Re: stacked canvas won't leave problem

In the when-tab-changed trigger -
If the stacked canvas has the cursor, (:system variable) do a GO_ITEM to a field on the tabbed canvas. That should allow the tab to stay on top.

Hope this helps,

In article <h3MP3.3336$pJ3.198043_at_news.flash.net>, [Quoted]   "Brian Howard" <bkhoward_at_flash.net> wrote:
> I have a tabbed canvas on top of which I diplay a stacked canvas when
a
> button is pushed. The stacked canvas also has a button which does a
> hide_view to close the canvas when done. This is the problem, if the
canvas
> is left open with the cursor on one of its fields when the tab page is
> changed, the canvas doesn't leave and displays over the new tab page.
I need
> to make sure that even if the cursor is on the canvas once the tab
page is
> changed, it still disappears. I have put a when-tab-page-changed
trigger on
> the form that is suppose to hide_view on this canvas but it doesn't
work if
> the focus is still on an item in the stacked canvas. What I really
need is a
> before-tab-page-changed trigger option but it doesn't exist. What can
I do?
>
>

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