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- From: ruf@herald.usask.ca (Bob Ruf)
- Subject: 4D questions (long)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.234206.3343@access.usask.ca>
- Originator: ruf@herald.usask.ca
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- Organization: University of Saskatchewan
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 23:42:06 GMT
- Lines: 88
-
- I'm sorry for the long message, but 4d leads one to ask many questions.
-
-
- 1. EDIT ACCESS
-
- I have a menu selection that has just EDIT ACCESS in its procedure. According
- to the manual, this should bring up the access editor. All that actually
- happens is that the access editor menus flash in the menu bar for a tenth
- of a second (est.) and then it goes back to my menu. ?!?!
- How do I give the administrator access?
-
- 2. The list editor
-
- I want to give the administrator access to the list editor in runtime mode. Do
- I have to build a layout and use list to array, etc.?
-
- 3. Automatic Relations
-
- I seem to be confused on what is happening with automatic relations. I have two
- files (the One and the Many). I made a relation from the Many to the One and
- checked the RELATE MANY box. I selected a One record and did an
- ADD RECORD([Many]). 4D immediately "loses" my selection in the One file.
-
- In my mind, this shouldn't happen for two reasons:
- a) I didn't check the RELATE ONE box when I made the relation
- b) The manual says that records are loaded into memory but you must use
- the RELATE ONE or RELATE MANY commands to make them the current selection for a
- file.
-
- I originally got around this problem by not using automatic relations, but I
- was cranky because I thought it would be easier if I could. The second work
- around was to save the relating field from the One file into a variable and
- assign it to the related field in the Many file. When I did this, my One file
- selection came back.
-
- What is going on?!?!? (Perhaps an explanation of manual relations would help
- too.)
-
- 4. Printing labels
-
- I have peoples names in the One file and their addresses in the many file. Are
- the following then true:
-
- a) I can't use the label editor since the fields are in two files
- b) I can't use the export data (and use word to print labels) for the
- same reason
- c) I must either
- i) populate a "join" file and use a or b
- ii) use an output layout
-
- 5. Strange bug??
-
- I have a no action button on a layout with the following script
-
- SAVE RECORD ([Biographic])
- ACCEPT
-
- The layout is "called" by
-
- ADD RECORD ([Company Contact];*)
-
- --------------------------------------
- When I click on the button, the beach ball whirls, and I stay in the layout.
- The bio record gets saved, but the company contact record doesn't.
-
- When I trace it, the Debug window "dies" in the layout proc in the after phase.
- It gets to the statement
-
- IF (Before)
-
- (the first non-comment statement in the proc) and stops executing.
- Note: The whole layou proc is:
-
- If (Before)
- a bunch of lines
- end if
-
- The debug window is still displayed, but no buttons work. I can click on the
- layout window behind it and bring it to the front. The dead debug window goes
- beind the layout window and if I bring it to the front again, it is blank (no
- refresh occurs). The layout window is still active and I can click cancel
- with the expected results.
-
-
- Thanks for any help on any question!!!!!!!
- bob
- ruf@admin.usask.ca
-
-