[Gambas-user] Behaviour of built-in buttons of DataBrowser

[Doug Hutcheson]

On Sun, 2018-01-14 at 12:50 -0500, T Lee Davidson wrote:
> On 01/13/2018 09:46 PM, Doug Hutcheson wrote:
> > At present I am having issues with the DataBrowser as follows:
> > 
> > 1. Form freezes when ‘Enter’ is pressed in last row of data.
> 
> Confirmed. On a MySQL table, I get an "Out of bounds" error.
> 
> 
> > 2. 'Editable’ DataBrowser reports numerous null objects when
> > opening a larger PostgreSQL table.
> 
> Cannot confirm. Works fine on a MySQL table.
> 
> 
> > 3. Attempt to delete from non-editable DataBrowser using a
> > PostgreSQL table throws errors and locks form.
> 
> Works on a MySQL table, to my surprise. I incorrectly assumed that
> setting Editable=False would prevent any modification of the
> table. Not so. Setting Editable=True has the effect of allowing rows
> to be edited in-line.
> 
> 
> > 4. “New” button seems inoperative.
> > This one I m sure is due to my lack of understanding, but I can't
> > work it out.
> > Explanation:
> >  - If the DataBrowser control ‘Editable’ property is ‘False’,
> > clicking the “New” button does not open a new row to edit.
> > 
> >  - If the DataBrowser control ‘Editable’ property is ‘True’, a new
> > row is always available to edit and clicking the “New” button does
> > not change this.
> > 
> > I expected the behaviour would be to toggle between presenting a
> > new row and not presenting a new row.
> 
> I would expect the same behaviour as you, but I get the very
> behaviour you describe. Clicking the New button does have the
> effect of navigating to the new row but does not highlight it to
> indicate it as the active row.
> 
Hi Lee.
Thanks very much for checking my work. I am glad to know it is not just
me.    "8-)
Cheers,
Doug
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