Toolbar Question

[Ken L Herrold]

Guys:

To stop screen flashing during the load of a form, the following was suggested. Open the form using Form.load(); let it set indexes or whatever in the 'oninit' event and THEN use the [formname].show(),[formname].activate(). Selwyn even suggested this in one of several threads on the subject of screen flashing. I think I've read every one.

I find, when using that method, that the loading form's custom toolbar NEVER loads, leaving a blank space above the form where an identical one had been in above the calling form. Attemps to load the tool bar even with Xbasic does not work. I've tried loading the toolbar before the show(); during the show() and after the show() with no successes.

Am I missing something here? Or... is it the nature of the beast?

Thanx in advance

Ken

[Tom Cone Jr]

RE: Toolbar Question

Ken,

I suggest you avoid using OnInit to do this kind of work. Since you've loaded the form using a script I'd use that same script to set the index, etc.

If the custom toolbar is identified correctly in the properties of the form it will appear all by itself. There's no need to load / open it separately.

-- t

[Ken L Herrold]

RE: Toolbar Question

Tom:

Thanks. Apparently I didn't make my situation clear - I HAD NO Oninit, or On Activate events on the loading form. The ONLY form event was for the timer.

While the form was hidden, however, the script was Xbasic-"Pushing a button" on the loaded form before the 'show()' command. The toolbar was, indeed, configured properly in the form's properties, but with the 'button push' active, it would not load. I.E. comment out that event and the toolbar would load.

Funny thing - I have A5v5 and it doesn't mind that 'push' event and loads the toolbar every time with my script 'as is'.

That's why I thought I was doing something wrong.

Intersting...

Thanks Tom

Ken

[Ken L Herrold]

RE: Toolbar Question

To Tom and all:

I FOUND IT ! Thanks to the reminder that 'if the toolbar is properly defined in the form's properties, it will display'.The xbasic push event played that button's script which contained some screenfreezes. When I commented them out - all worked just as advertised.

Thanks again Tom.


Ken

[Ken L Herrold]

RE: Toolbar Question

Nope - scratch the screen freeze remedy.

What I found was that if you design a system menu you apparently have to have at least one command UNDERLINED with the "&" [hotkey]. If the underline is not there the space occurs between your form and the Toolbar below the system menu. Actually the menubar shrinks height. Specifically, I had put a 'Close' on that system menu WITHOUT the underline. When I changed it, all works now as advertised. Weird? But then so am I.

Thanks again

Ken