New record trigger

[Jay Ashworth]

Number 3 is the most likely possibility, though, they should understand from context that this will only happen on new records. I think the other two unlikely, but will double check. I just wanted to confirm that I remembered the idiom correctly. And I believe you've said that I did.

On March 19, 2015 4:41:04 PM EDT, Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at spamcop.net> wrote:
>On 3/19/2015 4:18 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
>>> "DDW".
>>
>> To wit:
>>
>> :@cd eq "":msgbox "Student ID^A"<41:
>>
>> That should pop a message box after I hit SAVE on a new record, if I
>understand
>> you properly.
>>
>> I am told that it did not.
>
>Try a simple test.  Create a 1-line prc:
>
>     If: @CD eq ""
>   Then: mesgbox "This is a new record."
>
>Try it.
>
>When you see that that works, then you'll need to examine the user's 
>processing to see why it's not working there.
>
>Is it in "normal" input processing?  (As opposed to, say, automatic or
>in 
>@entsel, for example.)
>
>Do they have a WRITE in processing which is executed prior to the @CD
>test?
>
>Are they actually creating a new record, rather than updating an
>existing one?
>
>Something else entirely?
>
>-- 
>Kenneth Brody

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