Kbase P11678: getNewRecord results in errors 87 and 5729
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
3/18/2003 |
|
Status: Unverified
FACT(s) (Environment):
Progress 9.1D
SYMPTOM(s):
getNewRecord results in errors 87 and 5729 when used with IF statement:
IF DYNAMIC-FUNCTION('getNewRecord':U) THEN
** Input value: Add should be yes
o. (87)
Incompatible datatypes found during runtime conversion. (5729)
CAUSE:
getNewRecord returns a character variable with a value of "Add", "Copy", or "No". You cannot test a character variable for a logical value (TRUE/FALSE) in this way.
FIX:
Replace the IF statement with something like:
IF DYNAMIC-FUNCTION('getNewRecord':U) = "Add" THEN