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    #16
    Re: Allow Edits

    Hi Gabriel-
    Yes, the User can edit records in lookup table is checked.

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      #17
      Re: Allow Edits

      Hopefully this will work! The problem is evident in the Orders form, click on New order, choose a Customer then try and change the name or address.

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        #18
        Re: Allow Edits

        Candy, your form is based on a set of tables. We can't open the form until you give us all the tables involved in the set and their indexes and dictionaries. Alpha is telling me that the Products table is missing. Perhaps others are as well, can't say.

        Please do this. Before uploading the next collection of files, copy them to a new empty folder on your machine and try to open the database there first. If you can't open it and examine the form in question we won't be able to either.

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          #19
          Re: Allow Edits

          Strange, I did just that, tested it before uploading and it worked fine. Here is another zip with some more files. I had to split into 2 zips. Should work with files from 1a.zip and 1b.zip
          Candy

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            #20
            Re: Allow Edits

            Sorry, left one table out.

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              #21
              Re: Allow Edits

              OK I see the problem. On your development system you've got some tables located in a different folder than the database. e.g. The Company table is in your A5v5_OrderEntry folder, and is missing from the zip file you uploaded. Splitting tables among multiple folders makes the database very very difficult to move elsewhere and is therefore almost never recommended.

              Sorry, can't help you til you get us a complete copy of the database.

              [ Later on ]

              The Company table helped. Can open form at last.

              [ Still later ]

              But your field rule table lookup is broken because it's pointing to the wrong folder.

              -- tom
              Last edited by Tom Cone Jr; 11-14-2006, 04:50 PM.

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                #22
                Re: Allow Edits

                I am not able to open the zip file either, but I have an inkling on what Candy is referring to and I belive it is a bug.

                To change the customer detail, I found myself having to delete the existing data first with the delete button to allow the "Edit" icon to activate and later save. I am not sure if that's what she is referring to or something else, but I think it's a bug and I was too lazy to report it.

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                  #23
                  Re: Allow Edits

                  Candy, I don't see any fields from the Customer table in your layout. I guess I don't understand the problem yet. In the Orders table your have a table lookup field rule to permit the user to retrieve field values from the Customer table. These are stored in various fields in other tables displayed on your form (like the Ship to address fields, etc.). But I don't see any fields from the Customer table itself in your layout. This means I don't know how or why you're trying to edit Customer names and addresses through this form. More details please.

                  -- tom

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                    #24
                    Re: Allow Edits

                    Tom-
                    Sorry for taking so much time! On the Orders form, everything under "Bill to" is a field from Customer: Company, Address1, Address2, etc. The addresses under "Ship to" are not from the Customer table. After I choose a Customer, the Company, Address, etc. are filled in. If I'm in the Company or any of the other Customer fields under Bill to, I first need to hit F3 then I'm able to make a change. If I don't hit F3, then all Customer fields are blank.

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                      #25
                      Re: Allow Edits

                      Hi Gabriel-
                      I just tried that and it doesn't do the trick either. The only way I can edit, it seems, is if I hit F3 first. If that's all I can do, I'll have to make sure my users know they need to press F3 first (which isn't instinctive).

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                        #26
                        Re: Allow Edits

                        Candy,

                        Using A5v7 Build 4130-3033 I'm sorry to say that I cannot reproduce the problem. I had to re-route the table lookup field rule for the CustomerID field in the Orders table so that it pointed to my database folder. Otherwise no changes were made.

                        I opened the Orders form.
                        I began a new Order using your button.
                        I looked up a customer.
                        I saved the record.
                        I then edited the address field from the customer table, and saved it. I did not have to press F3 in order to begin editing.

                        I'm running XP Pro, sp2.

                        Sorry I could not help.

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                          #27
                          Re: Allow Edits

                          Candy:
                          I am sorry I am not able to open your zip file and evidently Tom is having similar problems with that. If you can not get the help you need, you might want to report it as a bug.

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                            #28
                            Re: Allow Edits

                            Hi Tom and Gabriel-
                            Thanks for all of your effort. I did exactly what you did Tom, first saved the record before changing the Company info and that worked! I never saved the record first. I just wanted to pull the company info up and then change and go ahead with the rest of the order. So, it's that simple, I have to save it first? Strange. I purchased this Order Entry app and have made massive changes to it for our own business. I saved a copy of the original app and when I did the same thing, New Order, chose a customer and then tried to change the company address, it worked fine. I didn't have to save first. I didn't see any difference in my updated app.

                            Thanks for all your effort!
                            Candy

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                              #29
                              Re: Allow Edits

                              Candy,

                              Even though your form is based on a set of tables, Alpha Five stores the data in separate tables, not in the set itself. In your case the Orders table is the primary table in the set design. Your form's tab order begins with fields from the Orders table. It's advisable to save the parent (primary) record before beginning work on any linked child table records.

                              Incidentally, it's not necessary to include the fields from the Customer's table in order to populate the shipping fields you need. The Customer table could be dropped from the set and your table lookup field rule would still work just fine. Many designers would design the app so that edits for the Customer's table would occur on a different form, not using the Order entry form itself for this. Your needs may be otherwise of course.

                              Whenever I see a complex data entry form like yours I'm reminded of Dr. Wayne's article "Simplify your Application for Better Performance" at www.learn alpha.com. If you're not familiar with it I highly recommend you study it.

                              -- tom

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                                #30
                                Re: Allow Edits

                                Thank you so much Tom. I will be sure to read that. (By the way, I have other connections to the Customer table other than just that one field lookup, so I think need to keep it in the set).

                                THANK YOU!!

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