>>Hello all, I need suggestions on detecting changes to my data at the form level. I want to enable Save and Revert buttons and prompt to save/revert when form looses focus. I've seen several complex solutions based on reusability and toolbars, but I just need to manage it at the form level. I always have an application object available, and am using table buffering and private data sessions.
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>>Any help greatly appriciated.
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>>Dean
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>dean, If you are using Table buffering (as opposed to record), you will need a combination of GETNEXTMODIFIED and GETFLDSTATE.
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>Changed table fields report that they have been changed to GETFLDSTATE by showing something other than a "1". To check for anychanges, use something like
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>llChanged = GETFLDSTATE(-1) <> REPLICATE("1", FCOUNT() + 1)
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>see the help for GETFLDSTATE for details.


Eric, Thanx, I looked at GetFldState before, but was thrown off by Help indicating the return value was numeric. Using str() on it was bugging out (cause it is really returning a string).

But where is the best place to implement this test? I want to enable the save/revert buttons on my form when a change occurred in a row. The user can decide to update now, or continue editing.