Omnis 4 to 10 difference

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Andrew

That doesn't sound quite right.  

The fields in the main file will be loaded from disk at the Prepare for Edit stage, assuming that it was successful in getting a lock. Does your code look something like this:

> Set main file {myFile}
> Set read/write files {myFile}
> 
> Prepare for Edit
> If flag true
> 	# make changes here
> 	update files
> else
> 	# record locked by someone else?
> end if

Regards,
Paul.



> On 21 Sep 2022, at 10:07 am, Andrew McVeigh <surfway at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> Just found a weird difference in execution of the same code in Omnis 4 and Omnis 10 (not using SQL)
> 
> The coding is probably not the best but anyway
> 
> Calculate DTPAID as 10 	##DTPAID is a field in the Main Data File
> Prepare for Edit 			##This rereads the CRB and DTPAID becomes zero
> 
> This is what happens in Omnis 4
> 
> In Omnis 10 the DTPAID field maintains it’s value of 10 when you do the Prepare for Edit 
> 
> Is this meant to happen?
> 
> Andrew McVeigh
> Surfway Real Solutions
> Phone 02 44412679 Mobile 0418428016
> www.surfway.com.au
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