On Tuesday, August 16, 2011 04:36:40 pm Paul McNett wrote: > On 8/15/11 12:38 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > >> > that's my point. I'd like to use the field as a flag as part of a > >> > series of flags (even considered a state machine). But now I need a > >> > field to tell me if there were any changes. > > > > def isFieldChanged(self, field_name, row=None): > > return self.getFieldVal(field_name, row) != self.oldVal(field_name, > > row) > > ...and if you want to find out, without asking, at the time a field value > changes, something like this should work: > > class FieldValueChanged(dabo.dEvents.dEvent): pass > > class MyBizobj(...): > def afterSetFieldVal(self, fld, row): > self.raiseEvent(FieldValueChanged, table=self.DataSource, field=fld, > row=row) > > class MyForm(...): > def afterInit(self): > ... > self.bindEvent(FieldValueChanged, self.onFieldValueChanged) > > def onFieldValueChanged(self, evt): > table = evt.EventData.table > field = evt.EventData.field > row = evt.EventData.row > # do stuff to visually indicate the change > > (untested but you get the gist) > > Paul
That's a lot better than what I came up with - I'll see if I can get it working. Thanks Johnf _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/201108161701.17737.jo...@jfcomputer.com
