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Add method if current order tag has Filter
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Visual FoxPro
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Classes - VCX
Miscellaneous
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00380354
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>Hi Michelle,
>
> That's a quickest response, I've ever saw :) I don't think, this is an

Correction: I've ever seen or I ever saw. Sorry about it :(

applicable idea. This is an Add method of our BaseForm, so it would be:
>1) tough to implement it
>2) not sure, that it's what our users want.
>
>When they hit an Add button, they want to add a new blank record, not necesseraly (? really missed SpellCheck) a new record, which would satisfy filter criteria. Therefore, I think, I'd rather SET ORDER TO and may be reset it back, after this record would be saved (though it would require the new Form property - CurrentTag :().
>
>BTW, how do you handle this problem in your applications (I suppose, you use some sort of framework with navigation buttons, right?)?
>
>>If you have a filter, then a blank record is likely not meeting the criteria of that filter, and therefore not showing up. You could use INSERT INTO instead and pre-fill it with values that match the filter.
>>
>>Michelle
>>
>>
>>>Hi everyone,
>>>
>>>Today I noticed this problem: if I have table buffering and I set order to a tag, which has not empty Filter expression, when I hit Add button (Add method - APPEND BLANK), it doesn't show me a new empty record, but picks up the content of current record instead.
>>>
>>> Therefore, my questions are:
>>> 1) Do you notice this behavior before?
>>> 2) How does your framework handle this problem?
>>>
>>> I may think about this possible solution:
>>> Before APPEND BLANK check the current index filter expression and if it's not blank SET ORDER TO. But there could by other ways to handle this problem.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
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