I am using the Dialog2 component with a Tab control in "genie" mode to step thru (15 "tabs") of what will be a lengthy (70 point inspection) form. Each tab will have an average of 7 inspection points with each inspection point using 2 dropdown fields and one textarea field encased in a frame.
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I set the fields up to simply be indexed for each of the 70 inspection points. Because of the redundancy, I used the "Copy Selected Controls to the Clipboard" under the "Menu" option in the design window and saved the frame containing the 3 fields in the controls library. I simply pasted 10 of these "saved" control structures into the design window but now with only 10 inspection points when editing in the design window properties pane, every time I move from one property field to another its updating unbelievably slow. I noticed the Field Properties variable name will index thru ALL the fields in the properties pane at about a 1.5sec pace then finally come back to the field being worked. (at this point, I have only 30 fields in the design and it (I assume Alpha is validating the xbasic code) painstakingly goes thru each of the 30 property control fields seeming doing an update to each control field before returning.
Has anyone else experienced this? I thought it may have been the "copy and paste" technique used but I don't see any other post about a problem with pasting in from the control library.
I have successfully used the dialog2 with repeating fields and am very happy with the control. The dialog2 seems ideal when used with the tabs set in genie mode for a single record input but is there a limitation I have missed?
I look forward to any suggestions offered!
Design screenshot.PNG
I set the fields up to simply be indexed for each of the 70 inspection points. Because of the redundancy, I used the "Copy Selected Controls to the Clipboard" under the "Menu" option in the design window and saved the frame containing the 3 fields in the controls library. I simply pasted 10 of these "saved" control structures into the design window but now with only 10 inspection points when editing in the design window properties pane, every time I move from one property field to another its updating unbelievably slow. I noticed the Field Properties variable name will index thru ALL the fields in the properties pane at about a 1.5sec pace then finally come back to the field being worked. (at this point, I have only 30 fields in the design and it (I assume Alpha is validating the xbasic code) painstakingly goes thru each of the 30 property control fields seeming doing an update to each control field before returning.
Has anyone else experienced this? I thought it may have been the "copy and paste" technique used but I don't see any other post about a problem with pasting in from the control library.
I have successfully used the dialog2 with repeating fields and am very happy with the control. The dialog2 seems ideal when used with the tabs set in genie mode for a single record input but is there a limitation I have missed?
I look forward to any suggestions offered!