Re: Forms 6i issue

From: Andrey Radchenko <radchenko_at_home.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:23:27 -0800
Message-ID: <3A71F8DE.9DF90B99_at_home.com>


It would have been nice, had Forms fired these triggers running in the browser while user goes back and forth between app and yahoo.com. Unfortunately, they don't.

Has anybody other idea?

Thanks!

Andrey.

mhr123_at_my-deja.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Don't know if it could be done, but I would try the following:
> 1) Create a package in your form containing a package variable (or use
> a :global).
> 2) Set the variable to something like 'DEACT' by the when-window-
> deactivated trigger.
> 3) In the when-window-activated trigger evaluate the variable. If
> it's 'DEACT', send the user to the 'front door'.
>
> If you use a pll package for the variable, and attach the pll to all
> the forms of your application, you can avoid the roundtrip to the front
> door if necessary (if the user goes forward/backward between the
> scrrens of your application).
>
> Hope this can be an idea.
>
> Regards, Michael Ringbo
>
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Received on Fri Jan 26 2001 - 23:23:27 CET

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