$0 - Report Main Lists using Inst Var

[Chris Peck]

I wonder how it figures it out when I'm using local variable then?

Chris




On Jan 29, 2010, at 1:03 PM, Fred Brinkman wrote:

> Your instance var looses scope the moment you go to the report, so  
> the yell 'report list is not a list field' is correct, with $cinst  
> you're always in the correct instance...
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> Op 29 jan 2010, om 19:56 heeft Chris Peck het volgende geschreven:
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>> That works, Fred.  So it seems that I might be right in that the  
>> command internally doesn't follow the notation back to the window  
>> correctly, unless you give it very literal direction.  Arg, still  
>> causes me extra work when I'm getting a window overhauled, but at  
>> least I can keep the same basic construct with the addition of the  
>> '$cinst.' added.  Thanks for the suggestion.
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>> Chris
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>> On Jan 29, 2010, at 12:37 PM, Fred Brinkman wrote:
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>>> did you try to set the report main list to  $cinst.MyList
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>>> Op 29 jan 2010, om 17:04 heeft Chris Peck het volgende geschreven:
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>>>> Hi All,
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>>>> Has anyone found a way to use the Set Report Main List command  
>>>> with an Instance variable list?  Using ver 4.3.1.4 now, and I've  
>>>> found that if I change a class list variable during my window  
>>>> overhauls to an instance variable, the Set Report Main List will  
>>>> then give an error that the main list field is not a list field.   
>>>> To get around this problem, I've been declaring a local var, then  
>>>> doing a merge, resetting the report main list to the local var,  
>>>> and all works fine, but it's not a good long term solution to the  
>>>> issue I've found.  Also, does anyone know if this issue has been  
>>>> forwarded to TL?
>>>>
>>>> Chris Peck
>>>> Software Developer
>>>> Word Master, Inc.
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