I know there are workarounds to these items. That is why they are enhancement requests. As a supporter of rapid application development, these would be time savers for me and would increase functionality for my users. That way I can tell my boss that the money we paid for SAP makes a difference... Dan Goldberg
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Downall Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:42 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Official Release of R:BASE 7.6 and Turbo V-8 Updates Dan, I don't know what RBTI thought as they went through these, but often if an item seems to be overlooked, or passed by in favor of other suggestions, it's because RBTI has determined that there already are other ways to get the desired result. For example: * There are predefined EEPs available on the EEPS tab of every kind of button, that include a "duplicate row" predefined action. You could put a button right next to a navigator and have it look like it was part of the navigator, with a duplicate row action. * From the R:> prompt, you can type 'LAU .' to bring up the Windows Explorer. * A CHOOSE command with the #LFILES syntax can select any file name, and could be followed immediately by a LAUNCH &vFileName command. You could create your own very tiny application file to do this, and "run" it from the Database Explorer. * You can prompt for a DATE with a DIALOG command, and preset the text variable to the default date you want (see below) * You can use a simple variable form to collect dates, and preset the default or defaults in that form. Bill -- example modified slightly from R:DOCS example #18 for DIALOG CLS CLEAR VAR vDateTxt,vDate,vEndKey SET VAR vDate DATE = 1/17/2008 SET VAR vDateTxt TEXT = (ctxt(.vDate)) DIALOG 'Enter Date (mm/dd/yyyy) or Double-Click for Calendar' vDateTxt=34 vEndKey 1 + CAPTION 'DIALOG with Date Pop-up' ICON APP OPTION + POPUP_ENABLED TRUE + |POPUP_DIALOG_TYPE DATE + |THEMENAME Razzmatazz SET VAR vDate = .vDateTxt On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Dan Goldberg <[email protected]> wrote: How does enhancements get considered? I have had many enhancement requests for sometime and none of them have been introduced. A couple that I think people would like is: 1. Forms-DB navigator - add duplicate row button. 2. Database explorer-Command files - right click and select "launch file" to run non-rbase files. 3. Getdate function - be able to set the default date. I know some are more difficult than others but it would be nice to get an update on their status. Dan Goldberg
