Re: Forms 4.5 LOV help needed!
Date: 1997/07/24
Message-ID: <869756000.20882_at_dejanews.com>#1/1
In article <5r33o5$90e_at_drn.zippo.com>, Jody Lewis <lewisj2_at_wdni.com> wrote: In article <5r33o5$90e_at_drn.zippo.com>, Jody Lewis <lewisj2_at_wdni.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I need some assistance with validation of a field by setting the LOV
> for Validation property to True. How can I handle cases where the
> user types in some bogus value and then wants to close the screen.
> They don't care that the value entered is invalid. Plus once the
> screen they are currently on is closed, the block containing this
> field is cleared. Currently, the user would have close the LOV,
> delete the value they presently have in that item and then close the
> form. it sure would be nice to give them the ability to just close
> the form and forget corecting the field that is going to get flushed
> out anyway.
You can clear the form when they exit the form. In your key-exit trigger, do:
Clear_Form(No_Validate,Full_Rollback);
Exit_Form;
We use this method several places. Note: if you do this, the user will no longer get the "Do you want to save your changes" prompt.
Regards,
Steve Cosner
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Received on Thu Jul 24 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST