getautonumber
getautonumber
VARIABLE

The getautonumber statement returns the automatically generated number for the next record that will be added to the database.

Parameters

This statement has one parameter:

variable – variable that will contain the number.

Description

Panorama can automatically number new records as they are added to the database. This statement allows a procedure to find out what the next number will be. The next number can be changed with the setautonumber statement. This example skips autonumbering ahead by 100:

    local xNumber
    getautonumber xNumber
    setautonumber xNumber+100

Note: This statement is obsolete, and should not be used in new applications. Use the getautonumber( function instead.

See Also

- getautonumber( -- returns the automatically generated number for the next record that will be added to the database.
- setautonumber -- changes the automatically generated number for the next record that will be added to database. This allows you to generate numbers out of sequence, or to start the sequence at a specific value.
- setdatabaseoptions -- modifies one or more properties of a database.

History

Version | Status | Notes
10.0 | No Change | Carried over from Panorama 6.0.