true, it seems to work with my archaic rbase dialect, but to be safe and try to conform, I'll make myself relearn what the meaning of "in" is...
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Mike Byerley <[email protected]> wrote: > Also he is using "from" instead of "in" in the lookup expression.. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 1:41 PM > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Can I put a variable or expression into > acellofanenhanced... > > > : Here's what I've done. Go to the column's property page, "enhanced > : properties" tab. Make sure "lookup expression" is selected under field > type. In > : my case I had a column called ClientID in my table, and I wanted it to > look > : up the client name. So under "expression" I have this: Description > IN > : clients WHERE clientid = clientid > : > : When I tested in this an earlier version, the only thing I didn't like is > : that it did let me type in a different ClientID in the column, but it > didn't > : show the corrected description until you left (ie: saved) the row so it > was > : kinda confusing. Perhaps the behavior has been changed. > : > : Karen > : > : > : > : In a message dated 9/11/2012 12:35:21 PM Central Daylight Time, > : [email protected] writes: > : > I spoke too soon. Nothing of my attempted expression building in there > : > is working or being saved. The only thing I've accomplished so far is > the > : > column captions I've attempted to work with have a little darker button > than > : > the rest of the column captions. Not much progress on this today. > > > -- William Stacy, O.D. Please visit my website by clicking on : http://www.folsomeye.net
