CxNoteEditor Methods

The CxNoteEditor object contains the following methods:

Configure
Connect
Delete
Disconnect
Edit
New
Newish
View

Configure

The Configure method launches an Note Metadata Configuration dialog box, which is used to configure Note attributes.

Syntax

Configure() As Integer

Remarks

This method returns one of the following values:

	-1 or 0	An error occurred.
	2	The Close or Save button was pressed.

Example

The following example launches the Service Definitions or Configuration dialog box.

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Configure

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Sub

    Dim iRet
    iRet = <SvcEditor>.Configure
    MsgBox iRet

End Sub

Connect

The Connect method connects the object to a service.

Syntax

Connect(DomainSiteService As String)

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
DomainSiteService	Yes	The [Domain]Site.Service to which to connect. The domain is optional. The service must be a valid one.

Remarks

Returns 0 if successful and a non-zero value if the connection failed.

Example

The following example connects the Client object to the CYGDEMO.<SVC> on domain 5410:

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Connect

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Sub

    Dim NoteEditor
    Set NoteEditor = CreateObject("CxEditors.CxNoteEditor")
    NoteEditor.Connect("[5410]CYGDEMO.NOTE")

End Sub

Delete

The Delete method deletes a Note record.

Syntax

Delete(QueueKey As String) As Integer

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
QueueKey	Yes	The database queue key of the record to delete.

Remarks

This method returns one of the following values:

	-1 or 0	An error occurred.
	1	OK button was pressed.
	2	Cancel button was pressed.

Example

The following example launches the specified Delete dialog box for record "0000012345":

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Delete

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Sub

    Dim iRet
    iRet = <SvcEditor>.Delete("0000012345")
 
    MsgBox iRet
    
End Sub

Disconnect

The Disconnect method disconnects from the connected service.

Syntax

Disconnect() As Integer

Remarks

The Disconnect method returns 0 if successful and a non-zero value if the disconnect failed.

Example

The following example disconnects the Client object from the connected service, and pops a message box if it is unsuccessful:

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Disconnect

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Sub Svc.Disconnect()
 
    <SvcClient>.Disconnect()
    MsgBox "Service has disconnected."
    
    If <SvcClient>.Disconnect <> 0 
    Then
        MsgBox "Failed to disconnect."
    End If

End Sub

Edit

The Edit method launches an editor dialog box initialized with the information in the specified record.

Syntax

Edit(QueueKey As String) As Integer

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
QueueKey	Yes	The database queue key of the record to edit.

Remarks

This method returns one of the following values:

	-1 or 0	An error occurred.
	1	OK button was pressed.
	2	Cancel button was pressed.

Example

The following example launches an editor dialog box for the record "0000012345":

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Edit

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Sub

    Dim iRet
    
    iRet = <SvcEditor>.Edit("0000012345")
     MsgBox iRet
    
End Sub

New

The New method launches a Create New Note dialog box.

Syntax

New() As Integer

Remarks

This method returns one of the following values:

	-1 or 0	An error occurred.
	1	OK button was pressed.
	2	Cancel button was pressed.

Example

The following example launches the specified editor dialog box:

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Sub

    Dim iRet
    iRet = <SvcEditor>.New
 
    MsgBox iRet
    
End Sub

Newish

The Newish method creates a new, initially-populated record.

Syntax

Newish(pRecord As INote) As Integer

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
pRecord	Yes

View

The View method launches a Note Properties dialog box for the specified record to view or edit a Note entry.

Syntax

View(Key As String, EditEnabled As Boolean) As Integer

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
Key	Yes	The database key (DbKey) of the record to view/edit.
EditEnabled	Yes	Set this parameter to true to enable editing of a record.

Remarks

This method returns one of the following values:

	-1 or 0	An error occurred.
	1	OK button was pressed.
	2	Cancel button was pressed.

Example

The following example launches the specified editor dialog box for the record "0000012345":

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Sub

    Dim iRet
    iRet = <SvcEditor>.View("0000012345", True)
    MsgBox iRet

End Sub