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    #16
    Re: Cancelling new record entry on embedded browse

    Don't know whether this is covered or not Earnie, but I've added a "Save Record" when moving away from Browses and more importantly, Memo fields. Its easy to lose the data if you don't.

    Don't understand why the field rules requiring data doesn't work though.

    Thanks for the info Tom. I bet a few don't know about the field "padding".
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      #17
      Re: Cancelling new record entry on embedded browse

      Ted,
      I think I had topparent.commit() on the button that moved to next form. I've moved on to adding records to a browse with a form. I thought once you moved off the browse record, it was automatically saved/committed, therefore making my first sentence un-needed. It's still a mystery to me.
      Ernie

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        #18
        Re: Cancelling new record entry on embedded browse

        Have you got it sorted Ernie? I'm back home and developing a software robotics test management suite as fast as my fingers can press the keys!
        Give me a shout if you are still struggling.
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          #19
          Re: Cancelling new record entry on embedded browse

          Sorry Ted. Just now found your reply. The way I sorted it was to just upgrade the app to ver. 10.5. I feel the browse issues with ver. 9 are just too non-reliable to deal with at this time.
          Now I'm having an issue with the 10.5 browse, but is just too sporadic to get anyone to test.
          Ernie

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            #20
            Re: Cancelling new record entry on embedded browse

            Well I'm taking my laptop to work next week, and have V9 and v10 loaded, so gimme a shout if you want to.
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              #21
              Re: Cancelling new record entry on embedded browse

              I have a form based on a set. The top table is a dummy table with a date. There is a one to many browse on the form. There are many fields also on the form from various one to one linked tables as well. If I enter any data in one of the fields from a child record, a record is created in that child table. I tried, as a test, in the child table to use both of the two examples above in the cansaverecord event in the field rules.

              Using:
              t=this.Table_Get()
              if t.resnum<=0 then
              this.cancel()
              end if

              does not stop a record entry if I use a pull down or text box. If I try to edit a field it still does not stop it as I jump from field to field. If I try to close the form, then I get an error:
              Property not found
              t.resnum subelement not found.

              If I try:
              dim t as p
              t = table.current()
              if isblank(t.resnum) then
              cancel()
              end if

              Nothing seems affected in the form based on the set. If I open up just the table itself and attempt to change a record with a blank resnum field I get:

              it tells be that isblank (t.resnum) that the argument is the incorrect data type.

              I am a bit frustrated here, if anyone has and idea, that would be great.

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                #22
                Re: Cancelling new record entry on embedded browse

                The Help format suggests that the syntax is
                if isblank("t.resnum") then
                Is appropriate.
                You are testing the content of the Field, not the value.
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                  #23
                  Re: Cancelling new record entry on embedded browse

                  John,

                  Is the "resnum" field the "link" field in your child table?

                  If so, remember that your set based form will autofill that field when you begin data entry into any field of the linked table. So, it won't ever be blank.

                  -- tom

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                    #24
                    Re: Cancelling new record entry on embedded browse

                    True, the resnum is the link field, however, it does not fill in nor is any other record created except within the table in which the data is entered. After a record is created if I view the individual table, the resnum field is indeed blank. If I try to manipulate the data in that table, not in the set form, I can change anything and nothing happens. If I try to create a record in that table, it will not let me leave the record without canceling it. I cannot save it, but I cannot navigate away from the record either, it is quite strange.

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                      #25
                      Re: Cancelling new record entry on embedded browse

                      John, it sounds like your script is sending Alpha to lala land. It's time to post a sample of your database here, with instructions for us to follow to see the behavior you're describing. I have to tell you in advance that your form design is the likely culprit. Data entry in Alpha Five is done in tables, not in sets. It's very likely that if you use the default form for your set you won't have the same issues.

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