What I would do is use a table instead of a list, and store the record index
as row ID when you load the table. Then, when the record is selected,
retrieve the row ID, and so on.
Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael S. Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 8:56 AM
Subject: Still no answer - Index of Selected item in Category
>
> I still need a solution to this problem. I want to be able
> to delete a record that is displayed in a list that is displayed
> on a form. The list contains items within a category.
>
> So there might be 4 items in the list because there are only
> 4 items within a specific category.
>
> When I select item 3, for instance, I want to delete that item
> from the database. But I need the index, within the database, to do
> that. And the index might be 100, or 30 or who knows what.
>
> The only function that I see that is close is DmPositionInCategory() but
> that appears to return the position in the list (3 in this case) and
> not the index within the database, that is needed by DmDeleteRecord().
>
> Can someone explain how to get the index, needed by DmDeleteRecord()
> when I have a subset of the database, by using a category.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
