I am having difficulty refreshing a form with embedded browses.
I have a form with 3 embedded browses and have set up another form to allow the user to choose which columns to show in 2 of the browses. (See attached) On the main form, i have a button which opens a small form where the user can select which columns to show. This part works fine, as long as the main form closes, and once re-opened it shows the appropriate columns.
I would like to just refresh the main form/browses so when the small column chooser form is closed, it will automatically reflect the changes in the main form. I am sure it is simple, but i have tried quite a few solutions without success. Either it does not refresh or it will refresh, but opens another instance of the main form. I even tried what i though would be a no-brainer solution, on closing of the small form, have it close and re-open the main form which will reflect the new changes. this works the first time but if you re-open the small form and make more changes, when the form is closed it errors saying the fCharts form cannot be found. I am assuming that the actual closing of the main form was not seen as actually closing and it wants to open the form as another instance fCharts0. As i said, this is speculation on my part.
i searched the forum and tried anything close concerning refreshing or syncing a form but none worked.
As you can see, i am new to Alpha, because this is so easy in the previous applications i worked in, but cannot find the solution here. There has to be an easy answer to this, and i would appreciate any help. Thank you.Chooser.gifMainForm.gif
I have a form with 3 embedded browses and have set up another form to allow the user to choose which columns to show in 2 of the browses. (See attached) On the main form, i have a button which opens a small form where the user can select which columns to show. This part works fine, as long as the main form closes, and once re-opened it shows the appropriate columns.
I would like to just refresh the main form/browses so when the small column chooser form is closed, it will automatically reflect the changes in the main form. I am sure it is simple, but i have tried quite a few solutions without success. Either it does not refresh or it will refresh, but opens another instance of the main form. I even tried what i though would be a no-brainer solution, on closing of the small form, have it close and re-open the main form which will reflect the new changes. this works the first time but if you re-open the small form and make more changes, when the form is closed it errors saying the fCharts form cannot be found. I am assuming that the actual closing of the main form was not seen as actually closing and it wants to open the form as another instance fCharts0. As i said, this is speculation on my part.
i searched the forum and tried anything close concerning refreshing or syncing a form but none worked.
As you can see, i am new to Alpha, because this is so easy in the previous applications i worked in, but cannot find the solution here. There has to be an easy answer to this, and i would appreciate any help. Thank you.Chooser.gifMainForm.gif
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