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table.RECORD_TO_VARS Function

Syntax

V table.record_to_vars(P vars [,L flagTrimTrailingSpaces ])

Arguments

vars

Pointer variable that is populated with the values of the current record's fields.

flagTrimTrailingSpaces

Specify if trailing spaces in each field should be trimmed. Default value is .t..

Description

convert a record to a set of variables in vars

Discussion

The <TBL>.RECORD_TO_VARS() method populates the Vars pointer variable with the values of the current record's fields.

Example

This example lists field names and the values in the current record.

dim vars as P
dim tbl as P
tbl = table.open("customer")
tbl.record_to_vars(vars)
? vars
= firstname = "Aaron"
lastname = "Brown "
....

This more complex example retrieves the field names and values of the current record, then generates the appropriate DIM statements for each variable. First, get the data from the current record. Note, you must dim myptr in the same scope that you are passing into the function, otherwise you will have two different myptr variables in different scopes. In this case myptr is local and the call to GetFieldnamesToPointers() leaves the scope parameter blank.

dim myptr as P
dim cResult as C
dim tbl as P
tbl = table.open("customer")
tbl.record_to_vars(myptr)

Next, generate the code that will dim the variables.

cResult = GetFieldnamesToPointers("customer", myptr, "")
IF cResult = ""
    ' success   showvar(properties_enum(myptr))
ELSE
    ui_msg_box("Error occurred", cResult)
END IF

This function calls GenerateDIMLine for each variable.

FUNCTION GetFieldnamesToPointers as C (TableName as C, ptr as P, Scope = "Shared")
    DIM code as C
    DIM fldlist as C
    DIM cResult as C
    fldlist = table.EXTERNAL_FIELD_NAME_GET(TableName, "N|t|T")
    code = *for_each(tag, GenerateDIMLine(word(tag,1,"|"), word(tag,2,"|"), word(tag,3,"|"), Scope), fldlist)
    cResult = evaluate_template(code)
END FUNCTION

This function creates the DIM statement for each variable.

FUNCTION GenerateDIMLine as C ( Name as C , ShortType as C, LongType as C, Scope as C )
    DIM cResult as C
    IF LongType = "Memo"
       ShortType = "C"
    END IF
    
    IF .NOT. inlist(ShortType, "A", "C", "D", "N", "L", "T", "Y")
       ShortType = "B"
    END IF
    cResult = "DIM "+Scope+" ptr." + Name + " as " + ShortType    
    GenerateDIMLine = cResult
END FUNCTION

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