Re: WHEN-LEAVE-BLOCK trigger in Forms 4.5

From: Lee Levy <levy.lee.ls_at_bhp.com.au>
Date: 1996/02/18
Message-ID: <4g89mu$h5m_at_gossamer.itmel.bhp.com.au>#1/1

In article <234384138wnr_at_kheldar.demon.co.uk>, Clint Redwood <clint_at_kheldar.demon.co.uk> says:
>

 <snip>
>Basically I have an application which needs to calculate on exit of a detail
>block, changes to the master block. To do this... it needs to use first_record,
>next_record etc which are restricted built-ins... this precludes the Post-Block
>triggers etc...
>
>So my problem is... how do I detect that the user is about to leave a block,
>either by keyboard commands or by mouse, before the block has been left, and
>such that I can use restricted built-ins...
>
>Any ideas?
>
>--
>** Clint Redwood Email clint_at_kheldar.demon.co.uk **
>
Go back to the POST-BLOCK trigger, but have it fire a timer (make it only about 5 microseconds long) in the when-timer-expired you can do any navigation you like, and it effectively means that you are doing it at post-block trigger time.

Lee

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Opinions expressed are mostly my own, so give me some credit. Received on Sun Feb 18 1996 - 00:00:00 CET