control mouse clicks on form

[crimmelcp]

I need to control where on the form the user can click the mouse button.
When a Xdialog is on the form and the user clicks OK, then control the mouse clicks so that the user cannot click anyplace on the screen

See jpg.

Thanks
Charlie Crimmel

[Steve Workings]

Re: control mouse clicks on form

Hi Charlie -

I presume that you're running a process during which you don't want the user to click?

I haven't tried it, but what about the HOURGLASS_CURSOR() function?

[Stan Mathews]

Re: control mouse clicks on form

I need to control where on the form the user can click the mouse button.
When a Xdialog is on the form and the user clicks OK, then control the mouse clicks so that the user cannot click anyplace on the screen

See jpg.

Thanks
Charlie Crimmel

How about UI_FREEZE(.t.)

with a corresponding UI_FREEZE(.f.)


when your're ready for the user again?

or uiFreezeObject.create()

Or if you want to disable the buttons until you get through with something....

list = topparent.child_enum("f=button")
for each b in list
	evaluate_template(b+".disable()")
next

and later

list = topparent.child_enum("f=button")
for each b in list
	evaluate_template(b+".enable()")
next

[crimmelcp]

Re: control mouse clicks on form

Thanks
I cannot use UI_Freeze beacuse I have user messages comming back to the screen to give them feedback on what part of the script is running.
UI_Freeze will prevent messages from being displayed.

If the script is running and the user clicks on the windows start menu , or just on another part of the screen, it puts a white block over the screen and the user cannot see if anything is happening.
see jpg.

I am looking for a way to disable the mouse until the scrit is thru running

Thanks
Charlie Crimmel

[Tom Cone Jr]

Re: control mouse clicks on form

Charlie, if the screen is maximized and the system menu disabled or removed, wouldn't you achieve your goal if all the objects on the form were themselves disabled?

[Stan Mathews]

Re: control mouse clicks on form

Thanks
I cannot use UI_Freeze beacuse I have user messages comming back to the screen to give them feedback on what part of the script is running.
UI_Freeze will prevent messages from being displayed.

If the script is running and the user clicks on the windows start menu , or just on another part of the screen, it puts a white block over the screen and the user cannot see if anything is happening.
see jpg.

I am looking for a way to disable the mouse until the scrit is thru running

Thanks
Charlie Crimmel

So what you really want is

UI_YIELD()

Syntax

UI_YIELD()

Description

Use UI_YIELD() in fast running loops to provide Alpha Five with time to refresh the screen display.

and has nothing to do with preventing the user from clicking on your form because the same thing (screen corruption) can happen whatever is opened in the foreground.

[G Gabriel]

Re: control mouse clicks on form

I never had such need and as such I have never tired this, but it's worth a try:
When the user clicks OK:
parentform.disable()

after the script runs and finishes:
parenform.enable()

I believe it will work, if not:
disable and enable all objects on the form individually,or

set a variable based on which objects will be enabled/diabled, or

put all these objects in a Conditional object.

[G Gabriel]

Re: control mouse clicks on form

A more elegant way to do this is:
After the user clicks OK:
Show another modal xdlg with progress bar and either:
a-Show the other messages as embedded modeless xdlg's in the one with the progress bar, or
b-as separate modeless xdlg's

The Modal xdlg with the progress bar will have an OK button that will be disabled up and untill the script finishes running.