DataDictionary on run-time

rbuser

There is (or was) a Tech tip that shows how to implement an app that allows
the user to update datadictionary in run time instead of design time. I
changed my machine and now my Outlook Express doesn't show it and I don't
want to fight with it (I'm Lotus Notes user for e-mail)

Can somebody point me to a .zip or something similar?

Thanks in advance

Eduardo Martinez

rbuser

Here are some instructions posted some time back. You have to clear
the dictionary cache.

uses
daMetaDataManager;

gMetaDataManager.Clear;


This didn't quite work for me, until I saw another post suggesting to
close and re-open the table/field datasets and pipelines.

So after programmatically changing the underlying tables or views for
the dictionary:

tblTable.Close;
tblField.Close;
plTable.Close;
plField.Close;
gMetaDataManager.Clear;

then re-open the components closed before creating the cache and you
should be all set.

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Bob McClintock

nardmoseley

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Tech Tip: Using the DataDictionary Builder at Run-time
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Is it possible to run the DataDictionary Builder at run-time?

Example:


uses
daDataDictionaryBuilder;


procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
lForm: TdaDataDictionaryBuilderForm;

begin
lForm := TdaDataDictionaryBuilderForm.Create(Application);
lForm.DataDictionary := ppDataDictionary1;

if lForm.ValidSettings then
lForm.ShowModal
else
ShowMessage(lForm.ErrorMessage);

lForm.Free;
end;


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Nard Moseley
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rbuser

Thanks a lot to both!!

Best regards

Eduardo Martinez