Re: Forms4.5 Trigger when entering a character in a new record
Date: 1996/12/12
Message-ID: <01bbe86e$0bed2c80$de2349c2_at_otis>#1/1
I've done something similar by creating a timer in a WHEN-NEW-ITEM-INSTANCE
trigger.
The original contents of the item should be stored in a global or package
variable.
The timer would last for say 100 milliseconds and repeat.
By comparing the contents of the item with the original value during a
WHEN-TIMER-EXPIRED trigger you can determine whether the operator has
updated the item, and then fire off some appropriate action.
You need to be very careful about tidying up afterwards but this procedure
works very smoothly.
Nick Butcher
Home: nickb_at_btinternet.com
Work: nickb_at_kalamazoo.co.uk
Volker Hauswurz <VHAUSWUR_at_Materna.DE> wrote in article
<VHAUSWUR.61.32AC0FBE_at_Materna.DE>...
>
> We have some master-details and we have to lock the master when we update
the
> master, but also when inserting a detail for a master.
>
> I would like to know if there is a trigger which fires when you enter a
new
> character in a field of a new record.
> Create-record and When-New-Record-Instance already fire when you navigate
to a
> new record in the detail block.
> If you update a queried record the ON_LOCK trigger fires. So we search
for a
> way to handle the situation when you enter the first character in a new
record.
> Does anyone know a solution?
>
> Thanks
> Volker
>
>
Received on Thu Dec 12 1996 - 00:00:00 CET