Re: HIDE_VIEW question

Ken Halsted wrote:
>
> Please help,
>
> I'm trying to hide a stacked-canvas view and I'm new at this. This is
> what I did. I created a form that has a primary canvas called
> 'CG$PAGE_1' (it came from designer this way). I created a block and a
> new canvas called 'CNV_PARAM' which has some parameters on it. It's a
> stacked canvas. I used
> show_view to make it appear when a user presses a button. Now I want
> it to disappear, How can I get the stacked canvas to go away, and leave
> me with the original 'CG$PAGE_1' ?
>
> I tried using hide_view but the canvas still remains.
>
> Thanks for any help at all.
>
> Ken.

You also have to navigate to an item outside of the view you want to hide (go_item), otherwise Forms will get the hidden view to the front because something there has the focus.

hope it helps

Arnold Schommer Received on Thu Mar 18 1999 - 14:16:09 CET