One issue that I frequency encounter was raised as a post on the forum for a similar problem:

When you create a gift you need to add a fund, campaign and appeal. The problem is that the values on the gifts are dependant on the user options of the person running the code. When I first encountered this problem I was amazed that this could have been programmed in this way.

For example if I am running the code and I usually view fund descriptions rather than IDs the following code will work fine:

Code:

Public Sub addGift(oConstit As CRecord)Dim oGift As New CGift

oGift.Init SessionContext

   oGift.Fields(GIFT_fld_Constit_ID) = oConstit.Fields(RECORDS_fld_ID)

   oGift.Fields(GIFT_fld_Amount) = 10

   oGift.Fields(GIFT_fld_Fund) = "General Fund" 

oGift.Save

   oGift.CloseDown

   Set oGift = Nothing

End Sub

However if I usually view my funds as ID then this will fail as there is no fund ID called ‘General Fund’ (only a description).

What I need to do is to either ensure everyone in the organisation has the same user options (this I think is not a very robust coding solution) or alternatively add some code to check whether the user uses the id or the description for funds.

Code:

Dim oReServices As reservices

Dim sFund As StringSet oReServices = New reservices

oReServices.Init getSessionContext

If oReServices.GetUserPref(USER_fld_FUNDFORMAT) = "Description" Then

    sFund = "General Fund"

Else

    sFund = "112233"

End If  '------ Code continues ------

That way you know if your user is using a description or id and you can add the correct fund value.