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    Help with Supercontrol properties.

    I have the Record Navigator supercontrol on a form and what I want is to be able to change either a visible or enabled property state. I am very new to Alpha, so at the moment I am using action scripting quite a bit. I have tried to set the control's property via action script Object Properties (set and get), but when promptd to select the object to be modified the supercontrol is not in the list with the other objects of that form. Is there another way I should be doing this?
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    Re: Help with Supercontrol properties.

    I find the same thing. Use xbasic code instead...

    controlname.Hide() to hide it
    controlname.Show() to show it again.

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      Re: Help with Supercontrol properties.

      Thanks David! That was a simple solution that worked great. Just strange that its not part of the action scripting, but if thats the worst thing I'll have to deal with I can live with it.

      Got one other kind of related thing. There is a combobox on this same form that gets it's visible property set to False, this works fine except the border line remains visible. Any ideas why? I just have the border line for this object set to solid. I don't have too have the border like this, but again I'm curious as too why.

      Edit - just tried hiding the combobox with the above xbasic code with the same results, the object does hide but leaves a rectangular border showing. Setting the border to none just leaves a white border instead. Any ideas?
      Last edited by davtech; 05-31-2009, 10:42 PM.

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        Re: Help with Supercontrol properties.

        Just had a quick look at the dropdown stuff and I'd say it was a bug. I dropped a combo box and a record-list combo box on a form. No changes to the default properties - single line border. When the form is first displayed the border is there. I click a button to hide the combo boxes - fine. When I click a button to show the combo boxes they come back with the borders. This is not what I would expect... anyone else see this?

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          Re: Help with Supercontrol properties.

          Hi,

          Just ran the same test. Selected objects hide including borders. I can confirm the borders do NOT return after hiding combo/list boxes.

          There maybe other objects with the same result, build a list and send in a full bug report.

          FYI the Hide and Show object commands are available in AS. Click the filter button on the AS and type Hide.
          Last edited by Keith Hubert; 06-01-2009, 03:17 AM.
          Regards
          Keith Hubert
          Alpha Guild Member
          London.
          KHDB Management Systems
          Skype = keith.hubert


          For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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            Re: Help with Supercontrol properties.

            Thanks for the confirmation Keith. There may also be variances between .Hide() and the Action Scripting Visible property setting - still have to look a bit more closely at that. And... the two areas, xbasic and scripting, should refer to the same "name" for this property. There really shouldn't be .Hide(), .Show() and Visible. I'd prefer .Visible = .f. or .t. throughout the system.

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              Re: Help with Supercontrol properties.

              As far as my issue with the border lines still showing after the object is hidden, I ran the same app on my laptop and the issue didn't appear so I am assuming a hiccup between Alpha and my graphics card perhaps.

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                Re: Help with Supercontrol properties.

                Hi Greg,

                Did the same test on my laptop and got the same result as my first test, border does not show.

                Attached example.
                Regards
                Keith Hubert
                Alpha Guild Member
                London.
                KHDB Management Systems
                Skype = keith.hubert


                For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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                  Re: Help with Supercontrol properties.

                  Hi All,

                  Disappearing border problem, update

                  While this may be a tiny little bug for some I have got the border to display after hiding. Very simply I added a refresh instruction and all is well.

                  For those interested, see attached example with before and after result.

                  (Not exactly a great achievement in the world of power programing but it fixes what seemed a problem)
                  Regards
                  Keith Hubert
                  Alpha Guild Member
                  London.
                  KHDB Management Systems
                  Skype = keith.hubert


                  For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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