$0 - Report Main Lists using Inst Var

[Fred Brinkman]

your local variable is always a local variable



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Op 29 jan 2010, om 20:04 heeft Chris Peck het volgende geschreven:

> I wonder how it figures it out when I'm using local variable then?
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> On Jan 29, 2010, at 1:03 PM, Fred Brinkman wrote:
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>> 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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>>> 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?
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>>>>> Chris Peck
>>>>> Software Developer
>>>>> Word Master, Inc.
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