PERFORM or EXECUTE an AREV command with field marks in, it will "stack" the commands and issue them one at a time. This isn't really that useful but it is a constant delight to discover new information about a subject you thought there was no more to learn about!

Labels: atStation, Execute, Perform, Stack, Station Id