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Article #42Re: Data-aware edit field
From: Stephen Moran
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 00:00
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The dbEdit's Field has to have its value set. Table.Post after setting the dbEdit's Text should do it. Marc Scheuner wrote: > > Folks > > I have a non-visible component that "attaches" to two edit fields and > provides a means of displaying a code in one of the edit fields, and > the corresponding description in the other edit field (by means of a > lookup table). This works nicely with TEdit fields. > > But, when I have a TDBEdit field, the component seems to work alright: > if I enter a valid code in the code DBedit field, the full text DBedit > field gets updated with the corresponding description that belongs to > that code, but if I tab into the full text DBedit field, I get the > value stored on the underlying table again, instead of the new value. > > What's wrong? I am setting the new values of the DBedit fields by > assigning new values to their .Text properties, I was expecting that > this should be enough to get the field value updated (but obviously > it's not enough). > > Any hints? Thanks in advance! > Marc > > ====================================================================== > [ Marc Scheuner, marc.scheuner@berner.ch CH-3001 BERNE, Switzerland ] > ====================================================================== -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Steve Moran, Flying Objects Ltd, London. | | Custom-made Computer Programs. Email: flyingobjects@hotmail.com | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
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