Shifting Position Xdialog

[Mike Wilson]

Here is a mystery, at least for me. Check out the modeless Xdialog that moves across the page with OnFetch form event. I haven't a clue why.... do you?

The script is in the Form OnFetch event. It was written hoping to report whether the record in focus has other correlated records in the table and therefore a "duplicate".

Open the database,and it will open to the form. The Xdialog will appear at positon 1,1. Push the 'Next' navigation button to move to the next record and watch the Xdialog move positions. If it goes off the page, it will not return unless you COMPLETELY close out of A5 and re-enter. It you close it and move to the next record, it starts again at the begining position.

Any Xdialog guru's understand this?

[G Gabriel]

Re: WHAT THE HECK ??? Shifting Position Xdialog

..Nothing is sifting here..
Preliminary diagnosis: "Corrupted Form".
Re-try in another form.

[Mike Wilson]

Re: WHAT THE HECK ??? Shifting Position Xdialog

Gabriel,
I downloaded the posted example and tried it on my work machine to make sure it wasn't something goofy with my home unit. You are not seeing the Xdialog march across the page (see pics) with Next record event?

[G Gabriel]

Re: WHAT THE HECK ??? Shifting Position Xdialog

No...It remains @1x1.
What build do you have?

[Mike Wilson]

Re: WHAT THE HECK ??? Shifting Position Xdialog

This is v7, 4130, build 3133. It tried it in my v8, 1257, build 3055 and it does it there too. Maybe someone else might try and speak. Very odd.

[Doug Page]

Re: WHAT THE HECK ??? Shifting Position Xdialog

This is v7, 4130, build 3133. It tried it in my v8, 1257, build 3055 and it does it there too. Maybe someone else might try and speak. Very odd.

I'm using v7, 4130, build 3033 - not 3133 as you show.

No problems here. the dialog pops up as it should and once closed reappears after navigating to a new record. The screen shots that you showed makes me think that it is a progressional loop for positioning that does something like 1,1 / 5,5 / 10,10 etc. After reviewing your code, my noobie eyes couldn't decifer anything like that. However, not knowing a lot about XDialog the following statements seem like the only potential suspects:

    {startup=clock}
    {interval=3}
    {timer=clock}

Otherwise, don't know where else to look.

[Jim Coltz]

Re: WHAT THE HECK ??? Shifting Position Xdialog

This is v7, 4130, build 3133. It tried it in my v8, 1257, build 3055 and it does it there too. Maybe someone else might try and speak. Very odd.

I see what your seeing Mike. Using V8 1391_3068. The problem is the {position=1,1}. Removing it from the script keeps the dialog in the same position. Another option is to insert

if ui_modeless_dlg_exist("Pat_Dups") then
    ui_modeless_dlg_close("Pat_dups")
end if

at the beginning of the script to close the existing box first.

The help file for the {position} command would seem to indicate that it shouldn't keep adding the 1,1 in your script to each time the dialog is refreshed but it does. Maybe a bug?

[G Gabriel]

Re: WHAT THE HECK ??? Shifting Position Xdialog

I was about to ask: what happens if you remove the popsition command, but that question has already been answered. Now, what if you change it to Modal?

[Mike Wilson]

Re: WHAT THE HECK ??? Shifting Position Xdialog

Yes, my v7 build is 3033 not 3133.
Yes taking the {position1,1} out certainly corrects the issue, except not it's as you guessed, in the center of the form, just where I don't want it.

And lastly if it is changed to a modal xdialog, it becomes a timed box, and closes at the {interval=3}. OK, time to go home for the day.... Thanks all.

[Mike Wilson]

Re: WHAT THE HECK ??? Shifting Position Xdialog

if ui_modeless_dlg_exist("Pat_Dups") then
    ui_modeless_dlg_close("Pat_dups")
end if

at the beginning of the script to close the existing box first.

Thanks Jim, that works well.