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Get(PortalRowNumber)

Category: Get

Syntax: Get ( PortalRowNumber )

Parameters: none

Description: Returns the number of the currently selected portal row. When no portal row is selected, Get (PortalRowNumber) returns 0.

Examples:

When the user clicks on the third row of a portal,

Get (PortalRowNumber)

returns 3 .

When the user clicks out of the portal onto the layout itself,

Get (PortalRowNumber)

returns .

Comments:

Get (PortalRowNumber) is frequently used in scripts that need to loop through a set of records displayed in a portal. You can set the current portal row number into a global field, perform some set of operations outside the portal, then return to the proper row of the portal by using the Go to Portal Row [by Calculation] step.