Dear Mike and Manuel,
Is it possible to write something directly on the screen, ie on top of
an open form, and have it remain there? If so, how do you tell Rbase
where to put it? I have seen some stuff about pixels, like x1,y1,x2,y2
but I have not figured out how to use them. Also, where do I found the
NewStuff.zip? Did it come on the CD from the conference? Also, should
SCREEN RESTORE OFF work from within a command file called by a push
button? Does the command file name have to end in .eep in order for
Rbase to recognize the SCREEN RESTORE OFF command? It seem like when I
am tracing the file some commands get skipped over....I thought because
they were illegal.
Inquiring minds want to know.........
TIA a million!
Mike
Michael Young wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> I have used variables with the same background color as the form so they
> only show up when they are not null. In other words, as long as the variable
> is null nothing is seen. When something occurs that needs to notify the user
> then I set the variable (in the EEP) and recalc variables. It is not a check box
> but may be a suitable solution. Version 7 will probably have the capacity to
> do exactly what you are asking (and so much more!). To answer your
> question- Files run by push buttons are EEPs.
>
> If you really need to exit the form and then reenter it then I would suggest
> setting a variable in the EEP and then use the CLOSEWINDOW command
> in the EEP to exit the form which will return you to the code that originally
> called the form. Based on the variable that you set in the EEP, you could
> have code there that will take the user back into the form. I have not tried
> this but in theory it should work.
>
> Best regards,
> Mike Young
>
> On Mon, 28 May 2001 15:58:30 -0400, Michael Sinclair wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I've got a form with a bunch of push buttons on it. Each push button
> >runs a small file that
> >adds, modifies, or deletes rows from a different table. I want to be
> >able to display some
> >kind of indication on the form (that would change) depending on what the
> >user did after pushing
> >the push button. For example, if the user deleted all of the rows in
> >the table, then a check box
> >could be unchecked. If the user left any rows at all in the table, then
> >a check box could be
> >checked. Now here is the problem.....the check box won't change until
> >after I have exited and
> >reenterd the form. But I can't do that from within the code activated
> >by the push button---some
> >evil error message says that is illegal from within an EEP (are files
> >run by push buttons considered
> >EEPs?). But I also can't use SCREEN RESTORE OFF, cuz that only
> works
> >within EEPs. ARGH!
> >
> >The only way I found to make it work is to have the push button command
> >file end with
> >EDIT USING formname.....but it get's ugly when you try to leave (all the
> >previous uses of the
> >form are still open, albeit hidden) and they each have to get
> >closed....and eats memory).
> >
> >So.......how do smart Rbase users do this? AND does this have anything
> >to do with SET FOCUS,
> >or MDI (can anybody give me an example of how and when to use SET
> FOCUS
> >and MDI??)
> >
> >TIA!
> >
> >Mike Sinclair
> >
