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    #16
    Re: bug? : variable not registering

    Originally posted by hov333 View Post
    stan, while i have you here, could you try adding a canExit action "cancel event" and see if it works for you? I cannot get it to cancel if someone attempts to exit the form.

    I have set the action to always cancel (left the cancel expression blank)
    but its still exits without canceling. I tried this on other forms as well.
    could anyone shed some light on this part?? can't get the cancel to work when trying to exit the form, action is set to always cancel (for now at least)

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      #17
      Re: bug? : variable not registering

      I'm not that familiar with conditional action scripts, converted the exit button to code.
      There can be only one.

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        #18
        Re: bug? : variable not registering

        there is no condition, and its on supposed to be set CanExit action script "cancel event" thats all. When I do that, I'm still able to exit the form

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          #19
          Re: bug? : variable not registering

          Check my example. I changed the button code and the canexit code.
          There can be only one.

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            #20
            Re: bug? : variable not registering

            so there's a bug when you action script the event cancel action?

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              #21
              Re: bug? : variable not registering

              Should have said added canexit code. Didn't find any canexit actions in your sample. I can't say there is a bug if I don't know what you tried.
              There can be only one.

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                #22
                Re: bug? : variable not registering

                I added the same code from the example to the actual form I'm working on and I still can't get it to cancel.

                What I tried before copying your code:
                right click on form-> CanExit->"create using action scripting"-> chose new action, "cancel event" via action genie. Try it on my example from before.

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                  #23
                  Re: bug? : variable not registering

                  Works for me.
                  There can be only one.

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                    #24
                    Re: bug? : variable not registering

                    this is so strange, I'll play with this some more tomorrow. I've been playing with it all day and wasn't able to produce the cancel event. Thanks for checking this out stan.

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                      #25
                      Re: bug? : variable not registering

                      there is definitely a bug when you leave the condition blank. It clearly states that if you leave the condition blank, it's supposed to ALWAYS cancel the event. It doesn't.

                      In your example you filled the condition: Var->shipped = "Open" and it works fine, that's good, but its supposed to also cancel when blank.

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                        #26
                        Re: bug? : variable not registering

                        sorry to be such a pain, would you be so kind as to try my example.

                        I attached the actual DB I'm working on. The form is called "shipping control" I can't get it to cancel then OnExit, the way we discussed when var->shipped= "open"

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                          #27
                          Re: bug? : variable not registering

                          Seems to work for me. If I try to close the shipping control form (with variable set to open) with the corner x I get the Must close message and the form doesn't close. If I change the variable to closed (and tab out of the variable object), the form closes ok.

                          I am using V8 so it may be an issue in v10.
                          There can be only one.

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                            #28
                            Re: bug? : variable not registering

                            hmmm, it works fine in V7 but looks like I'm having the problem in V10... so maybe this IS a bug.

                            But here's the funny thing, it works fine in the example you sent me, if I fill the condition in. But when I copy that to my database (which I just uploaded) I can't get it to work!
                            Last edited by hov333; 12-17-2010, 11:22 AM.

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                              #29
                              Re: bug? : variable not registering

                              I'm having a similar problem with using a variable to select the starting position for printing labels (a method Stan Mathews described in another thread). Using his suggestion, I was able to get it to work with Version 5, but am unable to get it to work now with Version 10.5. The variable label_start_pos is always treated as equal to 1 by the print function, even though I have typed in other values for it on the form where it appears.

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