External Strategies - updating objects with

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Hi All,
I have experimenting with external strategies (I’ve been using object strategies) and find they are pretty slick. However, I cannot figure out how to update a current object. If an object has already been built in the universe, and then the description or underlying table changes. How can I update the current object by using the external strategy (updating the text file which the universe is based upon)? If I try to highlight that object and insert it, nothing happens. If I try to drag and drop it onto the object in the universe, I get an hourglass like something is going on, but the result is no change. Any ideas would be highly appreciated.

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BJiracek (BOB member since 2002-09-19)

[system]

Thats it. You can only create objects. There is no update.

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OLTP (BOB member since 2002-09-20)

[system]

@BJiracek

Hi All,
I have experimenting with external strategies (I’ve been using object strategies) and find they are pretty slick. However, I cannot figure out how to update a current object. If an object has already been built in the universe, and then the description or underlying table changes. How can I update the current object by using the external strategy (updating the text file which the universe is based upon)? If I try to highlight that object and insert it, nothing happens. If I try to drag and drop it onto the object in the universe, I get an hourglass like something is going on, but the result is no change. Any ideas would be highly appreciated.

If you are open to a Designer SDK solution, this topic may give you a place to start. It focuses on object names and descriptions, but could be modified to include the select and other portions of an objects definition.

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Dwayne Hoffpauir (BOB member since 2002-09-19)