[DUG] Dbase File Data Update

[David Moorhouse]

Hi Wallace

You need to "post" the record to make the changes permanent.

HTH

D


On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:34:56 +1300, you wrote:

>I am trying to increase a value in a dbaseIII file. When I press the Inc button, the referenced dbEdit field increases with each click. 
>
>However on exiting the program, the tblData['Jobno']  does not reflect the new value. 
>
>
>>From data module.
>
>begin
>   tblData.open;
>end;
>------------------------------------
>
>procedure TForm1.bIncClick(Sender: TObject);
>
>var iCurrJobno:integer; 
>
>begin
>    iCurrJobno:=dm.tblData['Jobno'];
>    iCurrJobno:= iCurrJobno+1;
>    dm.tblData.edit;
>    dm.tblData['Jobno'] := iCurrJobno;
>end;
>
>
>There are probably other ways of doing this, but I would like to know why this does not work. 
>
>Thanks Wallace