Originally posted by: snutakki

Can we create a temporary output card for a functional map which can latter be discarded, i believe the answer is "NO" but just wanted to make sure.
There are a lot of scenarios which can be handled easily if there was a temp card to write in a functional map. It would be really a cool future if they can add this feature in the future releases.

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Originally posted by: john.gibby

You can create multiple output cards in a functional map during design, but any executable maps using the functional map will not compile until the functional map only has one output card.

I have at times wished for multiple output cards on functional maps. Seems like TX could be modified such that only the last output card is the one returned to the calling map. I suggested this at one point, but never got any response on it.

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Originally posted by: snutakki

Exactly that's my point ,a feature like this will expand a lot of possibilities in the way the maps are done.

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Originally posted by: john.gibby

I wouldn't hold my breath. It would take someone like Jan Hess to get that feature put in. ;P

Hi Jan.

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Originally posted by: janhess

Wow I didn't know I had so much influence. I've often thought it would be a good idea though. There's nothing worse than getting down a couple of levels of functional map and realising that you need some temporary field passing all the way down if it could be created at the bottom level.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

If it's numeric, GETANDSET() is the only way to alter data in this sort of way.
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Originally posted by: janhess

Not as an extra card in a functional map.
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