Description
The CustomEdit event is executed before the data record is updated in the database. It is designed to replace the standard Edit procedure.
Use it when you do not want record to be updated in the table in question.
Syntax
CustomEdit(values, where, oldvalues, keys, error, inline, pageObject)
Arguments
Note: Field names are case-sensitive. If the field name is PlayerId, you should use values("PlayerId"). Note that values("playerid") or values("PlayerID") will not work.
Note: If the field was assigned an alias in the SQL query, then the values array will get the alias instead of the field name from the database.
E.g., if you have an SQL query SELECT salesrep_id AS Inv_Salesrep ..., you should use values["Inv_Salesrep"].
values
an array of values to be written to the database. To access a specific field value, use values("FieldName").
where
WHERE clause that points to the edited record. Example: ID=19.
oldvalues
array with existing field values. To access a specific column value, use oldvalues["FieldName"].
keys
an array of key column values that point to the edited record. To access a specific key column, use keys["KeyFieldName"].
error
place the message to be displayed into this variable.
inline
equals to '1' for the Inline Edit, '0' otherwise.
pageObject
an object representing the current page. For more information, see RunnerPage class.
Return value
True: if you want the application to handle updating the record.
False: if you have updated the record with your code.
Applies to pages
Edit, Inline Edit.
Example
Lets consider the situation when records are never edited directly in the main table (e.g. Cars).
Instead, records are added to the temporary TempCars table and then moved to the main Cars table once approved by admin.
In this case the following code in the CustomAdd event will do the job:
dal.Table("TempCars").Value("make")=values("make")
dal.Table("TempCars").Value("model")=values("model")
dal.Table("TempCars").Value("yearOfMake")=values("yes")
dal.Table("TempCars").Add()
CustomAdd=false
See also:
•How to control Inline Add/Edit functionality from script
•Javascript API: InlineRow object
