I also agree that technically the form is not dirty if only a variable was changed. Bob: What if you have a variable on the form but there is a form expressiong where: <Columnname> = <Variablename>. If you change the variable, then it DOES change a row in the table. Does this trigger the dirty flag?
Karen -----Original Message----- From: Bob Simms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 1:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ISTAT Function / form dirty flag Bob, I haven't used this function, but it would seem to be working properly from your description, since I believe that a "dirty form" is an indication that the underlying row needs to be updated, that is, one or more columns have changed. If only variables change, it would still be clean. . . . Bob Simms At 01:02 PM 10/10/01, you wrote: >Hello everyone: > >I've been doing some testing with the ISTAT function and here is what I >have found. I first created a form connected to a table called >MainMenu. I locate a field from the MainMenu table on the form and a >variable as well. I set up an Exit.eep that puts the value of >ISTAT('FORM_DIRTY_FLAG')) into another variable. > >When I click on the exit button it runs the exit.eep and sets the variable >eqaual to he value of ISTAT. If I change the actual field associated with >the MainMenu table the value for ISTAT changes properly. If I change the >value of the variable I've place on the form the value of ISTAT does not >change. > >It appears that the conclusion is ISTAT works as long as it is an actual >column in a table that changes. If you use a form comprised of nothing >other than variables it does not. > >Can anyone verify this? Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------ Bob Simms Robert A. Simms and Co., Los Angeles 818-345-5306 Fax 818-345-5136 E-Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.pacificnet.net/simms ------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Internet Header -------------------------------- Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from sonet.rxcpi.net ([209.141.200.15]) by siaag2af.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.12) with ESMTP id OAA16417; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 14:35:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by sonet.rxcpi.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA14572 for rbase-l-outgoing; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 15:32:29 -0400 Received: from mail.BGARK.COM (bgark.com [64.217.43.195] (may be forged)) by sonet.rxcpi.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA14569 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 15:32:29 -0400 Received: by mail.BGARK.COM with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <TR2RG20Q>; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:35:49 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Carla Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: ISTAT Function / form dirty flag Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:35:42 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
