Without DAL it is possible, in the maintable io-section, for example in "after.write" to catch the moment at which data is definitely written. Related to that no I can do an update of a second table.

How can I catch this moment in a programscript with DAL? So that I can do some action after a record is DEFINETELY written?


Spartacus

after.save.object is the DAL function that replaces the after.write and after.rewrite sections. You can check the help for that with examples.

Yes, but "after.save.object" is executed every time a record is written to a table. But I would like to execute a function only in case a certain session writes to maintable.

Is a possible solution simething like that (in the DAL)

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after.save.object:
import("parent.progname$",parent.progname)
if parent.progname$ = "<foo>" then
<do something>
endif
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You should be able to directly check the prog.name$ variable - can you check if that holds your session name in the DAL?

It is not nice to check on parent.progname$ in a DAL. An alternative that is used in several places within BaanERP is the use of a global variable within the DAL that is managed through a business method.

Example:
In the DAL declare the following:

domain tcbool called.by.spartacus.session

function extern long before.open.object.set()
{
called.by.spartacus.session = false |* Initialize.

return (0)
}

function extern long after.save.object(long mode)
{
...
if called.by.spartacus.session then
...
endif
...

return(0)
}

function extern long set.spartacus.flag(domain tcbool i.value)
{
called.by.spartacus.session = i.value

return(0)
}


From the session before executing the save you call the business method with value true and afterwards you reset it with false

dal.start.business.method("ppmmxxx", "set.spartacus.flag", ret.val, true)
...
|* Save record...
...
dal.start.business.method("ppmmxxx", "set.spartacus.flag", ret.val, false)