Re: Forms 4.5 Help needed

From: D. Scott Moyer, Jr. <dmoyer_at_gpu.com>
Date: 1997/01/15
Message-ID: <32dcdec0.92923297_at_internet.gpuc.com>#1/1


On 14 Jan 1997 14:06:27 -0800, Vikram wrote:

>Is there a way to read master data (like product master, supplier master)
>from the server and store it on the client once only when the
>application (consisting of a menu and many forms) is started,
>and later to reference this data on the client without accessing
>the server?
>
>The data has to be available accross all forms as long as the application
>is running. Each form may be opened and closed more than once.
>

Have your intial form store the values in a global variable such as global.prod_master or global.supp_master. The When-New-Form-Instance trigger is a good one to put it into. This global is accessable by all other forms.

Scott Moyer
dmoyer_at_gpu.com Received on Wed Jan 15 1997 - 00:00:00 CET

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