Another possibility is to place a label with big red "ONE MOMENT" on it behind the control they are clicking. When they click, the first thing you do is HIDE the control so the label shows and there is nothing to click on. When your code finishes, unhide the control.
Dennis ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Engwer Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 3:29 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Mouse Happy Users Thanks Bill, Definition of "a lot"... In my case I would estimate that I have 30 or more DBGrids in one of my vertical apps. The code that you supplied reacts the same way but I think that I may be able to use the form timer to get the result. I will enable the form timer for 3 sec at the end of the 1st pass and have the form timer reset vAllowedSecs after 3 sec. If vAllowedSecs is not NULL I will bypass the Production code within the EEP. John From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Downall Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 3:45 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Mouse Happy Users I don't know what the definition of "a lot" is, John, but within the EEP, you could set a variable on the first click, and test it on each click, and if it was already set, ignore the processing. Of course, then you have to have a way to "unset" the variable in case they really do come back and click again later. Oh, maybe that's the definition of "a lot!" Okay, use a timer. After 3 seconds, they can click again. SET VAR vAllowSecs INT = 3 SET VAR vLastClicked DATETIME IF vLastClicked IS NULL THEN SET VAR vLastClicked = .#NOW ELSE IF (AddSec(.vLastClicked, .vAllowSecs)) < .#NOW THEN GOTO lbExit ELSE SET VAR vLastClicked = .#NOW ENDIF ENDIF -- rest of EEP code LABEL lbExit RETURN On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:57 PM, John Engwer <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: In my applications I use a LOT of DBGrids that require a single mouse click to execute an EEP. Most users like the fact that one click is all that is required. However, are always a few users that when they see a list, they think you should click the mouse at least two or three times (I call them Mouse Happy Users). This causes the EEP to execute twice (or more), sometimes producing undesirable results or error conditions. I have tried warning messages "Single Click Only!" but they ignore the warning and keep clicking away. Does anyone have a way to suppress the mouse after one click that doesn't require a lot of programming? John Engwer Engwer & Associates 2449 Scenic Ridge Drive North Huntingdon, PA 15642-2120 Phone: 412 751-2433 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> WWW.ENGWER.US<http://www.ENGWER.US>
