Yes it works <g> through the DBC.


>Check if _screen.activeform.botRoutineTest.oLastRecord is an object and have an iEngineID property :)
>Cetin
>
>>>(I have no idea about Codebook)
>>
>>Forget it, it was just for referecen <g>.
>>
>>Yipee, solved the thing... THISFORM is not valid from the DBC, _SCREEN.ACTIVEFORM is
>>
>>
>>>>_SCREEN.ACTIVEFORM.botRoutineTest.oLastRecord.iEngineID
>>
>>works wonder <bg>.
>>
>>Thanks for all your help, any pitfalls in the above solution.
>>
>>
>>>Bhavbhuti,
>>>(I have no idea about Codebook)
>>>The database objects are not part of a form. Define your NewID returning functions in DBC as stored procedures. Then it'd look like :
>>>
>>>myNewID('tablename')
>>>
>>>dbsetprop('ViewName.FieldName','Field','DefaultValue','myNewID("TableName")')
>>>
>>>Cetin
>>>
>>>>Hi Cetin I just tried you approach, first for default values. This is the default value I am putting in one field iEngineID, I want this ID to be populated with the last used value.
>>>>
>>>>THISFORM.botRoutineTest.oLastRecord.iEngineID
>>>>
>>>>I get this error:
>>>>
>>>>Object is not contained in a FORM.
>>>>
>>>>This was working well with my original logic posted of AfterNew(). The oLastRecord is a public (was protected) property.
>>>>
>>>>Any idea what I may have done wrong. I use CodeBook and this was the way I could get the last record details by SCATTERing to an object.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>OK so you want to manage from another table as metadata. How about doing your way but changing default/validation for view once at a suitable place (typically when metadata is edited and saved).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Yes
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>ie : You could do like this :
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>open data myData
>>>>>>>select metadata
>>>>>>>scan
>>>>>>>  lcViewField = trim(VievName -'.'-ViewFieldName)
>>>>>>>  DBSetProp(lcViewField,"FIELD","RuleText",FieldRuleText)
>>>>>>>  DBSetProp(lcViewField,"FIELD","RuleExpression",FieldRuleExpr)
>>>>>>>  DBSetProp(lcViewField,"FIELD","DefaultValue",FieldDefaultExpr)
>>>>>>>endscan
>>>>>>>

Cetin
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Wow that means that I can do this once (at time of reinstllation) and I can avoid unnecesary function calls.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I will try this at the soonest.
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes. Also after doing that :
>>>>>compile database DBCName && VFP6 SP3 and later
>>>>>Cetin