new problem with FORM...(helllllp!!!) :)

Brian K. White brian at aljex.com
Wed Jul 11 23:48:51 PDT 2007


>> I suggested you pay specific attention to whether the form(m) commands 
>> were
>> actually reached, and how often, by either msgbox or debug or both, which
>> you did, and which in fact showed you that there was an ordinary logic
>> problem and not a mysterious form(m) problem.
>
> Actually, there was (for me) a "mysterious form problem" in that I 
> had -no-
> idea that END flushes a page of form out, resulting in the last one.  From
> my perspective, that's arcane at first glance, although debatably it makes
> sense and I can see why it would do it that way.  I'll agree it's arguably
> a logic bug and not a problem -with- the command, just an idiosyncracy of
> the command.

Hm, yeah. I guess rather than either a mysterious form/formm problem or an 
ordinary logic problem, I'd say it's fair to call it a mysterious end vs 
exit problem.

I would expect an exit to take care of all pending closes and flushes.
What excuse could there be for not?

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