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    Changed records not saving

    Hi all,

    After building the main structure of my database and tested ok I then went on to add more.
    While going back through and testing new additions I then noticed that my main entry form was not saving changes to it.
    I am pretty sure it did before although not 100% sure.
    No changes were made to any of the save buttons or the forms Oninit scripts but new records save fine but if you go back into a record to change it it just reverts back to what it was before the change?? If I change the record via the default browse it works fine. Aaaah help.

    The idea is that when they enter the form they select 1 of a few buttons which then either puts form into enter mode only or change mode only and goes from there. The script to tell form which mode to be in is on the Oninit of the form as below.

    ''XBasic
    this.maximize()
    DIM GLOBAL Menu_Selector AS C
    DIM GLOBAL Curr_Quote_No AS C
    DIM GLOBAL From_QL AS C
    this.restrict_navigation=.t.
    this.restrict_delete=.t.
    If Menu_Selector="EDIT" then
    this.restrict_enter=.t.
    this.restrict_change=.f.
    Script_Play("Edit Quote Hide / Show")
    parentform:Text13.text="EDITING QUOTE"
    parentform:Text13.refresh()
    parentform:Button26.activate()
    If From_QL="FROM" then
    topparent.index_set("Quote_No")
    topparent.find(Var->Curr_Quote_No)
    parentform:Cust_Id.activate()
    From_QL="NOTFROM"
    Else
    parent.resynch()
    End If
    Else
    parentform:Text13.text="ENTERING NEW QUOTE"
    parentform:Text13.refresh()
    this.restrict_enter=.f.
    this.restrict_change=.t.
    Script_Play("New Quote Hide / Show")
    parentform.new_record()
    If Menu_Selector="NEW" then
    Script_Play("Open Cust Manager")
    Else
    End if
    End if
    End

    So if they enter the form to edit a record Menu_Selector variable would be 'EDIT'.

    This all works and has done for a while except when I push a button to exit or save etc even a simple parent.commit() button and then it doesnt save changes.

    The form itself has all the allow change/new etc ticked off.

    Is this a simple mistake I have made in scripting or could something else have affected it - like maybe indexes or ???

    Help would be appreciated as I am lost - it should be simple surely :)

    Mike Lyon
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    RE: Changed records not saving

    Hello, Mike. I don't see anything especially wrong with the OnInit coding as regards restrict_change, but there are a few oddities in your code, and I wonder whether your code executes fully.
    First, you write

    this.maximize()
    DIM GLOBAL Menu_Selector AS C
    DIM GLOBAL Curr_Quote_No AS C
    DIM GLOBAL From_QL AS C
    this.restrict_navigation=.t.
    this.restrict_delete=.t.
    If Menu_Selector="EDIT" then
    this.restrict_enter=.t.
    this.restrict_change=.f.
    Script_Play("Edit Quote Hide / Show")
    parentform:Text13.text="EDITING QUOTE"
    parentform:Text13.refresh()
    parentform:Button26.activate()
    If From_QL="FROM" then
    topparent.index_set("Quote_No")
    topparent.find(Var->Curr_Quote_No)

    I haven't tried this out,but I would imagine that the
    restrict_navigation should prevent the index from being changed and a successful .find() operation from being executed, no? Or is the form you are on not the topparent()?
    If the form you are initiating is the topparent() there
    is no need to keep mixing the use of
    this, parentform, and topparent.
    They all refer to the same object and it is simpler just to use "this".

    Do you have any code written for the OnSave event of the form? What does the script "Edit Quote Hide / Show" do?

    Regards,
    Peter

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      #3
      RE: Changed records not saving

      Thanks for the reply Peter,

      I use the restrict navigation to try and stop users moving from record to record (i.e. using pageup and down) unless the relevant button supplied is used. I don't know any other way to do this.

      There is no script on the ONSAVE event of the form.
      The Hide/Show global script just hides a search browse and buttons if in new record mode and shows them if in edit mode.
      Using just .hide() or .show() commands.

      I have tried taking out the restrict navigation script but it makes no difference it still wont save changes.

      Mike Lyon

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        #4
        RE: Changed records not saving

        Mike,

        How about posting a working model of your database here, so we can see it? Please include a text file, or put notes on the opening form to explain the sequences that are misbehaving.

        -- tom

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