On Oct 26, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
> Yes, you will need to write your own initialization routine. I do this anyway
> in all my forms because I read data into the fields, and then validate before
> writing them back to my storage. I always want to make sure I do not have any
> random data from a previous edit session making it's way into my database.
> Usually I have a populate handler that when passed empty for the arguement
> instead of a string or array, it puts empty into all my fields. Then I just
> call the populate handler when I open the form, typically in preOpenCard.
One thing to be careful about - NEVER do this (unless you are 100% sure):
on preOpenCard
repeat with x = 1 to the number of fields
put empty into field x
end repeat
end preOpenCard
It seems reasonable, but what it will do is to empty out your label fields as
well, which can be a real PITA to put back again. It's always better (IMHO) to
either address the fields you want to clear *directly*, like:
on preOpenCard
put "FirstName,LastName,Age" into tFields
repeat for each item tField in tFields
put empty into field tField
end repeat
end preOpenCard
OR, set some kind of custom property on the fields you want to clear (or
protect), or at least make sure you walk carefully on fields that have their
lockText turned on (which is what label fields have by default), like:
on preOpenCard
repeat with x = 1 to the number of fields
if the lockText of field x is false then
if the short name of field x is not among the items of "PrefilledField,
DefaultCity" then
put empty into field x
end if
end if
end repeat
end preOpenCard
Just my 2 cents…
Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
Email: k...@sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
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