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    Setting Order

    I have a set invoice="items My form has the invoice info on the top of the form and then I have a browse to show the items for the respective invoice. The problem I am having is that when I enter a record in the browse the browse is not reindexed when I save the record. This has worked fine in V4 & V5.

    I have tried using an embedded browse and a browse that was defined from the control panel. The order I want is invoice"invoice number + items"item. I have set the order on the form for both the invoice and item tables and anywhere else I can find to set orders. Where the heck am I going wrong?

    In addition, where do I change the height of the rows for an embedded browse? Currently the rows are twice as large as I want.

    Thanks
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    RE: Setting Order

    Phillip

    Instead of setting the order for the form, create an index and set the form to use that index.

    You can use action scripting to set the index in the oninit event of the form.

    When you set the order by the form properties, a query will control the order and added records won't be repositioned without a refresh.

    With the index that will happen when you save the record.
    Al Buchholz
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      #3
      RE: Setting Order

      ""In addition, where do I change the height of the rows for an embedded browse? Currently the rows are twice as large as I want.""

      In design mode of your form, double click the embedded browse object. Move your mouse to the left of the first column until you see the pointer change to a line across with an arrow above and below it. Once you have this pointer, left click on your mouse and drag the height of the row where you want it.

      Hope this helps
      Cheryl
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        #4
        RE: Setting Order

        Al, where do I set the index to the form?

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          #5
          RE: Setting Order

          To change the height of rows on an embedded browse click on the bottom line of a row and drag to the correct height.

          Russ

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            #6
            RE: Setting Order

            Thank You, that works....

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              #7
              RE: Setting Order

              Phillip

              I misread your original statement.

              Look at the set that the form is based on and use the order for the child records.

              You don't need to set the order for the form. My previous method would set an index in the form's oninit event would work for the parent table.

              See attached image for an example of doing this in Alphasports.
              Al Buchholz
              Bookwood Systems, LTD
              Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

              Occam's Razor - KISS
              Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
              Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
              When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
              "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
              Albert Einstein

              http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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                #8
                RE: Setting Order

                You want to first set the index at your table level that the form is based on. Once this is set, go to the forms OnInit event, create using action scripting, select add new action, index/sort left side, set index right side, select the index you created from the drop down and finish.
                Cheryl
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                  #9
                  RE: Setting Order

                  Cheryl

                  Isn't that only for the parent table of the set?
                  Al Buchholz
                  Bookwood Systems, LTD
                  Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                  Occam's Razor - KISS
                  Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                  Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                  When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                  "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                  Albert Einstein

                  http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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                    RE: Setting Order

                    Al,

                    Yes, when you use action scripting it sets the index for the parent table using topparent. Sorry, I should have mentioned that in my post.

                    However, you can use xbasic and set the index for any table you want within the form.

                    t_source = table.open("table_name")
                    t_source.index_primary_put("Index_name")

                    Cheryl
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                      #11
                      RE: Setting Order

                      Not sure if this will help or hurt :)

                      Index_Primary_Put
                      Cheryl
                      #1 Designs By Pagecrazy
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                        #12
                        RE: Setting Order

                        Philip

                        To get back to setting the order of the child records, I've used Alphasports and changed the order of the lineitems to sort on price. (Didn't say it needed to make sense.)

                        When using the form properties and setting the order for the lineitem table, it works as you would like it.

                        see attached image.
                        Al Buchholz
                        Bookwood Systems, LTD
                        Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                        Occam's Razor - KISS
                        Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                        Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                        When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                        "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                        Albert Einstein

                        http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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