[V4RB] GoToRecID(xx)

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 7/7/06 7:10 PM, "Joakim Schramm" <joakim at astrocalc.com> wrote:

>> So inverse operation is
>> 
>>     tbl.RecID = recid
>> 
> 
> I agree, the only, and maybe confusing, point here is that in use as a
> property
> 
>>     tbl.RecID = recid
> 
> May inply that you are setting tbl.RedID to the value of recid, but as it's
> pretty clear from the docs that RecID is generated by DB with a lifetime
> span and can't be changed, it's not that hard to figure out. However, for an
> old user, having a "habbit" of a GoToRecID method it might be harder to see.
> I come in with version 2.3 so I can only "imagine" about this - but I know
> from life in general "habbits" are hard to change :-)
> 
> I also see no point in a .GoToRecID as .RecId do tha same thing and you need
> .RedID to read the value. But maybe put a not in the doc that this is the
> "same" as .GoToRecID.
> 
> Just a tip, im my app on ever release I have a small chapter for old users
> of what have changed in behaviour and what they need to think of, compared
> to how they did something previously. This I "trow" in the face of them when
> they install as well as when they start the program until they deliberately
> have checked the option to not show it up on start.

Yes, in fact METHOD

    tbl.Goto( inRecID ) as Boolean

Do more job than property. It also can check if such record exists and
return bool result...


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Ruslan Zasukhin
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Paradigma Software, Inc

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