DOCUMENT:Q139524  10-FEB-2000  [foxpro]
TITLE   :How to Create a Builder to Add Tables to the Data Environment
PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbcode

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 
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SUMMARY
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Often several tables must be added to the data environment of a form. It is
possible to create a builder that allows you to select and add multiple tables
at one time.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following steps create a builder that allows the developer to select a
single .dbc file. Then a form appears containing two multiple-select list boxes.
The first list contains the names of the tables in the .dbc file, and the second
list contains the names of the views in the .dbc file.

When you click the Add to DE button, each table selected is added to the data
environment of the form.

Steps to Create Builder
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1. Create a new form.

2. Add the following new properties to the form:

      dbcName
      dbcTables[1]
      dbcViews[1]
      gaDataEnvironment[1]

3. Add the following code to the Init event of the form:

      *   Obtain an object reference to the data environment of the form in
      *   the Forms Designer
      =ASELOBJ(ThisForm.gaDataEnvironment,2)

      *   Ask the user which .dbc file should be used, cancel builder if none
      ThisForm.dbcname = GETFILE("DBC", "Select Database", "Open")
      IF EMPTY(thisForm.dbcName)
         RETURN .F.
      ENDIF

      *  Populate arrays with the names of tables and views
      OPEN DATABASE (thisForm.DBCName)
      lnTables=ADBOBJECTS(thisform.dbcTables,"TABLE")
      ThisForm.LstTables.Requery
      IF lnTables = 0
         thisform.dbcTables(1,1) = "No Tables found"
         thisform.LstTables.Enabled = .F.
      ENDIF
      lnViews=ADBOBJECTS(thisform.dbcViews,"VIEW")
      ThisForm.LstViews.Requery
       IF lnViews = 0
         thisform.dbcViews(1,1) = "No Views found"
         thisform.LstViews.Enabled = .F.
      ENDIF

4. Add two list boxes to the form. Set the following properties for the first
   list box:

      MultiSelect   = .T.
      Name          = LstTables
      RowSourceType = 5 (Array)
      RowSource     = Thisform.dbcTables

5. Set the following properties for the second list box.

      MultiSelect   = .T.
      Name          = LstViews
      RowSourceType = 5 (Array)
      RowSource     = Thisform.dbcViews

6. Add a command button to the form. Change the caption to Add to DE. Place the
   following code in its Click event:

      FOR iCnt = 1 TO THISForm.LstTables.ListCount
      IF ThisForm.LstTables.Selected(iCnt)
         lcName = PROPER(ThisForm.LstTables.ListItem(iCnt))
         IF TYPE('ThisForm.aDataEnvironment(1).&lcname') != 'O'
            ThisForm.gaDataEnvironment(1).AddObject(lcname, "Cursor")
            WITH ThisForm.gaDataEnvironment(1).&lcname.
               .Alias = lcname
               .CursorSource = lcname
               .Database = ThisForm.dbcName
            ENDWITH
         ENDIF
      ENDIF
      ENDFOR
      FOR iCnt = 1 TO THISForm.LstViews.ListCount
      IF ThisForm.LstViews.Selected(iCnt)
         lcName = PROPER(ThisForm.LstViews.ListItem(iCnt))
         IF TYPE('ThisForm.aDataEnvironment(1).&lcname') != 'O'
            ThisForm.gaDataEnvironment(1).AddObject(lcname, "Cursor")
            WITH ThisForm.gaDataEnvironment(1).&lcname.
               .Alias = lcname
               .CursorSource = lcname
               .Database = ThisForm.dbcName
            ENDWITH
         ENDIF
      ENDIF
      ENDFOR
      ThisForm.Release

7. Add a Cancel command button that contains the following line of code in its
   Click event:

      ThisForm.Release

8. Save the form as Deblder.

9. Register the builder by using one of the methods described in the Visual
   FoxPro Help file or by adding a record to the Builder.dbf file.


Because the builder is based on a form, it can easily be customized. You may want
your builder to include several common sets of data.

Additional query words: VFoxWin

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Keywords          : kbcode 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0

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