Passing variables between packages.
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 01:32:06 GMT
Message-ID: <3CC75CC0.6080405_at_attbi.com>
[Quoted] Ok, this might sound like a complete newbie question but I'm not sure and my companies application provider has used this as an excuse for why a portion of there software package written in developer 6i is working differently from their last version.
They use popup windows for adding rows in a table. The scenrio is like this.
You enter a value in a field, upon tabbing or mousing off they do validation. If the validation fails then a popup window notifies and asks if you wish to add this piece of data.
You answer yes and the program will give an error message again stating that the value is not valid. They told me that because their code is now in a package instead of on the form that the validation cannot be "turned" off on the fly, so now we have to backspace or delete the entered value, Use the manual popup button to add this piece of data, then reenter the value so there form can re-validate it again.
To me, having to enter the same piece of data three times just to add it is completely stupid. In there old version with the code included on the form this did not happen. They are telling me that this problem is hard to fix and they haven't been able to figure it out.
Now before you say, hire new programmers, I know, trust me I know, but this is not a mainstream application and even with these types of problems it is one of the better ones in this arena.
Any ideas on where to point them. Thanks. Received on Thu Apr 25 2002 - 03:32:06 CEST