Re: F.orms 4.x Programming Question: Window toggling?

From: Lee levy <levy.lee.ls_at_bhp.com.au>
Date: 1996/01/14
Message-ID: <4dc12a$no_at_gossamer.itmel.bhp.com.au>#1/1

Nasty fix:
Include a control block of items, one for each modal window and stick in a specific value when you open/close the window, eg. 'OPENED', 'CLOSED'. Query control items when need to know status of window. Update items when specific window is opened & closed. Should work - I hate working this way, the overheads are so high.

Truly, Having gone GUI, Forms needs more high level controls for this sort of thing, eg
What window am I in?
Exit application entirely (not just current form) etc.

Lee

In article <4d3f5k$215_at_columbia>, R_W_Wayne_Little_at_rl.gov (Wayne Little) says:
>
>How can one test to see if a "window" is open? GET_WINDOW_PROPERTY
>doesn't have a status.
>
>We have buttons that bring up NON-modal pop-up windows (tied to a key in
>the main window). These pop-up windows sometimes get put to the "back"
>when the background of the main window is clicked on. This can be
>confusing for the users. We'd like a way either to prevent this, or to
>get them back to the window in the same state (with any changes they've
>made).
>

 <snip>
>Any ideas greatly appreciated
>
>Wayne Little, Boeing Computer Services - Richland
>Internet: wayne_little_at_FEP0.RL.GOV
>
>"God loves each of us, as if there were only one of us." Augustine

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Opinions expressed are mostly my own, so give me some credit. Received on Sun Jan 14 1996 - 00:00:00 CET