setactivedatabase
DATABASE
The setactivedatabase statement makes a database active (without changing the configuration of the windows).
Parameters
This statement has one parameter:
database – is the exact name of the database that is to be made active. This must be a database that is currently open. If the database name is "", the database associated with the currently active window will be made active.
Description
This statement will make a database active, but does not change the currently active window. This allows you to perform operations on a database that is currently in the background as far as the current window arrangement is concerned.
This example updates an inventory database. It temporarily switches to the Inventory database to do the update, then switches back to the original database when it is done.
setactivedatabase "Inventory" // use secret window
if error
message "Sorry, cannot update inventory."
stop
endif
find Description=fieldvalue("Invoice",Description)
if info("found")
QtyOnHand=QtyOnHand-fieldvalue("Invoice","Qty")
endif
setactivedatabase ""
Note: The final setactivedatabase statement is not really necessary, since Panorama will automatically switch back to the database associated with the currently active window when a procedure stops running.
Note: The statement:
setactivedatabase someDatabase
Is equivalent to this older code using the window statement.
window someDatabase+":SECRET"
There is absolutely no difference in operation between these two versions, but we think the new statement (setactivedatabase) is clearer and easier to understand. A database activated this way remains the active database until the procedure ends, until another setactivedatabase statement activates another database or until the visible window changes, such as when a message or alert is triggered. The use of the save statement has the same effect.
See Also
- closeclonewindow -- is an alternative method to close the current window, works even if the window has no close box.
- closedialog -- closes a form window that was previously opened with the opendialog statement.
- closewindow -- closes the current window.
- datafocus -- makes sure that Panorama is focused on data, not on a property panel.
- formtodatamode -- switches the current form window to data mode.
- formtographicsmode -- switches the current form window to graphics mode.
- getmaxwindow -- retrieves the position and size of the largest possible window on the main screen.
- getwindow -- retrieves the position and size of the current window.
- goform -- switches the current window to a different form.
- hideaccessorypanel -- closes the current window's accessory panel.
- info("accessorypanelisopen") -- returns the status of the current window's accessory panel, if any.
- info("accessorypanelwidth") -- returns the current width of the current window's accessory panel, if any.
- info("clickedwindownumber") -- returns the window number of that was just clicked.
- info("clonewindow") -- returns true if the current window was opened as a "clone" window.
- info("datasheetwindownumbers") -- returns the unique ID numbers of all open data sheet windows.
- info("datasheetwindows") -- returns a carriage return separated list of all open Data Sheet windows.
- info("dialogsheet") -- returns true if the currently active window is a dialog sheet.
- info("dropwindownumber") -- returns the number of the window that contains the form data was dropped on.
- info("formwindownumbers") -- returns the unique ID numbers of all open form windows.
- info("formwindows") -- returns a carriage return separated list of all open form windows.
- info("horizontalscrollbar") -- returns true if the current window's horizontal scrollbar is enabled, false if it is disabled.
- info("magicwindow") -- returns the name of the currently designated "magic window," if any.
- info("procedurewindownumbers") -- returns the unique ID numbers of all open procedure windows.
- info("procedurewindows") -- returns a carriage return separated list of all open procedure windows.
- info("toolbar") -- returns true if the current window's toolbar is visible, false if it is hidden.
- info("toolbarvisible") -- returns true if the current window has a visible tool bar.
- info("typeofwindow") -- determines what type of view the current window contains.
- info("verticalscrollbar") -- returns true if the current window's vertical scrollbar is enabled, false if it is disabled.
- info("windowdepth") -- returns the color depth of the current window.
- info("windowname") -- returns the name of the current window.
- info("windownumber") -- returns the unique ID number of the current window.
- info("windownumbers") -- returns the unique ID numbers of all open windows.
- info("windowoptions") -- returns the names of any currently enabled window options,
- info("windowrectangle") -- returns a rectangle defining the edges of the current window. The rectangle is in screen relative coordinates.
- info("windows") -- builds a carriage return separated text array containing a list of all the currently open windows.
- info("windowtype") -- returns a numeric value based on what type of view the current window contains.
- info("windowvariables") -- returns a carriage return separated text array listing the windowglobal variables defined for the current window.
- info("windowview") -- determines what type of view the current window contains.
- listwindownumbers( -- builds a text array containing a list of window ID numbers for all the open windows associated with a particular file.
- listwindows( -- builds a text array containing a list of all the open windows associated with a particular file.
- magicformwindow -- designates an open window as the temporary active window for the purposes of info( functions and graphic statements.
- magicwindow -- designates an open window as the temporary active window for the purposes of info( functions and graphic statements.
- makesecret -- makes the current database disappear, while leaving it open in memory.
- openclonewindow -- opens a clone of the current window.
- opendialog -- opens a form from the current database as a modal dialog box.
- opendialogsheet -- opens a form from the current database as a sheet dialog (attached to the current window).
- openform -- opens a form in the current database in a new window.
- openprocedure -- opens a procedure in the current database in a new window.
- opensavedwindows -- opens windows that were open the last time file was saved.
- opensheet -- opens the data sheet window for the current database in a new window.
- originalwindow -- goes back to the window remembered by the RememberWindow statement.
- rememberwindow -- remembers the currently active window, so that you can get back to it later.
- setwindow -- specifies the dimensions (size and location) of the next window that is opened (with openform, opensheet, openprocedure etc.).
- setwindowoptions -- changes the attributes of the current window (tool bar, scroll bars, etc.).
- setwindowrectangle -- specifies the dimensions of the next window that is opened by a procedure.
- showaccessorypanel -- opens the current window's accessory panel.
- showrecordcounter -- forces Panorama to redisplay the record counter in all windows in the current database.
- showrectangle -- refreshes all or part of the current form window.
- size -- changes the data sheet text size.
- toggleaccessorypanel -- opens and closes the current window's accessory panel.
- topdatawindow -- brings the topmost data window in the specified database to the front.
- updatingwindow( -- returns true if in a formula that is being displayed on a form, otherwise false.
- views( -- lists views in open databases.
- window -- brings a Panorama window to the front. It can also open a "secret" invisible window.
- Window ID Numbers -- ID numbers for identifying windows.
- windowbox -- specifies the dimensions (size and location) of the next window that is opened (with openform, opensheet, openprocedure etc.).
- windowcornerinitialize -- shifts a window to an edge or corner of the main screen.
- windowinfo( -- returns information about an open window: its name, type, database, location, etc.
- windowname -- changes the name of the current window.
- windowtoback -- sends a Panorama window to the back, behind all other windows (including non-Panorama windows).
- windowtocorner -- shifts a window to an edge or corner of the main screen.
- zoomalign -- moves the current window to one of 9 positions on the computer's primary screen: *top left, top center, top right*, etc.
- zoomwindow -- moves (*"zooms"*) the current window to a new position and size.
- zoomwindowrectangle -- modifies the size, location, and options of the current window.
History
| 10.0 | New | New in this version, but performs basically the same function as a window "database:secret" statement. |