Questions on web page

[Joe LeBlanc]

I'm doing my first page and need some information.

I have 3 different questions to solve before I can forge forward.

In the presave I need to read the lastnumber table and get the last stock_no and increment it by one and write it to stock_no field and write the new stock_no back to the file.


I also have to validate the Serial Number(VIN) to ensure that it's a valid entry.
If it's not a valid number, I need to tell the user this and return the focus to the VIN field.
I have the formula in my VFP/VPM program desktop program. Currently I call a function from the LostFocus of the field.
Now I need to be able to do this in the form.
Would I use the validate of the field or is there somewhere else I can call a function?
BTW, I need to be able to open and read a table (carvin) that has a value for each letter in the VIN.

I'm using tab panels for the form. I've used 3 columns. Is there a way to rearrange the fields so I can have the fields look better.

On 1 tab, I have 2 memo fields. I've set the fields to textarea. I need to make the field area larger. I haven't figured out how to do this. Attached is a jpg.

Thanks

Joe

[Steve Wood]

Re: Questions on web page

All of this will be possible in a Dialog rather than a Grid, like you have in your attached image.

In the Dialog, you use the Validate event to test the validity of your VIN number using xbasic, and it will return the user to the entry screen if it does not pass.

The increment number can happen in the AfterValidate event. Here you would use xbasic to open, increment, and assign that number. In the same area you would continue to add a record to your table based on their data entry.

You modify the dimensions of a textArea field with the rows and columns settings in properties for that field.

These are some incomplete answers for now, but I think you need to review how Dialogs function before you move forward.

[Joe LeBlanc]

Re: Questions on web page

Steve,
Thanks for the reply.
I've looked at the Dialog which will probably do everything I need.
I've also reviewed the video that I received with the order and it looks to me, correct me if I'm wrong, that with a Dialog, all the fields has to be hard coded.
I''m going to work some on Dialog in the next few days and see where this takes me.

Joe

[ColinJD]

Re: Questions on web page

Hi,
From the screenshot you are only using [ADD] on this Grid,
Thus the 'Hard Coding' isn't that difficult,
The grid component beats the Dialog component with
Batch - Entry, Multi Mods, Search, and Linkages etc.
With simple data entry, the dialog seems quite often used around here for simple data entry.
Typically the code you'll need in the after Validate will look something like,

dim newtbl as P
newtbl = table.open("c:\a5\thejob\Notes.dbf")

newtbl.enter_begin()
    newtbl.Description = CurrentForm.Controls.Description.value
    newtbl.GeneralNotes = CurrentForm.Controls.GeneralNotes.value
newtbl.enter_end(.T.)

newtbl.close()

note: Code not tested,
But as you can see the code isn't too complex