Re: Cannot post record out of range

Jim,

Thank You. Your response got me off dead center, but I'm still grumbling. I
added a postrecord() to one of the fields in the header file, which at first
got the same error message. Then I tried a few other combinations (going
into and out of edit mode, adding a button to post the header record that
didn't work, etc.), and suddenly, I had a form that worked. Unfortunately,
in my irritation, I lost track of the exact changes, and I don't know why the
form works. I cannot reproduce the success if I start with a new copy of the
form that produces the error message. The only change in the form that I can
see is a postrecord command on change in value of one of the header fields.

I've been programming on a variety of systems for longer than I care to admit,
and this is as strange a problem as I've come across in a long time,
especially when I remember that the system has been in use for several years,
and there never has been a postrecord in the form until now. At this point,
I don't trust that the working copy of the form will continue to work.

With all that said, each form when it is opened starts out displaying a
different record. I do not see where in the form definition that record Id
is stored or how to change it. Could you explain where I can see or change
that information?

Jim Moseley wrote:
bheavilin,

Your problem is that the record at the top half of the screen hasn't been
posted when you jump to the record at the bottom half. The 'range' is built
into your form's data model - the bottom record is dependant on the top record.

You've got 2 options:
1. When you create the top record, also create a bottom record by default
with matching master keys.
2. When you arrive on the bottom record, first issue a postRecord() on the
top record. This should pre-format the bottom record's keys.

HTH,
Jim Moseley

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