Re: Forms 6.0: Interactive input for background procedure

"Michael" <wucf_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:d08d4e18.0111020710.6a080952_at_posting.google.com...
> I have a form that needs to input a data field for a procedure while
> runing in a loop. I want the form to show up a input data field,
> after I type in new data, then the procedure continues until next
> loop. Currently, I can only use the show_editor program to stop the
> program runing to achive this. However, the show_editor is not a nice
> interface and cannot be modified. show_alert can stop a program
> running, but user can only see a message, non data input function. Can
> anyone give some suggestions of how to deal with this situation?

Hello Michael,
just a non-tested suggestion.
If you put 'pause;' in your program, the user sees a alert with 'Please acknowledge' and an OK button. The program only continues when the user has clicked the button. Before the call to 'pause' you could show a canvas with just one item where the user can input the required data.After 'pause' you could hide the canvas again.

Hope this helps, regard,
Joost Received on Sat Nov 03 2001 - 17:53:25 CET