CHANGECOMPANY Function (Record)
Redirects references to table data from one company to another.
Syntax
[Ok :=] Record.CHANGECOMPANY([CompanyName])
Parameters
Record
Type: Record
The record that you want to access from a table in another company.
CompanyName
Type: Text or code
The name of the company to which you want to change. If you omit this parameter, you change back to the current company.
Property Value/Return Value
Type: Boolean
true if the company was found; otherwise, false.
If you omit this optional return value and the company cannot be found, a run-time error occurs. If you include the return value, you must handle any errors.
Remarks
When executing this function, the user's access rights are respected. For example, a user cannot access data in CompanyName unless he already has the necessary access rights.
The CHANGECOMPANY function is not affected neither by the RESET Function (Record) nor by the INIT Function. You can deselect a company by making a new call to CHANGECOMPANY or by using the CLEAR Function.
Global filters always belong to a specific company. If you use the following code to select the company named NewCompany, any filters assigned to Record will be transferred to Record in the new company.
Record.CHANGECOMPANY(NewCompany);
Even if you run the CHANGECOMPANY function, triggers still run in the current company, not in the company that you specified in the CHANGECOMPANY function.
Example 1
This example shows how to use the CHANGECOMPANY function.
"G/L Account".CHANGECOMPANY('New Company');
"G/L Account".GET('1000');
"G/L Account".CALCFIELDS(Balance); // Calculates the balance
// for account no. 1000 in 'New Company'
"G/L Entry".CHANGECOMPANY('New Company');
"G/L Entry".SETCURRENTKEY("Entry No.","Posting Date");
"G/L Entry".SETRANGE("Entry No.",1000);
"G/L Entry".SETRANGE("Posting Date",010196D,013196D);
"G/L Entry".CALCSUMS(Amount); // Sums Amount from
// all G/L entries on account no. 1000 within the specified range,
// for 'New Company'
"G/L Entry".RESET;
"G/L Entry".FIND('+'); // Finds the largest "No." in the G/L Entry
// table in 'New Company'
"G/L Entry".DELETE; // Deletes this entry in 'New Company'
This example shows that after the CHANGECOMPANY function has been called, all future references to the G/L Account and G/L Entry tables will refer to the table data in New Company.
Example 2
This example shows that CHANGECOMPANY only changes the company on a data level. Triggers and functions will still run in the context of the current company.
Rec.CHANGECOMPANY('B');
Rec.FINDFIRST;
Rec.MODIFY(TRUE);
If you run the code in this example from Company A, it will modify Rec in Company B, but it will run the OnModify trigger in Company A.