rclerk @once

[Laura Brody]

Yes, you have my permission. Thank you for asking first.

Laura Brody

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 4:14 PM, Scott Walker via Filepro-list <
filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:

> Brian,
>
> According to Laura's Quick Reference Guide for filePro version 5.0 2nd
> edition
>
> @ONCE processing does come before @MENU and @UPDATE
>
> She has a great Inquire/Update/Add flowchart showing the order of things
> getting executed.
>
> If Laura gives me permission I would be glad to scan it and post it here,
> but I would need her permission.
>
> Her Quick Reference Guide is worth is weight in gold.
>
>
> By the way,  thanks so much for your post about the libtermcap.so.2 you
> use.
> It very much helped me today.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Scott Walker
> scottwalker1956 at gmail.com
>
>
>
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> On Behalf Of Brian K. White via Filepro-list
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 3:05 PM
> To: filePro Mailing List <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> Subject: rclerk @once
>
>
> 5.0.14
> Is it clearly described anywhere exactly what order the various @once @menu
> @update etc happen?
>
> All these years I have been working on the assumption that I could trust
> that no matter what else happens, @once absolutely always happens, and
> always happens first.
>
> I use it to initialize variables and rand("-1")
>
> Today I discover that isn't guaranteed after all.
>
> I have a table (someone else wrote) that runs in rclerk, non-interactively
> in a cgi.
>
> The table had both @menu and @update, and I just tried add an @once, and
> discover that the @once is not being executed.
>
> The @menu contains a "lookup -" followed by pushkey "U"
>
> The bulk of the table is actually all IN the @update
>
> Is it just that @menu or @update or both come before @once?
>
> --
> bkw
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