CFA was for Custom Form Action. It is not related to compiling. You can look in help under CUSTOM and see the options for Custom Form Actions. A CFA is basically an stored EEP that one can access multiple times from multiple places in a form without duplicating the code lines. One could also think of it as a stored procedure that is related only to the current form. The CFA is called with the PROPERTY command such as :
PROPERTY RBASE_FORM_ACTION <CustomFormActionCommandName> <parameters> It is a very handy tool so one can avoid duplicating code in multiple locations. This way, when the code does need changed, you only have to change it in one location, -Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Goldberg" <[email protected]> To: "ttc inc" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 8:26:40 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Button EEP versus Timer EEP Is a CFA a compiled form application? What was the property command? Just want to make sure I note this in the future. Thx Dan Goldberg From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karen Tellef Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 5:57 AM To: Dan Goldberg Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Button EEP versus Timer EEP Big High Five from over here!!! Glad it worked! Karen -----Original Message----- From: ttc.inc < [email protected] > To: karentellef < [email protected] > Sent: Tue, Aug 25, 2015 6:53 am Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Button EEP versus Timer EEP I changed the code from a CFA to a Run Select and everything ran perfectly last night. I did a cut and paste of the code into the VarChar column, so there were no changes in the operating code at all. Replaced the Property command with a Run Select and this morning all was good. Not sure what the difference is. I have in the past and have now, other apps that use the form timer eep and CFA,s and they do not seem to have any issue. However, those CFA's have 1/4 the lines of code and no Delcare / While statements. Perhaps a connection? Truthfully, I assumed that a CFA was pretty much a Run Select command just build into the form designer. Thanks to all who submitted ideas. -Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "MikeB" < [email protected] > To: "ttc inc" < [email protected] > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 2:03:19 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Button EEP versus Timer EEP Let's wait to see what happens with the Run Select before jumping out of the boat. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [ mailto:[email protected] ] On Behalf Of Karen > Tellef > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 2:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Button EEP versus Timer EEP > > Javier: I've seen Bob's app before, and it's a cool front-end type of > form with lots of data for the users to see. The timer updates some of > the data on the form. > Let me think, if a scheduled task ran an "outside" RBase program, I > guess it's possible that that program could dump the display data into > a lookup type of table, and could still have a timer on the form that > would gather and recalc the > display. The form could have a "date last ran" / "date next run" so > the user has > some feedback on the process. A bit of work, but it would take the > form out of the equation, wouldn't it? > > > Karen > >
