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Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:44 AM
Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Using Property command on integer field


> Mike:
>
> I finally got around to trying this and it still doesn't work.  I am unable
> to use a PROPERTY ... TEXTVALUE command to "null out" a DBEdit
> that is based on an Integer column.  It ignores TEXTVALUE '',
> TEXTVALUE ' ', your (char(160))...   It will only put an actual value in
> there, such as a '0', but this breaks a constraint I have on the field.

Well Null is (Char(0)).. Have you tried that.

> Has anyone been able to null out an integer DBEdit on an integer
> field?  Razzak, should we be able to do this?
>
> Karen
>
>
>
> > SET VAR vsp = (CHAR(160))
> > PROPERTY dbedummy set_focus 'TRUE'
> > PROPERTY dbedummy textvalue .vsp
> > RETURN
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 6:12 PM
> > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Using Property command on integer field
> >
> >
> > >
> > > My Synagogue client (you know, "do it THEIR way") is so happy
> > > with my 7.1 app that I'm now deep in developing another app for
> > > them.  This one is much more complicated than the other and I'm
> > > running into several problems.
> > >
> > > I have an Integer DBEdit where there's an entry eep (custom code)
> > > that brings up a popup menu under certain conditions, erases what's
> > > in the field under other conditions.  The first part works -- if they
pick
> > > from the popup there is a:
> > >    PROPERTY dbeListNo TEXTVALUE .vList
> > > that puts the value into that field.  But I also want that entry eep to
> > > erase what might be already in the field under other circumstances.
> > > I've tried
> > >    PROPERTY dbeListNo TEXTVALUE ' '    (with a space)
> > >    PROPERTY dbeListNo TEXTVALUE ''   (with no space)
> > >
> > >    SET VAR vList INTEGER = NULL (also TEXT = NULL)
> > >    PROPERTY dbeListNo TEXTVALUE .vList
> > >
> > > It will NOT null out this field.  The only thing that works is to assign
> > the
> > > field a '0'.  That works fine!  But unfortunately it breaks a constraint
so
> > > I can't have a '0' in the field.  How do you erase an Integer DBEdit
field?
> > >
> > > Karen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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