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bof

bof(self)

domain: server

language: python

class Item class

Description

Test bof (beginning of file) method to determine if the cursor is positioned at the first record in an item dataset.

If bof returns true, the cursor is unequivocally on the first row in the dataset. bof returns true when an application

  • Opens an item dataset.

  • Calls an item’s first method.

  • Call an item’s prior method, and the method fails (because the cursor is already on the first row in the dataset).

bof returns false in all other cases.

Note

If both eof and bof return true, the item dataset is empty.