John Just for the heck of it, try unchecking read only and try it again as an ON ENTRY INTO FIELD eep for that variable. I assume you have ENABLED checked off so that the cursor will rest in that field?
What happens when you try this? David Blocker [EMAIL PROTECTED] 781-784-1919 Fax: 781-784-1860 Cell: 339-206-0261 ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Engwer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 11:17 AM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: setting variable in form > I moved the eeps that calculate vGTOT to after form entry and everything > works properly now. > Question... Should I be able to calculate the the var vGTOT on enter to the > field (with recalc) and have it display properly? I have read only checked > in the field property. > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Engwer > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 10:24 AM > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: setting variable in form > > I did try the recalc variable but I get the same result. I even tried > changing the select to a compute but it made no difference. I traced the > eep and I can see the var vGTOT is set to the correct value but the contents > of the var field remains 0.00. I also deleted the var field and re-inserted > it. > This is a form that is called by another form if that makes any difference. > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of A. Razzak Memon > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 7:40 AM > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: setting variable in form > > > At 02:29 AM 8/18/2004 -0400, John Engwer wrote: > > >I have an eep used in a form to calculate purchase amounts from a purchase > >table. For some reason the eep does not run on entry to a var edit field > >(vGTOT). It runs fine outside of the form. Any idea what may be wrong? I > >tried adding a recalc variable to the eep but it did not help. > > > >--Sum of current purchases > >SELECT SUM(vtprice) + > >INTO vGTOT INDICATOR vind_SUM + > >FROM purchase + > >whe inv# = .vnew_inv_no > >return > > John, > > Add the RECALC VARIABLES before the RETURN statement in your EEP > and see what happens. Your EEP should look like the following: > > -- Sum of current purchases > SELECT (SUM(vtprice)) + > INTO vGTOT INDICATOR vind_SUM + > FROM purchase + > WHERE inv# = .vnew_inv_no > RECALC VARIABLES > RETURN > > In order to test "On Entry EEP" for Variable Edit, try the > following test and see what happens: > > PAUSE 2 USING 'This is On Entry EEP' ICON INFO > RETURN > > For more examples, take a look at the "Sales Order" routines > and EEPs used in Running R:BASE Your Way! (Part 9). > > Finally, you may want to TRACE the entire process to see > where things are not working. > > Hope that helps! > > Very Best R:egards, > > Razzak. > >
