How to deselect everything on a window?

[Sandy R]

I need to deselect everything on a window. I need this because I'm popping up a new window with some editing controls and I get an error that the record can't be modified because it is being modified in another window (the original one). However if by hand I click on an empty area of the orignal window..and then pop up the new one...I can edit the fields. So I need to programmatically deselect everything. Help! ..thanks...Sandy

[LaRetta]

Yes. Commit Record/Request

[Fenton]

Commit Record. Very important step, especially in 7. Whenever you have "opened" a record(s) in a script, whenever you've set or edited a field, it's a good idea to put this step afterwards (only once; unless you open it again). As you've discovered, leaving a record open can block you if you're trying to work in multiple windows. It does the same to multiple users on a network.

[Sandy R]

Thanks!! Works like a champ....gotta love this forum!

Sandy

[Jarvis]

LaRetta & Fenton,

Thanks for that tip about Committing the record.

I have scripts that include several GO TO LAYOUT commands.

Periodically I would encounter the same roadblock Sandy described.

Did I read you to say it would be useful to include the COMMIT RECORDS at the end of each script that ends up opening a record?

Jarvis

[LaRetta]

Hi Jarvis,

I still stumble on this one. I get it mostly when I open a new window to the same data set. If when clicking a button, the script won't activate, it usually means I didn't exit a field (de-select). I don't think a simple layout switch is a problem if it stays in the same window. I find myself adding this script step more and more, but I have no specific list of when it is appropriate. It would be nice to accumulate one.

[micshrp]

I've had a similar problem and now I've inserted the Commit Record/Request step. However, I'm unsure if this has remedied the problem yet or not. The error where the record can't be modified because it is being modified in another window did not always occur. It seemed to happen at random and I'm unsure why. Hopefully the commit step will take care of the problem. Otherwise I'm not sure of another work around.

Is anyone able to explain the error of not being able to modify a record because it is being modified in another window, i.e., why does it occur at random?

[micshrp]

I've had a similar problem and now I've inserted the Commit Record/Request step. However, I'm unsure if this has remedied the problem yet or not. The error where the record can't be modified because it is being modified in another window did not always occur. It seemed to happen at random and I'm unsure why. Hopefully the commit step will take care of the problem. Otherwise I'm not sure of another work around.

Is anyone able to explain the error of not being able to modify a record because it is being modified in another window, i.e., why does it occur at random?

[micshrp]

I've had a similar problem and now I've inserted the Commit Record/Request step. However, I'm unsure if this has remedied the problem yet or not. The error where the record can't be modified because it is being modified in another window did not always occur. It seemed to happen at random and I'm unsure why. Hopefully the commit step will take care of the problem. Otherwise I'm not sure of another work around.

Is anyone able to explain the error of not being able to modify a record because it is being modified in another window, i.e., why does it occur at random?