Boolean
Boolean datatype
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How are expressions evaluated 
Team Developer uses these precedence rules to evaluate expressions:
- Evaluate expressions with AND, OR, and NOT from left to right.
If bError OR bStop ! ! bError will be evaluated first, then bStop
- Stop evaluating AND/OR as soon as the result is known.
If bError OR bStop ! ! When bError is TRUE, bStop will not be evaluated ! When bError is FALSE, bStop will be evaluated ! If bError AND bStop ! ! When bError is TRUE, bStop will be evaluated ! When bError is FALSE, bStop will not be evaluated
- Evaluate expressions in parentheses first.
Example:
If bOk OR SalMessageBox( "Error occurred : continue?", "Continue?", MB_YesNo ) = IDYES
! Continue processing
Else
! Stop processing
The above sample has two boolean expressions, the bOk and the result of the SalMessageBox.
The OR in between them will result in:
- When bOk = TRUE, the expression AFTER the OR will NOT be executed. So the messagebox will NOT be shown
- When bOk = FALSE, the expression AFTER the OR will be executed. So the messagebox is shown. The result is then evaluated
When the user clicks YES, the expression will be (FALSE OR TRUE) -> TRUE When the user clicks NO, the expression will be (FALSE OR FALSE) -> FALSE
What is a boolean in TD ?
Internally, the boolean datatype is the same as the Number datatype.
The only difference between a Number and a Boolean is purely visual in the outline.
This means that you can assign any value to a Boolean, use them as it were normal numbers.
So beware, the next piece of code shows strange effects can happen when you are not aware of this
Set bValue = 5
If bValue = TRUE
...
Else
! It evaluates to FALSE here
If bValue
! It evaluates to TRUE here
Else
...
So the best way to evaluate booleans is never use the TRUE or FALSE keywords.
If bValue
! when boolean has any (negative) value except FALSE, 0, NUMBER_Null
Else
! when boolean is FALSE, 0 or NUMBER_Null
