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Resolved "ShareData" on DATA tabpage of a datawindow. What's it good for?

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  1. Miguel Leeuwe
    Miguel Leeuwe
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  3. Tuesday, 26 April 2022 11:27 AM UTC

Hi,

Does anyone know what this "ShareData" is for on the Data tab of a dw? Is it just an indicator to programmers that this dw shares data with another?

Not much happens when you click on it, except for toggling the check on the contextual menu ....

 

regards,

MiguelL

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mike S
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  1. Tuesday, 26 April 2022 11:47 AM UTC
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it will share the data tab data with the preview tab.

 

i never really noticed it before

 

 

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Andreas Mykonios
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  1. Tuesday, 26 April 2022 11:58 AM UTC
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Hi Miguel.

I can tell you that for external datawindows, sharedata will share data in data tab with preview. If you uncheck it it will not be shared.

If you have a datawindow that is binded to sql or some procedure, then you can fill some data in the data tab. ShareData will switch the data displayed to those from data tab to the sql - procedure result and the opposite. That way you can test how your datawindow will react even with data that doesn't come from your database (can be useful).

 

Andreas.

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Miguel Leeuwe
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  1. Tuesday, 26 April 2022 12:04 PM UTC
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Thanks Mike and Andreas!

All clear!

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Mark Goldsmith
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  1. Tuesday, 26 April 2022 14:14 PM UTC
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Hey Miguel...in addition to external datawindows, ShareData is also used when you are storing data with the DataWindow and wish to see what that will look like in the Preview after you've made changes to the stored data.  Here is the link to the online help but it can also be found in the PB Help:

https://docs.appeon.com/pb2019r3/pbug/Enhancing_DataWindow_Objects.html#Storing_data_in_a_DataWindow_object_using_the_Data_view

Regards,

Mark

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Miguel Leeuwe
  1. Miguel Leeuwe
  2. Tuesday, 26 April 2022 18:06 PM UTC
Hi Mark,

Thanks for that! Of course I tried finding the information in the help by searching on "sharedata", etc. But ... never would have though it could be found by searching on "Storing data in a DataWindow object using the Data view".

Cheers!
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