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Find out whether a form is in New mode or Edit mode

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Posted on by andiart

Hi,

I use the same form for new items and for editing existing items. Now I thought, that in my forms property "frmname.Mode" the current mode the form is in is set. But I recognized, that there are only the number representations of the form such as:

frmname.Mode.new 1

frmname.Mode.edit 0

frmname.Mode.view 2

That doesn't help me determine, in which mode the form actually is in. These are just the standard numbers.

Which property do I have to use instead?

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VaidasG 469 on at

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DefaultMode

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frmName.DisplayMode

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That gives me the three standard options "Edit", "Disabled" and "View" and in each there is just the word edit, view or disabled. The actual mode the form is in it doesn't reveal. Although DisplayMode is different from FormMode and that's what I need. There is also "New".

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That gives me the three standard options "Edit", "Disabled" and "View" and in each there is just the word edit, view or disabled. The actual mode the form is in it doesn't reveal. Although DisplayMode is different from FormMode and that's what I need. There is also "New".

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In the expressions there is no defaultMode option. This is only for to set the default mode in the properties of the form but not for use in code as it seems.

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could you expand, where is your challenge..? As you can condition your app logic by just checking current form mode...
if(frmName.DisplayMode = DisplayMode.Edit)...

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I don't need the DisplayMode but the mode.

When I check against

if(frmName.mode.Edit; ...)

it always gives me 0, because 0 is the representation of the FormMode.Edit.

if(frmName.Mode = FormMode.Edit;...) though seems to work fine

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Floscar 8 on at

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This is very old but I came across it today.
You need to check against the enum value.
so when checking to see if you are in edit mode
If(frm_name.Mode =0, true, false)

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It's better to not use the value directly :
If( frmname.DisplayMode = DisplayMode.Edit, true, false )

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Floscar 8 on at

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Can you elaborate as to why it’s better? I am still learning and would appreciate it.

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