| Subject | Re: replace command |
| From | Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net> |
| Date | Sat, 1 May 2021 08:21:32 -0700 |
| Newsgroups | dbase.getting-started |
On 5/1/2021 1:41 AM, Gaetano D. wrote: > On 1/05/2021 17:28, Gaetano D. wrote: >> On 1/05/2021 17:03, AGOSTINHO wrote: >>> Dear Group >>> This does not seem to work, please how to make it work? >>> Thanks >>> this.rowset = this.clients1.rowset >>> >>> function ENTRYFIELD3_onChange() >>> if form.entryfield3.value=0.00 >>> replace form.rowset.fields["cc"].value with "CASH" >>> endif >>> return >>> >> I would avoid to mix OODML and XML, since you use a rowset, forget >> about "replace", jsut assign the value to the field object. >> >> It might also be a good idea to rename the entryfields to something >> you can more easily rememeber, e.g. this.EF_SalesPrice is a new >> entryfield(this) >> >> That being said, I am not sure that the entryfield knows about the >> "form" object. You can try this: >> >> >> this.rowset = this.clients1.rowset >> >> function ENTRYFIELD3_onChange() >> if form.entryfield3.value=0.00 >> form.rowset.fields["cc"].value ="CASH" >> form.rowset.save() >> endif >> return >> >> >> but I think you need to use the "parent" hierarchy to get to the >> form's rowset: >> >> function ENTRYFIELD3_onChange() >> if this.parent.entryfield3.value=0.00 // in this function, you >> are at the entryfield level of the hierarchy, the parent of the >> entryfield is the form - unless it's in a container, in that case, you >> need to go one more parent up... >> this.parent.rowset.fields["cc"].value ="CASH" >> this.parent.rowset.save() >> endif >> return >> >> > not XML but XDML or Xbase commands... > > > I just tried it and the entryfield event seems to be aware of the > form.rowset object, so I guess that option 1 (and akshat's option) > should work, but I was confused as to why it does work... > > So I went to Ken's books and I think I found the answer... anything > instantiated with (this) in a form and its event handlers, e.g. > this.entryfield1 = new entryfield(this) and entryfield1's onchange event > would know what "form.rowset" is. Does that sound right, Ken? Yeah, rowsets and such often don't know what "form" is because they can be used across different forms/reports/etc, but visual controls have to have parents, and so form.entryfield ... Ken -- *Ken Mayer* Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm dBASE Web Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/WebTutorial/00_Menu.htm | |