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How can I create a method like Page.SetTableView(var Record: Record)?

It is possible to pass record of any table to this method.

Signature like

procedure DoSomething(anyRec:Variant)

is not suitable, becase in this case we can pass any type (Record, Integer, Date).

Example:

procedure DoSomethingWithRecords()
var
    c:Record Customer;
    i: Record Item;
begin
//...
    i.FindFirst();
   c.FindFirst();
//...
    DoSomething(i);  //ok
    DoSomething(c);  // ok
    DoSomething(1); // should not be possible to compile (rise AL0133)
end;

What signature should be correct for the method DoSomething in this case?

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Inge M. Bruvik 1,021 Moderator on at

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RE: Pass any record as a parameter to procedure

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Inge M. Bruvik, Teddy Herryanto

Thanks for your answers, recordref is a helpfull workaround like a variant.

But it is not the answer.

To be honest I don't know why this question is so difficult. =(

We already have the method "Page.SetRecord" in the core, but nobody can explain how it works.

This method does not use variant or recordref, this method accepts any record and only record.

Just look on this example:

procedure Example()

var

somePage: Page "Customer Card";

rec1: Record Customer;

rec2: Record Item;

rec3: Record "Incoming Document";

begin

somePage.SetRecord(rec1);

somePage.SetRecord(rec2);

somePage.SetRecord(rec3);

end;

All three lines are correct. It does not require any specific table we can pass any.

And this code will be successfully compiled.
[/quote]

The example you should does not accept any record. It only accept record of the type Customer with any filter applied to it. And that is no problem to get working as long as you know what record type you send.

In the function you only have to declare t he record parameter as VAR.

procedure customer (var customer: Record Customer)

begin

end;

But if you do not know what kind of record you will pass to the function then you will have to use record ref.
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RE: Pass any record as a parameter to procedure

Inge M. Bruvik, Teddy Herryanto

Thanks for your answers, recordref is a helpfull workaround like a variant.

But it is not the answer.

To be honest I don't know why this question is so difficult. =(

We already have the method "Page.SetRecord" in the core, but nobody can explain how it works.

This method does not use variant or recordref, this method accepts any record and only record.

Just look on this example:

procedure Example()

var

somePage: Page "Customer Card";

rec1: Record Customer;

rec2: Record Item;

rec3: Record "Incoming Document";

begin

somePage.SetRecord(rec1);

somePage.SetRecord(rec2);

somePage.SetRecord(rec3);

end;

All three lines are correct. It does not require any specific table we can pass any.

And this code will be successfully compiled.
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RE: Pass any record as a parameter to procedure

Hi, I know this might not be a great example, but hopefully it gives you some inspiration.

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page 50100 MyPage { PageType = Card; ApplicationArea = All; UsageCategory = Administration; layout { area(Content) { group(GroupName) { field(TableID; TableID) { ApplicationArea = All; TableRelation = AllObjWithCaption."Object ID" where("Object Type" = filter('Table')); } } } } actions { area(Processing) { action(ActionName) { ApplicationArea = All; trigger OnAction() var RecRef: RecordRef; begin RecRef.Open(TableID); MyProcedure(RecRef); end; } } } var TableID: Integer; local procedure MyProcedure(RecRef: RecordRef) var MyFieldRef: FieldRef; begin MyFieldRef := RecRef.Field(1); if RecRef.FindSet() then Message(MyFieldRef.Value); end; }

Thanks.

ZHU
Teddy Herryanto (Th... 13,474 Moderator on at

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RE: Pass any record as a parameter to procedure

Use RecordRef as your parameter. You can retrieve any tables using it.
Inge M. Bruvik 1,021 Moderator on at

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RE: Pass any record as a parameter to procedure

If i understand your question correctly then i think the recordref datatype is what you are looking for.

The recordref can be used to pass any record to a procedure

docs.microsoft.com/.../recordref-data-type
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RE: Pass any record as a parameter to procedure

Unfortuantely, this answer is absolutely unsuitable. You did not get the question at all.

Firts of all, your method DoSomething uses 2 arguments what is already wrong.

Second, you specified tables, what is also wrong. One method should be able to process any record (customer, item, company, whatever, etc). No one table must be specified.

Check how the mentioned method works docs.microsoft.com/.../page-settableview-method.

You can pass every record to it.
Vaishnavi J 3,058 on at

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RE: Pass any record as a parameter to procedure

Hi,

You can write the above logic in this way.

//Creating a procedure which takes two references.

local procedure DoSomething(var Rec_Customer: Record Customer; var Rec_Item: Record Item)

begin

Message('The first customer name is %1', Rec_Customer.Name);

Message('this first item name is %1', Rec_Item.Description);

end;

// How can you call the above procedure.

1. You can call in using an action button click.

action("Accept Order")

{

ApplicationArea = All;

trigger OnAction()

var

c: Record Customer;

i: Record Item;

begin

i.FindFirst();

c.FindFirst();

DoSomething(c, i); // You need to pass two refrences as you have created procedure which takes two value. if you want seperate procedure which does different things then create a sperate procedure and take one record as parameter.

end;

}

2. Or you can call using a field validation.

field(SOStatus; rec.SOStatus)

{

ApplicationArea = All;

ToolTip = 'Sales Order Status';

Editable = true;

trigger OnValidate()

var

c: Record Customer;

i: Record Item;

begin

c.FindFirst();

i.FindFirst();

DoSomething(c, i);

end;

}

3. Or you can call your procedure in some other procedure.

procedure DoSomethingWithRecords()
var
c:Record Customer;
i: Record Item;
begin

i.FindFirst();
c.FindFirst();
DoSomething(c, i)
end;

If my answer was helpful to you, please verify it so that other users know it worked. Thank you very much