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**Previous, PROC**

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The **Previous **method gets the previous record in sequence. The Previous method handles any errors that occur while getting the record.

The TryPrevious method provides a slightly different (manual) alternative for getting records in sequence.

**Implementation:**

If Previous succeeds, it returns Level:Benign (declared in ABERROR.INC). If it ultimately fails, it returns the severity level of the last error it encountered while trying to get the previous record. See //Error Class //for more information on severity levels.

**Return Data Type:**     BYTE

**Example:**

** PROGRAM**

** INCLUDE('ABFILE.INC')            !declare FileManager class**

**Access:Client CLASS(FileManager)  !derive Access:Client object**

**       END**

** CODE**

** !program code**

** LOOP                              !loop through client file**

**  CASE Access:Client.Previous()    !get previous record in sequence**

**  OF Level:Notify OROF Level:Fatal !if error occurred**

**   POST(Event:CloseWindow)         !shut down**

**   BREAK**

**  ELSE                             !otherwise**

**   PRINT(Rpt:Detail)               !print the record**

**  END**

** END**

**See Also:**     [[tryprevious  try to get previous record in sequence .htm|TryPrevious]]