BindToBinder Method

Applies To

OBound

Description

This method binds the OBound object to a particular OBinder object.

Usage

oresult BindToBinder(OBinder *binder, const char *fieldname)

Arguments

Remarks

Before an OBound object is associated with an OBinder (a managed dynaset), it is inert. BindToBinder sets up the relationship between the OBound object and the OBinder object that makes the OBound machinery work.

This method calls the Startup trigger for the OBound object and the OBinder Startup trigger if this is the first object to be bound.

If the OBinder object is already open, BindToBinder verifies that the fieldname is valid and returns OFAILURE if the fieldname does not belong to the bound dynaset. However, your Bound Controls will not receive their values until they are refreshed, either by using the OBinder::Refresh method or one of the Move methods.(such as MoveFirst) It is also possible to bind all the OBound objects before opening the OBinder. In this situation, OBinder Open fails if there are any OBound objects referring to an invalid fieldname.

Return Value

An oresult indicating whether the operation succeeded (OSUCCESS) or not (OFAILURE).

Example

This example does all the work needed to set up several OBoundVal objects that will be bound to several fields in the emp table. OBoundVal is a subclass of OBound that is discussed in the Workbook.

// open a database object

ODatabase odb("ExampleDB", "scott", "tiger");

// open the managed dynaset
OBinder empblock;
empblock.Open(odb, "select ename, sal, empno from emp");

// declare some OBoundVal objects
OBoundVal ename;
OBoundVal sal;
OBoundVal empno;

// bind the OBoundVals
ename.BindToBinder(&empblock, "ename");
sal.BindToBinder(&empblock, "sal");
empno.BindToBinder(&empblock, "empno");

// now we're all set up