gosub and lookup in browse drop processing

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> When using a browse lookup with xkey=x and prc=label, if doing another
> gosub and lookup to the same file in that label, the xkey=x is ignored,
> and other records in the lookup file are shown.  There are different
> handles to each lookup since it is the same file, but using a different
> index.
> 
> I believe this worked under pre 5.0.9 versions, but I no longer have
> those running anywhere.  Does anyone use this technique, and have it work?
> 
> Scott

I do this a lot but always use the same handle (alias).  My preference
though is to grab the record # of the record I want to do the lookup to and
use that.  I found that this insures getting the proper record in case the
key is multi-field.  i.e. order # & line #.

This technique has worked as far back as 4.0 but I may have used it in 3.0.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting
rkreiss at gccconsulting.net