Michael,
Oops. Hit the wrong button.
Another thing you can do is use the property command in a button to do
the things you need.
The complete syntax for properties can be found at www.rbase.com/property
The following command would add a row to a table.
PROPERTY TABLE
<FormTableName> 'APPEND'
Jan
riginal Message-----
From: Michael Moser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected] (RBG7-L Mailing List)
Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 11:56:06 -0700
Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: 6.5 to 7.x -- 10 steps forward, 1 step back
> Thanks Albert!
>
> I knew it was going to be obvious! I use the tool bar in other
> situations but had not thought of it in this situation because I didn't
> need all the extra stuff. I could turn off all the other items, the
> only problem being that I can't change the "+" to something more
> descriptive. It would still be nice to find some way to tie a normal
> button to a specific table.
>
> Do you know of any way to directly capture what the active table is in
> a form. One could indirectly track the active table by setting a
> variable in a table entry eep in 7.5, 7.1 does not have table entry
> eeps, just row entry but that would probably work. Capturing the
> active table could be used to make the toolbar visible/invisible as
> appropriate.
>
> In any event, Thanks for the Suggestion!
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> Michael Moser
> EXAQ Micro Services
> www.exaq.com
> Phone: 916-966-8313
> Fax: 916-244-0582
>
> >> Michael, add a tool bar to the form - they are assigned to a
> table. Add,
> >> Delete, Last, First,
> >> Next, Previous, Save, Edit, ...
>
> >> --- Michael Moser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> > Hi All,
> >> >
> >> > I'm probably (once again) missing something obvious but in 6.5
> multi
> >> table form buttons were
> >> > active in only one table. This was really annoying for buttons
> like
> >> "Exit" but worked really
> >> > nice for buttons like "Add Record" or "Move to Region X".
> >> >
> >> > As far as I can tell, in 7.x all buttons are active in all
> tables so
> >> buttons like "Add Record"
> >> > become problematic. I have been unable to figure out any
> acceptable eep
> >> commands or normal
> >> > command sequence strategies so that the record is added to the
> correct
> >> table regardless of the
> >> > active table when the button is activated.
> >> >
> >> > The only solution I have found is to have a button eep that
> closes the
> >> form, adds a row to the
> >> > correct table, then opens the form. Rows added with out closing
> the
> >> form a are not displayed.
> >> > Unfortunately, closing and re-opening the form completely looses
> focus
> >> on the currently selected
> >> > records for tables 2, 3, etc. which is not acceptable in most
> >> situations.
> >> >
> >> > Some of you must have run into the same problem --- any other
> >> suggestions?
> >> >
> >> > I'm almost dreading the answers -- I'm afraid they are going to
> be
> >> obvious ...
> >> >
> >> > Classic "approach avoidance"
> >> >
> >> > :-)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Michael
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Michael Moser
> >> > EXAQ Micro Services
> >> > www.exaq.com
> >> > Phone: 916-966-8313
> >> > Fax: 916-244-0582
> >> >
> >> >
>
> >> Albert Berry
> >> Management Consultant
> >> RR2 - 1252 Ponderosa Drive
> >> Sparwood BC, V0B 2G2
> >> Canada
> >> (250) 425-5806
> >> (250) 425-7259
> >> (708) 575-3952 (fax)
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
