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<DIV><FONT size=2>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.
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<DIV><FONT size=2>However on exiting the program, the tblData['Jobno']
does not reflect the new value. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>From data module.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>begin<BR> tblData.open;<BR>end;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>procedure TForm1.bIncClick(Sender: TObject);</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>var iCurrJobno:integer; </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>begin<BR>
iCurrJobno:=dm.tblData['Jobno'];<BR> iCurrJobno:=
iCurrJobno+1;<BR> dm.tblData.edit;<BR>
dm.tblData['Jobno'] := iCurrJobno;<BR>end;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>There are probably other ways of doing this, but I would like
to know why this does not work. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks Wallace</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>