At 11:09 AM 7/15/2004 -0400, David Blocker wrote:
However, if you decide not to proceed, you must click on CANCEL TWICE.
Since the drop down box is open and has focus, clicking ONE just closes
down the combo box and the choices no longer show. Only when you click
on CANCEL a second time does the code in the button run and the combo
box and butttons disappear.
David,
That is the CORRECT behavior in Windows environment.
As you have very nicely described, the combo-box is opened,
i.e., PROPERTY ComboBox LISTOPEN 'TRUE', when you click on
the [Cancel] Speed Button, the first time.
So, what's happening is the following:
01. When you first click on the [Cancel] Speed Button, it
closes the combo-box list, i.e.,
PROPERTY ComboBox LISTOPEN 'FALSE'
02. When you click on the [Cancel] Speed Button the second
time (as combo-box is no longer opened at this time),
it follows the remaining commands, i.e,:
PROPERTY ComboBox VISIBLE FALSE
PROPERTY Button_Continue VISIBLE FALSE
PROPERTY Button_Cancel VISIBLE FALSE
Therefore, if any drop-down list is opened, it MUST be closed
first before following the next commands, etc.
FYI, take a look at any other windows programs, for example,
MS Word and try the following steps:
01. Start MS Word
02. While in an empty document, click on the "Zoom" combo-box
and while you're looking at the list in that combo-box,
try to click on [Insert Table] icon, next to it.
Notice the behavior.
Clicking the first time on [Insert Table] while "Zoom"
combo-box is still open, will first close the combo-box.
Pressing on the [Insert Table] again (second time) will
bring up the appropriate option to [Insert Table].
That was the CORRECT behavior. It didn't bring up the
[Insert Table] options on the first click while the
combo-box was still open.
Having explained that, now here's the solution for you:
If you or your users only need the click once, then do not
open the list of combo-box. Simply comment the following line:
-- PROPERTY ComboBox LISTOPEN 'TRUE'
Now, if you click on the [Cancel] speed button, it will do
exactly what you are asking for. One single click on the
[Cancel] speed button will take care of the rest.
Hope that explains!
Enjoy those sample applications and make sure to have fun!
Very Best R:egards,
Razzak.
