Try TIB_Dataset.AfterScroll

Regards,

At 05:06 05.03.2001, you wrote:

>THANK YOU, HELEN, that was just the information I needed!
>
>One last thing though. My last question was related to scrolling
>through the grid... as I move through the grid from record to record,
>what event would be best used to obtain data from each record as it
>becomes selected, so that I can display that data (timestamp data,
>last editor, etc.) on the statusbar?
>
>
>--- In IBObjects@y..., Helen Borrie <helebor@w...> wrote:
> > At 07:49 AM 04-03-01 -0600, you wrote:
> > >I am a newbie to IBObjects, but have purchased "Getting Started"
>and looked at the tutorials and manuals, and can't figure this one
>out.
> > >
> > >I've placed a TIB_Grid on a form and linked it to a TIB_Query and
>TIB_DataSource, also placed on the form. The query runs against a
>single table with 4 fields (it is a lookup table for several tables
>in the database) and is SELECT *. I indicated the single key field
>("ID") in the KeyLinks list. Since it is a generator field, I also
>indicated it in the GeneratorLinks field as "ID=BA_ID" (BA_ID is the
>name of the generator). I did not indicate any additional SQL.
> >
> > Good so far.
> >
> >
> > >I then placed a TIB_Navigator bar and TIB_Update bar on the form,
>and linked them to the same TIB_DataSource.
> > >
> > >1) In order to make the TIB_Update bar work for anything other
>than adding records (edit, delete), I had to set RequestLive to
>true. Your support documents seem to indicate that this step is
>unnecessary.
> >
> > Oh, I hope not! Setting Requestlive true is the way to tell IBO
>that you want...well...a live query! No query on a client/server
>database is ever actually "live", the way a TTable over Paradox is,
>for example. A lot of the time, you don't want a live query but,
>when you do, setting RequestLive tells IBO to go ahead and just "do
>the obvious" when requested to insert, update or delete.
> >
> > You can also get "live" queries on joined and unioned datasets in
>IBO; or even use the data in the dataset to perform updates,
>inserts, etc. on a different table. The UpdateSQL properties
>(EditSQL, DeleteSQL and InsertSQL) are there for that...meaning you
>can completely customise your data manipulation (DML is the tag term
>for all that stuff.)
> >
> > >2) When I set RequestLive to true and run the application,
>everything appears to work fine, except I can't delete the records I
>add in that "session."
> >
> > That's right...but it's not that you can't delete rows added in the
>same session. You need to commit the *transaction* in which the rows
>were inserted because, until you do, they don't get written to the
>database and therefore they don't exist to be deleted. Use the
>Isolation setting tiCommitted and CommitRetaining to keep the current
>cursor open. After a Refresh, you will have no problem deleting the
>rows you added.
> >
> > If you don't want to take explicit control of your transactions,
>set Autocommit to True on your ib_transaction - then the DML will
>commit when you Post it.
> >
> > > Yet, if I close the form and then re-open it, I am then able to
>delete the record.
> >
> > Well, yes, but this isn't what you wanna do, is it?
> >
> > >EXCEPT, the generated ID for the record I added in the previous
>session is always 1 more than it had been at the time of insert!!
>How is this additional increment getting called?
> >
> > GeneratorLinks fires the generator and fetches the latest number
>back into your app. I'll bet you have a before insert trigger on the
>table, that doesn't check first for a non-null value in the inserted
>DML.
> >
> > It should be
> >
> > create trigger bi_MyTable for MyTable
> > active before insert
> > as
> > begin
> > if (new.id is null) then
> > new.id = Gen_ID (myGenerator, 1);
> > end
> >
> >
> > >3) What event is thrown when the user changes records in the
>grid? I want to put the TIB_Query and TIB_DataSource in a
>datamodule, but need to update the form's statusbar with data from a
>field from each record (the last update timestamp, last editor, etc.)
> >
> > There are dozens of events! Have a look at AfterUpdate.
> >
> > \cheers,
> > Helen
> >
> > All for Open and Open for All
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> > _______________________________________________________

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--Chris