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Templates: Detect if Procedure is Browse or Form
2004-02-24 -- Alexander

Newsgroups: softvelocity.clarion.templates

Hi Alvin

We use this method in some of our VIVID templates.  
It appears as being OK.
Ironically the group is called %FormOrBrowse :-)
It analyses procedure tempaltes and works in c5-c6
(and maybe in c4)

Regards
Alexander
www.vividhelp.com

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#! decalrations..................................

#ATSTART
   #DECLARE(%IsForm)
  #DECLARE(%ProcType)
#ENDAT

#! group def. ..................................

#GROUP(%FormOrBrowse)
 #CLEAR(%IsForm)
 #FOR(%ActiveTemplate)
    #IF(INSTRING('RecordValidation',%ActiveTemplate,1,1))
      #SET(%IsForm,%TRUE)
      #SET(%ProcType,'Form')
      #BREAK
    #ENDIF
 #ENDFOR
 #IF(%IsForm)
 #ELSE
   #FOR(%ActiveTemplate)
      #IF(INSTRING('BrowseBox',%ActiveTemplate,1,1))
        #SET(%ProcType,'Browse')
        #BREAK
      #ENDIF
   #ENDFOR
 #ENDIF

#! calling group ...........................................
       #INSERT(%FormOrBrowse)
       #IF(%ProcType = 'Browse')
               .............................
       #ENDIF

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"Alvin"  wrote in message
news:A921.1077250650.8915@discuss.softvelocity.com...
> Hi Experts,
>
> In template writing, how do we determine whether it is a form window or a
> browse window?
>
> Currently, I m using this method for checking:
> WHERE(LEFT(%Procedure, 5) <> 'Browse')
>
> But if naming of my browse window does not starts with 'Browse..., I will
> have a problem.
>
> Thank you in advance

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