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    #16
    Re: Form MenuTree - events, xbasic, etc.

    Yep--it does work but you would have to do this for each tree and change it for any additions made to a tree...but hey its a work-a-round!! :)

    Code:
     
topparent:Tree1.activate()
sys_send_keys("{%RIGHT}{%RIGHT}{%RIGHT}{DOWN}{DOWN}{DOWN}{DOWN}{%RIGHT}{%RIGHT}{%RIGHT}{DOWN}{DOWN}{%RIGHT}{%RIGHT}{%RIGHT}{DOWN}")
    Mike
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    It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
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      #17
      Re: Form MenuTree - events, xbasic, etc.

      Yeah, that might be problematic since my menu tree is dynamically loaded w. xbasic subject to user privileges.
      Peter
      AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

       [email protected]
      https://www.alphabasesolutions.com

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        #18
        Re: Form MenuTree - events, xbasic, etc.

        Peter,
        Got something that most likely will accommodate most scenarios.

        After activating the tree as in my prior script, use 10 {%RIGHT} followed by 1{DOWN} followed again by 10 {%RIGHT} followed by 1{DOWN}....as many times as you think necessary--maybe 20, 30, however many of the main tree topics you could have--seems to run instantly even with 20 series of this. Could use more than 10 "rights" if you think there would be more subtopics of course.

        Just another idea but should work.
        Mike
        __________________________________________
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        It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
        Henry David Thoreau
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          #19
          Re: Form MenuTree - events, xbasic, etc.

          Gabe, nice video. I probably would have gone around in circles w/o Robin's answer. Not a bug indeed.
          See what a little introspection does? some people just need a little nudge.

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            #20
            Re: Form MenuTree - events, xbasic, etc.

            Peter - This may help a little

            Tom

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              #21
              Re: Form MenuTree - events, xbasic, etc.

              Tom, that's one way of dealing with it, for sure. But since my menu is dynamic dependent upon user's permissions, and since forms may be added or subtracted on a regular basis, hardcoding the choices is probably not the best way for me. But thanks for your thought.
              Peter
              AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

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                #22
                Re: Form MenuTree - events, xbasic, etc.

                Tom,

                I take it back. The attached image shows a sample menu filtered to the user. In this case the user is disallowed from "Administrative". In my sample menu table, note that I use "X" as a value for all the node headings. When the user clicks on the tree item (the var value = form name), if they click on a heading they get "X" which is filtered out w. a simple IF statement.

                Thanks again.
                Peter
                AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

                 [email protected]
                https://www.alphabasesolutions.com

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                  #23
                  Re: Form MenuTree - events, xbasic, etc.

                  Originally posted by MikeC View Post
                  After activating the tree as in my prior script, use 10 {%RIGHT} followed by 1{DOWN} followed again by 10 {%RIGHT} followed by 1{DOWN}....as many times as you think necessary--maybe 20, 30, however many of the main tree topics you could have--seems to run instantly even with 20 series of this. Could use more than 10 "rights" if you think there would be more subtopics of course.
                  Mike, I think this does the trick:
                  Code:
                  FOR i=1 TO 10
    sys_send_keys("{%RIGHT}{DOWN}")
next
                  Of course, one can increase 10 to 20 or 30, as you say.
                  Peter
                  AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

                   [email protected]
                  https://www.alphabasesolutions.com

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                    #24
                    Re: Form MenuTree - events, xbasic, etc.

                    Yep--I found that for the sample you gave 10 iterations of "{%RIGHT}{DOWN}" does what is needed and basically takes about 0.172 seconds. Double the amount and it takes about 0.186 seconds. This includes the overhead of activating the tree with script, using a xbasic_wait_for_idle(), and the time script. The wait for idle was needed here as the tree would not open without it with the timing script and messagebox.

                    So not much additional time required to have it work for twice the tree you gave as a sample....or even larger.
                    Mike
                    __________________________________________
                    It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
                    It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
                    Henry David Thoreau
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                      #25
                      Re: Form MenuTree - events, xbasic, etc.

                      Originally posted by Peter.Greulich View Post
                      Tom,

                      I take it back. The attached image shows a sample menu filtered to the user. In this case the user is disallowed from "Administrative". In my sample menu table, note that I use "X" as a value for all the node headings. When the user clicks on the tree item (the var value = form name), if they click on a heading they get "X" which is filtered out w. a simple IF statement.

                      Thanks again.
                      Peter,
                      Could you explain a bit more about how you are using this table and mapping it to your tree control and applying the filter?

                      My first question I guess is why the table?
                      Last edited by MoGrace; 06-16-2008, 01:12 PM.
                      Robin

                      Discernment is not needed in things that differ, but in those things that appear to be the same. - Miles Sanford

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                        #26
                        Re: Form MenuTree - events, xbasic, etc.

                        Originally posted by MoGrace View Post
                        Could you explain a bit more about how you are using this table and mapping it to your tree control and applying the filter?

                        My first question I guess is why the table?
                        Robin,

                        The table serves the purpose of dynamically creating the menu - depending upon the user's permissions. Each user's permissions are assigned/defined in a linking table (user_id & category_id). When a user logs on, a function reads the user_id and creates a single simple string w. all the permitted user categories - e.g. "001~002~004". A 2nd function takes that string and queries the menu table (displayed in the table image in the above post #22) for those permitted values. It then concatenates the menu item line with the form name and loads the tree control.The tree returns the form name and a button executes the form load. Hope that makes sense.
                        Peter
                        AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

                         [email protected]
                        https://www.alphabasesolutions.com

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                          #27
                          Re: Form MenuTree - events, xbasic, etc.

                          Actually it does. But I wonder how you ever came up with it!
                          Robin

                          Discernment is not needed in things that differ, but in those things that appear to be the same. - Miles Sanford

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                            #28
                            Re: Form MenuTree - events, xbasic, etc.

                            I would really like to know how to get this done too! I mean create the menu according to the user's access right.

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                              #29
                              Re: Form MenuTree - events, xbasic, etc.

                              Just thought I would update this thread with an entry I just made in the code archive. While this is the V8 portion of the board and the code I posted won't work in V8 because the xdialog supercontrol is not available in v8 (must have v9) - I thought it might help some of those who participated in this thread.

                              Regards,

                              Jeff

                              oops - for got the link: Here it is:

                              http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...ad.php?t=77082

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