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    select newly added record in browse

    I have read many postings on embedded browses and forms, yet have not found the answer to my dilemma. I am using an xdialog form to add a record. When I return to the main form, I would like to have the newly-added record as the active record.

    The browse refresh is not a problem...the new record is in the list and positioned according to my index. I suspect there may be some way to do this using fetch.

    Is their any wisdom a veteran could share with a rookie?
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    RE: select newly added record in browse

    Wow, I cant answer your question, but I just posted the exact question a little while ago. The one entitled "Inserting a record into a grid/browse". How funny is that.

    Hopefully we can get an answer.

    Jason

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      #3
      RE: select newly added record in browse

      You could continue the xbasic to include a fetch_last() (look for this in help file) when focus returns to form, or is it not the last file due to your index? this would be a different matter

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        #4
        RE: select newly added record in browse

        Lance,
        Yes that is correct - it is not the last record due to the index which is alphabetical based on company name.

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          #5
          RE: select newly added record in browse

          One approach is to set the form's filter and order expressions so that your new record appears first.

          Another approach would be as follows. When you add the record, read the record number or a unique key value associated with the record (assuming you have one), and save that into a global variable. When you open the form, use a button that reads this variable and reads the appropriate record.

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            RE: select newly added record in browse

            I really like the second approach and would like to learn more about that concept.

            Yes I do have a unique key ID that I could read and put into a global variable. I am able to read a global variable, but I am not clear on how to make the appropriate record have focus. What mechanics would I use on the button? Could it be set up to run automatically, perhaps through an On Activate event for the form?

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              RE: select newly added record in browse

              I have tried this and every other way I can think of and can not get a newly added record in a browse to accept focus. I used the record number as you suggested. Surely there has to be a way to move the focus to a record in a browse via xbasic.

              What am I missing
              Jason

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                #8
                Finally figured it out....

                Adding these lines did what I needed it to. Recno holds the record number of the newly added record. tbl points to the child table.

                browse1.activate()
                tbl.fetch_goto(Recno)
                browse1.resync


                Yippe
                Jason

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                  #9
                  RE: Finally figured it out....

                  Way to go! Jason, where did you add those lines. Did you put them in the save button on the add new item xdialog/form, or in the On Activate of the main form, or elsewhere?

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                    RE: Finally figured it out....

                    Not so fast. It seems it works sometimes and other times it does not work. Alpha is so quirky sometimes. If I open a record and go to the browse and click the button that will insert a blank record in the browse it does not work right. It adds the record, but does not give focus to the new record just added. But if I click the button again, it works like it is suppose to. Maybe you will have better luck.

                    And to answer your question, yes, this is done from a button on the form. The script attached to the button inserts a new blank record into any position in the browse. The user highlights a row on the browse, clicks the insert button on the form and a blank record gets inserted at the spot above the highlighted record. Then its suppose to bring focus to the newly entered blank record will the user can fill it with information. However, it only works under the right conditions. I will have to play with it some more and see if I can get some consistent behavior from it.

                    Jason

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