Question

I have a search screen which lists all customers. User can edit a few fields (Phone number, address, etc.).

On saving of that “particular” record (only the changed ones), I want to update the ModifiedBy and ModifiedOn fields. How can I do so in code?

I am trying to handle this in the _Saving event of Search Screen but how do I get the changed rows?

Answer 1

Go into the table’s Entity Designer and click the arrow next to Write Code. You’ll need to edit two methods, _Updating and _Inserting. Similar to this:

C#:

partial void TableName_Updating(TableName entity)
{
    entity.ModifiedBy = this.Application.User.FullName;
    entity.ModifiedOn = DateTime.Now;
}

partial void TableName_Inserting(TableName entity)
{
    entity.ModifiedBy = this.Application.User.FullName;
    entity.ModifiedOn = DateTime.Now;
}

VB.NET:

Private Partial Sub TableName_Updating(entity As TableName)
    entity.ModifiedBy = Me.Application.User.FullName
    entity.ModifiedOn = DateTime.Now
End Sub

Private Partial Sub TableName_Inserting(entity As TableName)
    entity.ModifiedBy = Me.Application.User.FullName
    entity.ModifiedOn = DateTime.Now
End Sub