Pat,
Thanks!
this occurred to me last night, after I had gone home - of course :)
And the answer is --YES-- there was/is a set query destination command.
I have it wrapped as part of a component for set management (Setutl).
It was silently failing :(
Chip
On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:04:25 +0100, Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech wrote:
> Chip,
> You haven't got a SET QUERY DESTINATION somewhere have you?
> Pat
>
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 23:24, Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech
> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Background
>> - I use 2 tables to manage listboxes.
>> - I am on an entry form, which includes a selection listbox.
>> - I am trying to display, in a dialog (Mac so a type 34 sheet window),
>> a different listbox (array) to allow the user to make a selection.
>>
>> before the below code executes, the current selection of
>> [listbox_table] reflects the definition for selection listbox
>> displaying on the current entry form (ID 1327).
>>
>> I make this call : arylstbx_Setup ("lb_Display_Choices";"Choose_Item")
>> In the above call there are these lines of code:
>> //gets base info for listbox description
>> QUERY([List_Box_Table];[List_Box_Table]Listbox_Name=$Listbox_Name;*)
>> QUERY([List_Box_Table]; & ;[List_Box_Table]Primary_Use=$Primary_Use)
>>
>> $Listbox_Name = $1 = lb_Display_Choices
>> Primary_Use = $2 = Choose_Item
>>
>> Results:
>> - after the Query, the current record has not changed!
>> - If I issue an Unload record (in debugger) before the query, no record
>> is loaded
>> - in 'user' environment' the same query locates, and loads a different
>> record (ID 1505).
>>
>> State:
>> in transaction [Listbox_Table] is read only & Locked
>> all actions are occurring inside the same transaction.
>>
>> My thoughts and attempts to resolve:
>> - entry form listbox was doing some sort of background query on
>> [listbox_table] during on display detail, so I set the listbox
>> invisible before opening the type 34 dialog window. -- no effect.
>> - I have put traces in the code for the listbox and the form to see if
>> something is running and changing the selection of the [listbox_table]
>> table - noting is running.
>> - all of the code for the dialog is 'linear' to the entry form, i.e.
>> the dialog is opened inside the same process and same transaction so -
>> conceptually - no other code should be running to change the selection
>> in the [listbox_table]
>> - relations - only one relation, completely manual.
>>
>> and ideas?
>> sorry for wall of text
>>
>> Chip
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