NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/database/7861

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From: [e-mail] (John A. Ternent)
Subject: R:Base 3.1 : Variables outside a region?
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Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 22:44:33 GMT
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Hi, all.

I am writing an application in R:Base 3.1 (PC) and have run into an
annoying problem. I have a form in which I need to have a tier for
the user to enter some information. However, I would like to have some
variables (the user's name, the date, number of hours worked) which
are either passed in or looked up on the top half of the screen.
Unfortunately, it seems that for R:Base, either all the fields to
be duplicated must be in the region, or the variables must belong
to another table. So I created a dummy table to hold the variables,
but then R:Base said that they had to have a column in common. So
I set up a common column, but now a null row gets inserted every
time I press <Enter> to get rid of the pesky "No editable data in
this table" message. So, I tried to set the table so that you couldn't
enter information, and R:Base choked when I tried to ENTER USING that
form (can't be used for ENTER). There has to be an easier way of doing
this! If anyone has any suggestions on 1) entering variables outside
a region, 2) preventing R:Base from entering null rows, or 3) Avoiding
the "No editable data" problem, I would _really_ appreciate a note.
Please e-mail me directly and, if anyone is interested, I can post
a summary to the group.

Thanks in advance,

John Ternent
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