How to "exit" the record on a cancel?...

[Jeff Klages]

I created a toolbar... moved the xbasic scripts from the forms buttons to the toolbar... changed the "parent.restrict, parent.cancel, etc... to this.cancel, etc... .. everything works as planned except when you cancel from edit mode. The field is still in focus and accepting input.. even tho I told it to not allow writes.. (this.restrict_change and this.restrict_enter) I thought sending a tab after its cancelled and locked would fix it but that has no effect at all... when I unlock it for enter or change mode I send a tab to get the focus to the first field in the tab order and that works well.

And its only when you cancel from edit mode... enter mode cancels properly...

[whanigsberg]

RE: How to

I'm not sure what is supposed to happen when you cancel a script in edit mode (do you mean change?). If the form reverts to view mode a field will still accept focus.

Have you tried a refresh of the form which you can test by pressing F5 manually?

Bill

[Mick Magnuson]

RE: How to

Hi Jeff

Canceling from Change mode is a bit different, at least from what I have found.
For canceling modifications in Change mode try

parentform.cancel()
parentform.resynch()

That ususally works for me, and still gives the 2nd confirmation to cancel changes.

Mick

[Jeff Klages]

RE: How to

well.. I tried your parentform.resynch()... has no effect.. I am doing this from a toolbar if that makes a difference, which I believe it does.

Sure hope the XBasic books from Alpha explain XBasic in depth a bit better than the included documentation.

[Mick Magnuson]

RE: How to

Hi Jeff
What else is in the script on the toolbar? Post it if you want. Maybe we can tweak it up to get your cancel change to work properly.

Mick

[Jeff Klages]

RE: How to

Hi Mike.. thnx for responding...

Heres the "New Record" button:

this.restrict_enter=.f.
this.restrict_change=.f.
this.new_record()
sys_send_keys("{TAB}")

Heres the "Edit Record button:

this.restrict_change=.F.
sys_send_keys("{TAB}")

And here is the "Cancel" button:

this.restrict_enter=.t.
this.restrict_change=.t.
this.cancel()

And I tried it like this too:

this.cancel()
this.restrict_enter=.t.
this.restrict_change=.t.


The "cancel" button works as planned when you are in Enter mode.. but if you are in Change mode it doesnt take the cursor from the field so the field is still accepting input instead of being all dark.

This has got to be something simple.. and since I am just starting this AlphaFive stuff, I am still at the bottom of the learning curve :)

And thanks in advance to all who answer my (noob) questions.

Jeff K.

[Jeff Klages]

RE: How to

Oh.. and to answer Williams question.. an F5 (refresh) does nothing to move the focus, so I guess its not a screen refresh solution.

I am still waiting on the Dr. Peter Wayne Xbasic book from Alpha.. sure hope it gets here before the weekend.. I could use a little light reading... lol

[JohnZaleski]

RE: How to

If the cancel worked the way you wanted while it was a button on the form, keep the code on a button and try putting:
"button1.push()"
as the code in the toolbar if the button name was button1

[Jeff Klages]

RE: How to

It fixed itself.. it works.. dunno how.. it just does...