Ui_dlg_ctl_goto()

[Tom Henkel]

ORIGINALLY POSTED IN THE APP SERVER FORUM, SORRY

I searched the forums, and tried looking at related posts, but no joy.

I have a simple question: can a ui_dgl_ctl_goto actually go to a radio button control?

snippets of the dialog and code.

{justify=left}Change or Withdraw?{sp=8}(vCC:Change) (vCC:Withdraw){endregion};

  	if vCC=""
  		ERR_MSG = "Please select \"Change\" or \"Withdraw\""+crlf()+"...or click \"CANCEL\""
		rslt = ui_dlg_ctl_goto(dlg_title,"vCC")
		a_dlg_button=""
	end if

When I debug this, the value of rslt is false.

Any help is appreciated...

tom

[Tom Cone Jr]

Re: Ui_dlg_ctl_goto()

Tom,

I see the prompt for the radio button, but I don't see the variable receiving the selection.

check the syntax of your radio button again. Here's the help file link.

I'm a little rusty so forgive me if this idea makes no sense. -- tom

[Stan Mathews]

Re: Ui_dlg_ctl_goto()

Don't know if I'm reading it right but I see this

UI_DLG_CTL_GOTO( Title as C, Control_Name as C )

as meaning you supply the title, as you have and the control name, which you are attempting to pass as a variable. To me your usage would be

ui_dlg_ctl_goto(dlg_title,vCC)

but this is inside an if where we know vCC is blank, so there's nothing to goto?

[Tom Henkel]

Re: Ui_dlg_ctl_goto()

Tom, Stan,


Thanks for the response, but "vCC" IS the variable and the control name. I've had no issues going to other types of controls, it is just radio controls that throw me for a loop. I'm home now, but tomorrow, I'll post the dialog.

[G Gabriel]

Re: Ui_dlg_ctl_goto()

can a ui_dgl_ctl_goto actually go to a radio button control?

Yes, ....but no.... because it does not make sense !!
How so?
First off: the snipet you provided does not say where do you test to see if vCC is blank?
But regardless,
Can you make the focus go to a radio button?
Yes you can..but not with the method you attempted. You can with a different method, but..will ignore this for now because, as I said, it does not make sense.
How so?
If you want the focus to go to a radio button, where do you want it to land? i.e., On what choice of the radio button?
If you want it to land say on the "Change" choice in the example you provided, then what you do is:

if vCC=""  
vCC="Change"
end if

So, there is nothing to navigate to, you simply set the value of vCC because that's all you do when you go to it anyway..

[Tom Henkel]

Re: Ui_dlg_ctl_goto()

Gabe,
I was thinking about that, but what I was attempting to do was to see if the user clicked "OK", but didn't select a choice, I wanted to throw an error message, leave the dialog open, and force them to choose one of the options. The alternative is to blow them off and make them start over, which is not what I really want to do. I guess I could disable the "OK" button until something is selected...

TimeOff.jpg

I just changed the "OK" button to disable if "vCC" is blank. This will save a lot of grief...

[G Gabriel]

Re: Ui_dlg_ctl_goto()

I figured that you wanted to make sure the user makes a radio button choice, i.e., the radio button is required.
You could disable the OK button like you said
You could throw an error message
You could do both
You could highlight the radio button in red for instance and do one or both of the above
You could make it blink if you want..whatever works for you

[Tom Henkel]

Re: Ui_dlg_ctl_goto()

The way I figure it is that if they don't make a choice, there is no reason to go any further, hence disabling the "OK" button.

[MoGrace]

Re: Ui_dlg_ctl_goto()

Hi Tom H.
Just wondering...if this dlg box is responding to a user choice on another form, why not have the radio buttons on that form, then your dlg box can respond to which choice was made for the next step to take? You could make 3 choices: Confirm Change Withdraw, with confirm as the default choice.

[Tom Henkel]

Re: Ui_dlg_ctl_goto()

Robin,
This is actually part of a larger system where we are replacing a paper form for requesting time off. The user had already requested a specific date, and that request is displayed in an embedded browse in another dialog box. This dialog is in response to a doubleclck on the specific line in the displayed browse. I guess I could ask in the doubleclick action, but I didn't think of that.

Tom