assign compute field with text value for every row

Question

I have a datawindow control named dw_1. Inside this control is a datawindow named rpt_1 and there's a computed field on rpt_1 called co_insp1.

I need to assign co_insp1 a value I calculate through an external function and the value will be different for every row. By default, I assigned co_insp1 a value of 0.

Here's my code. I'm running it in the rowretrieve event:

dw_1.Object.rpt_1.Object.co_insp1[row] = ls_inspdata

(ls_inspdata is a value I get from another function)

Can anyone tell me why I can't assign new values for this computed field?

I've also tried assigning ls_inspdata to an existing (non-computed) column:

 dw_1.Object.rpt_1.Object.v_alllogs_insp_type[row] = ls_inspdata

(v_alllogs_insp_type is the column name from database)

But that gives me this error:

Is there another way to do this? I'm using PowerBuilder 12.5 .NET.

Answer 1

Have you tried calling your function directly from the computed field? (I'm not sure about PowerBuilder.NET, but with PowerBuilder Classic, this was possible.)