Putting Table Navigation Buttons on Your Form

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Setup
Property
Value
Setup
Property
Value
Property
Value
Property
Value
Xbasic Code Run by the Button2 OnPush Event
An Explanation of the Xbasic Code
Xbasic Code Run by the Button3 OnPush Event

Description

Button2 and Button3 provide convenient, on-form navigation controls for moving to the first and last records of the browse. The buttons have the following properties:

Setup
- Property
  Style
  - Value
    Bitmap only (Internal a5_top_16) (Button2) Bitmap only (Internal a5_bottom_16) (Button3)
Setup
- Property
  Border style
  - Value
    No border
- Property
  Fill Style
  - Value
    Solid
- Property
  Foreground color
  - Value
    Win3D (same as form background)

Each button calls two Xbasic functions.

Xbasic Code Run by the Button2 OnPush Event

This simple Xbasic routine retrieves and displays the first record in the table.

browse1.fetch_first()
browse1.activate()

An Explanation of the Xbasic Code

The first line causes browse1 to display the first line of the table.

browse1.fetch_first()

The second line gives focus to the browse so it can display the new data.

browse1.activate()

Xbasic Code Run by the Button3 OnPush Event

This simple Xbasic routine retrieves and displays the last record in the table.

browse1.fetch_last()
browse1.activate()

An Explanation of the Xbasic Code The first line causes browse1 to display the last line of the table.

browse1.fetch_last()

The second line gives focus to the browse so it can display the new data.

browse1.activate()