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QUESTION:
I pretty often augment the Request_Find procedure in a DDO to do some other things. For instance:
// Request_Find
Procedure Request_Find Integer iFindMode Integer iFile Integer iIndex
Forward Send Request_Find iFindMode iFile iIndex
Send DoSomethingElse
End_Procedure // Request_Find
However, in Data_Set.pkg the FOUND indicator is queried after the find. If it is false, a FindByRowID is sent to refind the original record. But because of this, the global buffer was cleared and this caused an unwanted side-effect in my program.
So my question is: Am I supposed to reset the FOUND indicator in each and every Request_Find procedure I augment?
ANSWER:
Request_find in DDs must return the found indicator to indicate if a find worked or not.
So, yes, if you are augmenting Request_Find and "DoSomethingElse" might change the indicator, you will need to maintain (save and restore) the Found indicator as in the example below:
// Request_Find
Procedure Request_Find Integer iFindMode Integer iFile Integer iIndex
Forward Send Request_Find iFindMode iFile iIndex
Boolean bFound
Move (Found) to bFound
Send DoSomethingElse
Indicate Found as (bFound)
End_Procedure // Request_Find
Contributed By:
John Tuohy
Company: Data Access Worldwide
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