Adding programatic data to reports

[rjmiller]

NT v6.14/CW 8

I have tried to programmatically assign values to local variables that are displayed in reports with strange results.  For instance a local string in the detail seems to also show up in the header.  Why is this?

Also, where would I find the docs for methods/properties such as p_web.getvalue/setvalue, etc?

Thanks.

[bruce2]

Hard to comment on reasons without seeing either the code you are using to assign local variables or the rest it is going into.

There's no direct docs for the class methods, however many of the common methods are mentioned in the docs and. Book, in the context where they are useful.

Cheers
Bruce

[rjmiller]

How dated has the book become with the release of NT v6?  I really need something documenting the properties and methods.  I am starting to believe that I am missing a very basic concept.  I have been using CW since it was born and Clarion since it required a dongle sticking out of the back of the computer (obviously not with your sophistication and facility) but some of my "normal" approaches don't result in the expected response from the application.  Can you aim me somewhere so I don't become a fixture in this group?

Thanks.

[Bruce]

>> How dated has the book become with the release of NT v6?

Not much at all. It's dated in the sense that it doesn't cover everything that's available, then again it doesn't cover everything that is in NT5 either.

It's designed as a "tutorial" - so getting you familiar with the environment - what all the terminology actually means, how it all fits together and so on. If you feel like you're not understanding the big picture then I strongly recommend this as a place to start.

just like going from Dos to Windows was a change, and some stuff had to be unlearned, so Windows to Web is also a change (but a much bigger one) and the key is in identifying "how it works". the templates do a good job of presenting the familiar Clarion paradigm, but under the hood things are really quite different.

cheers
Bruce

[rjmiller]

Thanks, will go to book.

One last... memory based netwebform... the fields are created as session variable to use in other procedures?

[bruce2]

Yes, exactly.