Generic programming of vars on a form is very complicated when one uses object attributes for the data source.
For example, on screen you make a simple text input object named “enCompany”. It’s data source is Form.en_Company.Name ( i.e. [Company]Name ) In ‘classic 4d”, where the data source would be [Company]Name, one can code its script: TRIM ( Self ) And TRIM would simply take a POINTER, and you can perform operations on the data that the user typed into that field. (Such as trim off leading & trailing spaces). But with OBJECT NOTATION, that is all screwed up. You cannot get a PTR to, for instance, an object named ‘enCompany’ whose data source is Form.en_Company.Name So the script for it cannot be generic. It would seem to make sense to be able to do something like: TRIM ( Form Event.objectName ) — and have some way to actually do anything with what the user typed into this element on-screen. You can’t use TRIM ( Self ) because Self is nil And v18r3 does not even have a solution to this in its documentation. It seems we should have some way of getting the user-input data of a screen element even if we are using object notation. We would expect, at the least, something like OBJECT Get Value ( ObjectName ) and OBJECT Set Value ( Object Name ) but no! Any input? Wait for version 20 of 4D? - Chris ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
