Re: To Date or Not to Date... that is the question

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20/12/2007, at 11:05 AM, Walden H. Leverich wrote:

> And changing the value in SST can also prove it. Bring up SST in Hex,
> alter capable mode. The pointer to the actual data is at offset  
> 0580 in
> the QDDS object.

Be aware that offset is at different locations on different releases-- 
which is why I only showed how to SEE the data. Other than some minor  
SST menu changes my instructions should work on all releases.

> Jump to that address and you can change the value of
> the 4-byte integer to any value you want (that's a valid date).
> 0001-01-01 is 001A4452.
>
> -Walden
>
> PS. Such changes are not journaled. :)

Now, where is my record in the payroll file ...

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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