Louis - That bug in 7.0 has already been fixed - download the latest update version.
Sami ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sami Aaron Software Management Specialists 19312 W 63rd Terr Shawnee KS 66218 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 913-915-1971 ----- Original Message ----- From: Louis L. Hirsh To: RBASE-L Mailing List Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 9:58 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Variables on Forms in RBase 7.0 I noticed a problem with how R:Base 7.0 updates variables on forms. If you go to Concomp, and try this . . . . R> connect Concomp R> browse using FormExpressions ord by emplname OR R> edit using FormExpressions ord by emplname . . . and then start paging through the records, you'll discover the variables being updated on the form are from the previous record, not the current one. If you use the Edit Using command, the variables will update, but only after you go into an editable field and change some data in it. And, of course, if you are using the "browse using" command, that's not an option. On the other hand, if you go into R:BASE 6.5++, connect the version of Concomp that came with it, and try the form YrsEmp (which, like the form, FormExpressions, in the R:Base 7.0 version of Concomp, uses variables that are formed by concatenating first and last names and city, street, and zipcodes), you have no such problem: R>connect Concomp R> edit usi YrsEmp In my own databases, I've converted Rbase 6.5++ forms to RBase 7.0 and see the difference in how R:Base treats form variables. I've tried using an EEP with a "recalc" command, but that doesn't seem to work. In fact, nothing I've been able to do so far seems to solve the problem -- and it's a serious one as far as I can tell! Does anyone have any ideas? Perhaps I'm missing something that's very simple.... -- Lou Hirsh -- Louis L. Hirsh Director of Admissions University of Delaware 116 Hullihen Hall Newark, DE 19716 Phone: 302-831-1209 FAX: 302-831-6905
