[V4RB] GoToRecID(xx)

[Charles Yeomans]

On Jul 7, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Ruslan Zasukhin wrote:

> 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...


Please don't force that interface style on us.

Charles Yeomans