UPDATE (Was Re: Bad User)

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 01:25:17PM -0400, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> "Jay R. Ashworth" wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 10:12:43AM -0700, Steven Waters wrote:
> > > I have a user that keeps messing up one of our
> > > files. Is there a way to keep this user from updating
> > > for example;
> > >
> > > @keyU if      username eq "Bad"
> > >       then    end
> > 
> > I believe you need to do
> > 
> > @keyu:::
> > :username eq "bad":end:
> > ::update:
> > 
> > Update never returns, right guys?
> 
> Wrong use of "update":

Yeah.

I was close... :-)

> > The UPDATE command puts the user into update mode automatically and/or
> > conditionally from automatic processing. In effect, it presses "U" for
> > the user.
> 
> You want "screen", probably followed by a goto to the first line, to make
> sure that "normal" processing takes place upon saving the record.
> 
> Also, if there isn't currently any @keyU processing, I would suggest using
> @UPDATE instead:
> 
>     @update  If:  username = "bad"
>            Then:  errorbox "Sorry." ; end
>              If:
>            Then:  screen ; goto TheTop  '  "TheTop" is the label of line 1

Assumeing his filePro is new enough; when did @UPDATE happen?  4.8?

Cheers,
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