Thanks. No - And BTW selection listbox is longint (not an array) :)
Chip On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 10:55:24 -0400, Doug Cottrill via 4D_Tech wrote: > > One other thought- is there an Array Real with the same name as your > listbox somewhere else in your DB? > > DKC > >> On Apr 24, 2019, at 10:53 AM, Doug Cottrill via 4D_Tech >> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: >> >> Chip, >> >> I can’t say for sure why it’s happening- it frankly sounds like a >> bug. However, I may have a possible workaround- >> Explicitly type the listbox with ARRAY LONGINT(myListboxName;0) >> My suspicion is that the compiler just defaults to a data type of >> ARRAY REAL when it runs into a numeric array, and no one noticed >> that it improperly affects selection list boxes (until now). >> No idea if this will work or not, but worth a shot if you can’t >> figure out another workaround. >> >> Good luck! >> >> DKC >> >>> On Apr 23, 2019, at 10:50 PM, Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech >>> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: >>> >>> that is what I thought.... >>> I have a system I am getting ready to merge with engine. I was >>> testing, compiled, one function (a search function) which tests for >>> which type of listbox I am working with. >>> ex: >>> if (type ($Listbox_ptr->) = is longint) >>> do whatever >>> >>> but the search was not working - it was not searching, it does wrk >>> just fine interpretedly. >>> so - I FSCKed around with it a while, put in alerts and other >>> things to try to figure out where and how it was failing when >>> compiled. >>> >>> I eventually found that the code was failing where I test for the >>> type of listbox, as the above example. >>> soI placed an alert >>> Alert(string(type($Listbox->))) just before the txt that was failing. >>> The Alert showed that the listbox was Type 1 (real) !!!!!! >>> >>> I found this just as I had to leave for the day, so I will rejoin >>> the issue tomorrow, but.. >>> >>> How does a section listbox get typed (compiled) as Real?!?!!? >>> >>> I have no idea. anyone? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Chip >>> > > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** --------------- Gas is for washing parts Alcohol is for drinkin' Nitromethane is for racing ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
