Form mode question/help

[Ed Barley]

Hello Everyone,

Is there a way to make this work?

Want to use the brute method for a embedded browse refresh, as all other methods do not work 100% of the time for my situation.

I have been playing with code, but can not seem to get it to work the way I want.

I have been trying to use something like:

DIM mode as c
mode = parentform.mode_get()
if mode = "ENTER" .or. mode = "CHANGE" then
end
end if
if mode = "view" then


'Close current form or browse window.
DIM mode as c
mode = parentform.mode_get()
'If the form is in Enter or Change mode, first save the changes before closing the form
if mode = "ENTER" .or. mode = "CHANGE" then
parentform.commit()
'Check to see if the record was successfully saved
if parentform.mode_get()"""VIEW" then
ui_msg_box("Unable to save your changes","Please correct and save, or discard your changes", UI_STOP_SYMBOL)
end
end if
end if
'Close the form
parentform.close(.f.)

'Open a Form or Browse layout, displaying all, or selected records in the layout.

DIM Shared varP_CheckerList as P
DIM layout_name as c
layout_name = "CheckerList"
varP_CheckerList = :Form.view(layout_name)

Esentially if the form(with browse1 embedded) is in the "enter" or "Change" mode, the script would stop, when the form is in the "view" mode let the form close then reopen, for the closing and them reopening of the form.

Is this possible? If so could I please get some help?

Thanks

Ed

[martinwcole]

RE: Form mode question/help

Ed, if you enter and edit the records in a separate normal form, you can get the unique key for the parent in a global variable, open the 2nd form and close the current form

then when you close the enter or edit form, open the original form

at the onactivate event if the global variable " "" fetch the original parent - this way the embedded browse will always be uptodate

[Ed Barley]

RE: Form mode question/help

Hi Martin,

Thank you for comming back to the post. I am pretty sure I understand what you have given me. I will give it a try.

I know browses have their problems.

Just for learning here, if this form I am talking about, is always open for people to input information into the embeded Browse1, could a script like I was asking about work to a fashion? Is it feasable to make it work as I asked above?

Thanks Ed