How to view dBase records which are marked for deletion

Problem/Question/Abstract:

How to view dBase records which are marked for deletion

Answer:

Call the following function on the AfterOpen event of the table. You must include DBITYPES, DBIERRS, DBIPROCS in the uses clause. To call, send as arguments name of TTable and True / False depending to show / not show deleted records. Example:

procedure TForm1.Table1AfterOpen(DataSet: TDataset);
begin
  SetDelete(Table1, TRUE);
end;

procedure SetDelete(oTable: TTable; Value: Boolean);
var
  rslt: DBIResult;
  szErrMsg: DBIMSG;
begin
  try
    oTable.DisableControls;
    try
      rslt := DbiSetProp(hDBIObj(oTable.Handle), curSOFTDELETEON,
        LongInt(Value));
      if rslt <> DBIERR_NONE then
      begin
        DbiGetErrorString(rslt, szErrMsg);
        raise Exception.Create(StrPas(szErrMsg));
      end;
    except
      on E: EDBEngineError do
        ShowMessage(E.Message);
      on E: Exception do
        ShowMessage(E.Message);
    end;
  finally
    oTable.Refresh;
    oTable.EnableControls;
  end;
end;