Razzak,
Thanks for your reply. I did try the second sample and that all worked as it should, but I couldn’t get it to work when I tried to use the same method on my table. I will have another try soon. (Maybe I am missing something obvious here….?) Thank you. Regards, John Docherty From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of A. Razzak Memon Sent: Thursday, 11 June 2015 7:33 p.m. To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Choose Command - Setting INITVAL with computed variables John, Here's the definition and a few examples to understand the use of INITPOS and INITVAL parameters for the CHOOSE command. Once you understand the typical use, you should be able to adapt as you see fit. INITPOS specifies the pre-selected initial position(s) for the items in the list. The first position in the list is assigned zero, and increments for the number of values in the list (0 = 1, 1 = 2, 3 = 4, etc). INITVAL specifies the pre-selected initial value(s) for the items in the list. -- Example 01 IF (CVAL('DATABASE')) <> 'RRBYW18' OR (CVAL('DATABASE')) IS NULL THEN CONNECT RRBYW18 IDENTIFIED BY NONE ENDIF SET VAR vTitle TEXT = 'Choose Table(s)' SET VAR vCaption TEXT = 'Using INITPOS Option in CHOOSE Command' SET VAR vChoose TEXT = NULL CLS CHOOSE vChoose FROM #TABLES CHKBOX 2 + TITLE .vTitle + CAPTION .vCaption + LINES 27 + OPTION INITPOS 2,5 + |WINDOW_BACK_COLOR WHITE + |TITLE_BACK_COLOR WHITE + |TITLE_FONT_NAME Tahoma + |TITLE_FONT_COLOR NAVY + |TITLE_FONT_SIZE 14 + |LIST_BACK_COLOR WHITE + |LIST_FONT_NAME Tahoma + |LIST_FONT_COLOR NAVY + |LIST_FONT_SIZE 12 + |BUTTONS_SHOW_Glyph ON + |BUTTONS_BACK_COLOR WHITE IF vChoose = '[Esc]' THEN GOTO Done ENDIF -- Do what you have to do here ... LABEL Done CLEAR VARIABLES vTitle,vCaption,vChoose RETURN -- Example 02 IF (CVAL('DATABASE')) <> 'RRBYW18' OR (CVAL('DATABASE')) IS NULL THEN CONNECT RRBYW18 IDENTIFIED BY NONE ENDIF SET VAR vTitle TEXT = 'Choose Table(s)' SET VAR vCaption TEXT = 'Using INITVAL Option in CHOOSE Command' SET VAR vChoose TEXT = NULL CLS CHOOSE vChoose FROM #TABLES CHKBOX 3 + TITLE .vTitle + CAPTION .vCaption + LINES 27 + OPTION INITVAL Customer,InvoiceHeader,Titles + |WINDOW_BACK_COLOR WHITE + |TITLE_BACK_COLOR WHITE + |TITLE_FONT_NAME Tahoma + |TITLE_FONT_COLOR NAVY + |TITLE_FONT_SIZE 14 + |LIST_BACK_COLOR WHITE + |LIST_FONT_NAME Tahoma + |LIST_FONT_COLOR NAVY + |LIST_FONT_SIZE 12 + |BUTTONS_SHOW_Glyph ON + |BUTTONS_BACK_COLOR WHITE IF vChoose = '[Esc]' THEN GOTO Done ENDIF -- Do what you have to do here ... LABEL Done CLEAR VARIABLES vTitle,vCaption,vChoose RETURN Have fun! Very Best R:egards, Razzak. www.rbase.com <http://www.rbase.com> www.rbaseX.com <http://www.rbaseX.com> www.facebook.com/rbase <http://www.facebook.com/rbase> -- 32 years of continuous innovation! 17 Years of R:BASE Technologies, Inc. making R:BASE what it is today! -- On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:52 PM, John Docherty <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I have a CHOOSE command which allows the user to select an order number based on a calculated value which displays the Supplier & the Order number combined as a left & right justified field. I have tried to set the INITVAL to choose the current order being edited, but I cannot make this work, the INITVAL option being ‘ignored’. The INITVAL is calculated using the same formula as the fields in the CHOOSE command. I also tried other ‘options’, including just using the order number, but I couldn’t get that to work either. (Sample DB obviously works OK in my db though.) As I assume that I am missing something here, if anyone has a working CHOOSE command sample, with the INITVAL being a calculated value, that they are prepared to share I would appreciate your help. Thank you. Regards, John Docherty
