This option converts free-text values that reside in the location
A free-text location will be converted to a pointer if it matches
a value in the Space file Room Number or Synonym fields. A leading
'*' will be ignored when checking for a match.
Any free-text locations that cannot be converted will be marked with
a leading astrisk '*'. The leading '*' ensures that these values will
not be inappropriately evaluated as pointers. This will solve the
'illegal number' errors and bogus displays that could result from
free-text locations that began with a numeric value.
field of a user-specified file to Space file pointers. Either the
This option can be run multiple times if desired.
See the 'Report Free-Text Locations' option for more information.
Work Order file (#6920) or the Equipment Inventory file (#6914)
can be selected.
The location field in both these files became a pointer type field
to the Space file during installation of Engineering Version 7. Some
location values in these files may not have been converted to pointers.
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