Omnis 4 to 10 difference

[Andrew McVeigh]

I am the only user in this case, on  both OS4 and OS10, OS4 reloads the record and clears the calculated value while OS10 does not, using 10.2 31315

I’ll create a test library to see what I can find

Andrew McVeigh
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> On 23 Sep 2022, at 1:23 am, Mike Matthews - Omnis via omnisdev-en <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com> wrote:
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> Hello Andrew,
> 
> Hmm, if the system detects you are the only user connected, does the CRB get reloaded with the Prepare for edit command?  In a multi user scene, it must be.  Must it?
> 
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> On 21 Sep 2022, at 05:31, Paul Mulroney via omnisdev-en <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com<mailto:omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com>> wrote:
> 
> 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.
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> 
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> On 21 Sep 2022, at 10:07 am, Andrew McVeigh <surfway at bigpond.com<mailto: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
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