How to edit a form

[smartglass]

Please excuse my ignorance but I am trying to set all components of a form (including a grid) to be editable (ie can add or amend records), and save the record. My users are used to simply keying in data and the edit/save process is causing problems. I have at least 4 vfp manuals and not one is telling me how to set the form to allow simple data entry! Surely I am missing something here....
Thanks in advance.

 

[Mike Gagnon]

You want all the controls on your form to be enables at the start? Check SetAll() in the help file.
For example :

thisform.setall("enabled",.t.,"textbox")

This will set all texboxes enabled in your form. Do the same for all orther controls.
Do not use the form wizard to design your forms, as the wizard makes all controls read-only at the start of the form.


Mike Gagnon

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[JRB-Bldr]

"the edit/save process is causing problems"

We could use more information to give you better suggestions.

When you say "causing problems" are you meaning:
* An error is being displayed?
* Are the users prevented from entering data into the form Textboxes and Grid?
* The data is not being saved to the back-end?
* Is the data all being over-written into the fields of the same record?
* Or what?

If an error is being displayed, what is it?

If the users are able to type data into the fields, then the Enabled property is most likely not a problem.

If the data is not being written to the back-end data table fields, then how is the data being bound to the table or is it supposed to be updated by the execution of some button being clicked?

With more information, we can better answer your question.

Good Luck,
JRB-Bldr