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====== The WRITEATRECORD property ======

=== Published 18 NOV 2013 at 02:25:06PM ===

The OpenInsight **ATRECORD** property is an easy way of updating data in your forms in a similar fashion to the way the "@Record" variable worked in Advanced Revelation, but it does suffers from one potential drawback: Any fields in the data record set via **ATRECORD** that are //not// bound to a control on the form are //not// updated when the form contents are saved.

Of course there is a reason for this: OpenInsight forms only update individual fields in a record when saving data rather than the entire record, and it is this capability that allows it to implement the "Ignore Self Locks" feature that means you can use more than one form to simultaneously edit data in the same record.

Still, not every scenario calls for this level of finesse, so Openinsight 10 introduces a new WINDOW property called **WRITEATRECORD**.  When set to TRUE$ //all// data set via the **ATRECORD** property is written to disk, just like "@Record" in Advanced Revelation.

//(Disclaimer: This article is based on preliminary information and may be subject to change in the final release version of OpenInsight 10).//


=== Comments ===


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=== At 18 NOV 2013 04:49PM David Tod Sigafoos wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Bravo!  Another great score.  OI 10 really looks to be a great step in evolution to the product and for all developers

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=== At 18 NOV 2013 05:11PM dbakke wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Carl, any ideas on how all of this will play with the proposed enhancements to databound OLE controls?

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=== At 18 NOV 2013 05:17PM Captain C wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Hi Don,

ATRECORD, and indeed the entire form IO layer, works through the DEFPROP property, so if you can link DEFPROP to an actual OLE property then you're set.  There's a longer post scheduled for later in the week that goes into more detail on this, so hopefully it should answer this for you!

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