John J. Mihaljevic wrote on 2013-02-21:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm modifying an existing system that has two forms. One is a Menu
(modal)
> and one of the buttons on the Menu form opens another form for Order
Entry
> (also modal). One field on the Order Entry form has a LostFocus event
that
> opens up a third form to provide some reference information for the user.
> Once this Reference form is opened, I need to leave it open and allow the
> user click back to the Order Entry form to make edits. Obviously, that
> wouldn't work if making the third (Reference) form modal, as I'd have to
> close it to get back to the second form. But when I make the third form
> modeless, it opens behind the first two forms. Because we don't want the
> users to be able to get back to the first form from the second, it would
> appear that the first two forms must remain modal.
>
> Is there any way to open the third form on top of the second form, and to
be
> able to click back and forth between the second and third forms?
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> John
>
John,
Could you change the behavior to either
- hide the menu form ( the Enable property may work to)
You'll need to have the menu form linked to the _Screen
[menuform.init]
_Screen.AddProperty("MenuForm", THIS)
[menuform.unload]
_Screen.MenuForm = .NULL.
[menuform.button.click]
ThisForm.Visible = .F.
Do Form childForm
[childform.unload]
If Type("_Screen.MenuForm.Name") = "C"
_Screen.MenuForm.Visible = .T.
EndIf
- With VFP 9 you could use BindEvents all on the Menu form
[menuform.button.click]
ThisForm.Visible = .F.
Do Form childForm name ThisForm.ChildForm
BindEvent(ThisForm.ChildForm, "Unload", ThisForm, "ChildUnloaded")
[menuform.childunloaded]
This.Visible = .T.
UnBindEvent(ThisForm.ChildForm)
This.ChildForm = .NULL.
Your forms may not need to be Modal
Tracy Pearson
PowerChurch Software
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