Re: Where is the parent link value?

On Thu, 5 Jul 2007, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 July 2007 2:40 am, Julian wrote:
> > i dont think you understand what im asking,
> > When theres no row, all your fields will be NULL.
> > on a linked form rekall is storing the Parent Link/Column Value
> > somewhere. Rekall uses this value for ALL NEW ROWS and attempts to insert
> > that into the child column you set up when designing the form.
> > I'm not talking about field values on row insert or updates.
> > I'm not talking about any value at all associated with the table the
> > child table.
> > I dont think it can be done..i have  a work around though.
> > Thanks anyway.
> > Jules.
>
> If I understand what you are asking, the Parent link value is stored in the
> Parent form. For instance in an Order<-->Line item Parent/Child
> relationship the order_no of the Parent form is used to fill in the
> order_no column of the Line item records for each new Order record. 

right, to get the value i use the getOpener() function to get the value i want 
from the parent form. Does the job.

> The relationship information is stored as attributes of child Block. If you
> right click on the child Block in design mode and select Block properties
> the Parent and Child columns will be listed under the Data heading.
yes

Jules.