Marc, There's a system variable that may be of help:
>From "Help > Reference Index > Reference Topcs > System Variables" ยท RBTI_FORM_COMPID This variable holds the value of focused DB/Variable Edit control's Component ID, if defined. Bill On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Victor Timmons <[email protected]>wrote: > > I cant quit remember just how I did it but a few years back I wrote a > calendar that would put the componentid of the lable into a table and > what its value should be. Then I grabbed the ComponentID and its new > value from this table and updated the caption using a cursor. > > Victor Timmons > Tiz's Door Sales, Inc > Visit us at www.tizdoors.com > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MDRD > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 5:04 AM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Get component ID > > Thanks Mike > > I knew I could hard code that into each Button but I have close to 300 > buttons. > I have 6 Tabs with 50 buttons each. so I was trying to find a better > solution. > > Marc > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Mike Byerley" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 4:48 PM > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Get component ID > > > The point is that at design time, you already know the componentID of > > the button, so in the onClickEEP, just do a Set Var vCompID text = > > 'WhateverTheComponentIdIs' then in your CFA, you can use a long Switch > > > / Endsw for each CompID in the 50. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "MDRD" <[email protected]> > > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 4:31 PM > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Get component ID > > > > > >> Hi all > >> > >> Sorry for using the wrong term by button name I should have said > >> Caption and I am sorry I a not explaining this very well. > >> I have 50 buttons like > >> ABC1 ABC2 ABC3 > >> ABC4 ABC5 ABC6 > >> ..... down to 50 > >> > >> I have 4 buttons V1, V2, V3, V4 that allow the user to change the > >> Caption name of the button to something like > >> Q1040 Q1030 Q1050 > >> or whatever the user likes, When the user clicks on V1 I do a cursor > > >> that renames the Captions. This allows the user to rename the > >> Captions to match his charge codes. and 50 buttons can have 200 > >> unique Captions for entering 200 different charges without having 200 > > >> buttons on the Form. > >> > >> My table that stores the Original button Caption name and V1-V4 looks > > >> like this in a Grid > >> Original Ver1 Ver2 Ver3 Ver4 > >> ABC1 Q1040 > >> ABC2 Q1030 > >> ABC3 Q1050 > >> .... > >> ABC50 > >> > >> You do not have to have a row for each button, When the user pops up > >> this Grid to rename the Captions for V1 it is a mess to have all the > >> rows show up and the user has to scroll to find the correct Original > >> name to modify V1 or they have to Add a row for that Button. > >> > >> To tell the truth, I have 50 buttons on an Enhanced tab that has 6 > >> tabs so I really have hundreds of rows in this Grid making this a > >> real mess. > >> > >> So, I can't read the Caption name since it is being "renamed" I need > >> to be able to capture the Component ID then pop up a simple form with > > >> just 1 row and V1-4 so they can rename that 1 button. > >> > >> I would be happy to send a screen shot of the form if it would help. > >> Please don't pull your hair out on this, I currently have a working > >> solution but it is not very elegant. > >> > >> Thanks for all the feedback > >> Marc > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> From: "Mike Byerley" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 2:45 PM > >> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Get component ID > >> > >>> What Jan is saying is you would create the Grid with the count of > >>> buttons, etc and use that to create buttonX at runtime. > >>> > >>> If your Grid is a map of ComponentID to partnumber or such, why > >>> can't you just change the caption of the button. You can do that at > > >>> runtime or does the Caption have to say something else special? > >>> > >>> Getproperty ComponentIDofButton CAPTION 'vCaption' > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "MDRD" <[email protected]> > >>> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 3:21 PM > >>> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Get component ID > >>> > >>> > >>> Jan > >>> > >>> I never knew you could create Buttons on the fly, would that get > >>> messy if the user is allowed to create buttons at will? > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> Marc > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> From: jan johansen > >>> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 2:07 PM > >>> To: RBASE-L Mailing List > >>> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Get component ID > >>> > >>> > >>> Marc, > >>> > >>> You should be able to do what you want but slightly differenent way. > >>> You have the ability to create "objects" on the fly. So on each row > >>> clik of your grid, create the button you want with the properties > >>> you want. > >>> > >>> Jan > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: "MDRD" <[email protected]> > >>> To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) > >>> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:53:01 -0500 > >>> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Get component ID > >>> > >>> > >>> Hi Mike > >>> > >>> I hope I can explain this.... > >>> I have a form with 50 buttons that we use to enter charges on a > >>> customers account, The component ID and Button names are the same > >>> at this point. > >>> > >>> I have a Custom Form Action that gets the Button name, then > >>> matches that button name with a look up code in another table. If > > >>> a charge codes matched the button name a charge is entered into > >>> the invoice. > >>> > >>> We allow the user can rename the button names so they can match a > >>> lookup code that they have in the charge code table. I allow 4 > >>> different versions for the button names. If I have a button named > > >>> ABC1, with a Component ID of ABC1, the user can rename the button > >>> to a current charge code in their DB, lets say version 1 would be > >>> SP123 which is a spark plug. > >>> Now, they can also rename that ABC1 button to Q1040 for version 2 > >>> which = Quaker state 10/40 oil... and so on. When the user clicks > > >>> that button the CFA looks up the current name of the button > >>> matches it to a charge code .... and we insert the charge.. > >>> > >>> Everything works great so far, now the problem I have a grid where > > >>> the user types in the Original button name in 1 column, then the > >>> new button names in Ver1, Ver2, Ver1 and Ver4. This grid layout to > > >>> rename the buttons makes it hard for the user to manage the button > > >>> names. All the buttons pop up and they have to scroll down to > >>> find the original button name for the button they want to modify. > >>> > >>> So, I would love to be able to Right click on each button and let > >>> the user modify and add new button names for the different > >>> versions but that is not possible. > >>> > >>> So, my second thought was to have an Edit ckbox, if that box is > >>> checked and if I could "read" the component ID of a button I could > > >>> pull up a form with just that 1 row showing so they could modify > >>> that button. > >>> > >>> Really everything is very slick up to the point on how to Edit the > >>> button names. > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> Marc > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -------------------------------------------------- > >>> From: "Mike Byerley" <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:05 PM > >>> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > >>> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Get component ID > >>> > >>> > Would you care to rephrase the question? The button that is > >>> being > clicked, in its' own eep, you would already know its' > >>> componentID at > design-time, so you should be able to do whatever > >>> you want with it in the > EEP. Also, to get the property of the > >>> button that contains the > componentID, you would need the > >>> ComponentID for use in the GetProperty > command that would obtain > >>> it, so it's a non-starter (what you are > >>> asking) > >>> > as I understand it. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- > >>> > From: "MDRD" <[email protected]> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing > >>> List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:47 PM > > >>> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Get component ID > > > > I need to get > >>> component ID of a Button when it is clicked. > >>> > I thought I knew how to do this but I can't seem to figure it out > > >>> today? > >>> > > >>> > I looked at RBTI variables and Getproperty commands but still > >>> can't > remember how to do this. > >>> > > >>> > Thanks > >>> > Marc > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > >
