Re: Newbie forms 3.0 question of the week...

From: Jose Patino <patinoj_at_merlin.incae.ac.cr>
Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 11:56:44 GMT
Message-ID: <patinoj.12.000CF270_at_merlin.incae.ac.cr>


In article <18MAY199416034055_at_mcvax2.d48.lilly.com> rzx2122_at_mcvax2.d48.lilly.com (Tom "YES I CAN" Harleman - Paradigm Consulting) writes:
>Subject: Re: Newbie forms 3.0 question of the week...
>From: rzx2122_at_mcvax2.d48.lilly.com (Tom "YES I CAN" Harleman - Paradigm Consulting)
>Date: 18 May 1994 16:03 EST
 

>Does anyone know the difference between CURSOR_FIELD and CURRENT_FIELD?
 

>In article <CpF7vn.51B_at_shakti.ncst.ernet.in>, nananth_at_shakti.ncst.ernet.in (PR Ananthakrishnan) writes...
>>You can do this using SQL*forms system variables
>>
>>SYSTEM.CURSOR_FIELD - stores the name of the field the cursor is in.
>>SYSTEM.CURSOR_BLOCK - stores the name of the block the cursor is in.
>> You can use this variables in your triggers to save the name
>> of current field and block.

Their are no differences between CURSOR_FIELD and CURRENT_FIELD, the CURRENT_FIELD is included in Forms 3.0 for compatibility with previous versions. The manual recommends that you use CURSOR_FIELD instead. Received on Fri May 20 1994 - 13:56:44 CEST

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