DOCERR: Help Topic "Switching Views" Is Incorrect in VFP 3.0

ID: Q156171

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b

SUMMARY

The example in the Visual FoxPro Help under "Switching Between Local and Remote Data at Run Time" has an error. Step 7 states the following incorrectly:

In the Init event code for the data environment, call the data environment's OpenTables method:
      THIS.OpenTables 

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For the example to work correctly, step 7 should be changed to the following:

In the Load event code for the form, call the data environment's OpenTables method:
      THISFORM.Dataenvironment.OpenTables 

You must also change step 8, which states the following incorrectly:

In the Init event code for the cursor, set the CursorSource property to the appropriate view, based on the setting of the user-defined form property.

For example, the following code checks the form property and accordingly sets the CursorSource to a remote or local view:
      IF THISFORM.UseRemote = .T.
         THIS.CursorSource = RemoteView
      ELSE
         THIS.CursorSource = LocalView
      ENDIF 

Change step 8 to the following:

In the OpenTables method code for the data environment, set the CursorSource property of the cursor to the appropriate view, based on the setting of the user-defined form property.

For example, the following code checks the form property and accordingly sets the CursorSource to a remote or local view:
      IF THISFORM.UseRemote = .T.
         THIS.Cursor1.CursorSource = RemoteView
      ELSE
         THIS.Cursor1.CursorSource = LocalView
      ENDIF 

NOTE: The topic "Switching Between Local and Remote Data at Run Time" does not appear in the Visual FoxPro 5.0 Help.

Additional query words: kbdsd VFoxWin

Keywords : FxtoolFormdes
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b
Platform : WINDOWS
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