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Merging list losing smart properties
Hi, I have this small library that merges two lists and then saves the changes with the command $dowork. To do this I click on the save button to assign the list property to a smartlist then merge the 2 lists then run iDataList.$dowork. The merge is successful but the smartlist property is set to kFalse and the kRowInsert status is also false. Therefore the $dowork fails. Any help please? ~ Martin.
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Martin,
I think it is because you are joining the list. That might destroy the $smartlist. I wonder why you are not simply using the import list instead?
Alternatively you could use a $sendall instead:
Do iDataList.$clear()
Do iDataList.$smartlist.$assign(kTrue)
Do iImportList.$sendall(iDataList.$add().$assignrow($sendallref))
Do iDataList.$dowork()
But – it is confusing for me that you are actually calling this method from the popup form – but you are not passing the list as a parameter from the popup form into the method that suppose to store this. Why not saving the data directly within the popup form instead calling a method in the main form?
Best,
Andreas
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Hi Andreas,
I call the main form from the subform so as to redefine the iImportList from the iDataList by merging them. Though, I see the reasoning why I should not simply $dowork from the subform makes perfect sense.
Martin.
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Martin,
Talking about importing data you might be interested in those technical notes:
https://www.omnis.net/developers/resources/technotes/tnls0002.jsp
https://www.omnis.net/developers/resources/technotes/tnjs0011.jsp
Best and Happy New Year!
Andreas
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Omnis Technical Notes - Importing a CSV file into a list
Omnis Technical Notes - Importing a CSV file into a list
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Happy New Year, Andreas!
Thank you for the additional information. I will go through the notes and see how to incorporate them in my training app.
Martin.
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