Invoke auditing from Format Control

The topics below comprise an example of how to use Database record auditing. The steps in these topics must be followed in order. If you skip a step, Database record auditing may not work.

1. Open the audit specifications table.
2. Add an audit specifications record.
3. Define an audit specifications entry.
4. Invoke auditing.
5. Set up event triggers.
6. Add lookup functionality to Format Control.
7. Test audit lookup functionality.

To invoke auditing from Format Control, perform the following steps:

1. Create an Audit Specifications record for a particular file.
2. Open the Format Control record associated with the form and the file for which you created the audit specifications record in step 1.
3. Select the Save Copy option.
4. Click Subroutines to display the Subroutines form.
   The Subroutines panel opens.
5. Enter the desired format control. For this example, enter:
   
   

   Field	Enter
   Add	true
   Upd	true
   Before	true
   Application	audit.compare
   Error Message	Audit Processing could not complete.
   Names	file second.file
   Values	$file0 $file