This is a known problem when trying to move the record pointer with a gridcell beeing active. The best remedy might be to do this in a different alias based on the same physical table or cursor, or get the focus off the grid before doing the replace.

Walter,


>Hi all,
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>I'm struggling with another problem on an Order Entry form. After the user enters all header information, it moves to a grid for them to enter their detail lines. In the Valid method for column-8 of the grid (the last column in the grid), I have it calling a method I created to add a new detail line. When I move to that detail line, I'm getting:
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Record is use by another user

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>I'M THE ONLY USER!!! :) I'm doing this on my notebook which is a stand-alone machine and not connected to any network.
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>In the Valid method for column-2 of the grid, I have the following code:
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>seeker=ord_line.cust_part+str(ord_head.cust_no,6)
>if indexseek(seeker,.t.,"partchrt","cust_part")
> newpart=partchrt.usmc_part
> repl ord_line.usmc_part with newpart
>else
> repl ord_line.usmc_part with spac(10)
>endi
>retu
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>The line that begins with "REPL" is the one that's causing the error to occur.
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>I also will see the occasional message in the bar at the bottom of the screen that says "This record is read-only." When that happens, for some reason, I lose my ability to Tab through fields in the grid...I have to use the mouse to click to different fields.
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>Any pointers?
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>Thanks very much!
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>John