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    OnFlyover vs. Bubble Help

    I don't see any way to create bubble help for a field that brings variables or calculations into the message. So I'm looking at OnFlyover to do the following:

    On my form, I have a status area that shows "Printed" with a check box following. If it is checked, it means a certain report was printed. When the report is printed, it captures date, time, and rep who printed it.

    I don't want to take screen real estate with the date, time, and rep. Rather, I would like to have the mouse hovering to show the date, time, and rep.

    As I have it set right now, it has the following code in the OnFlyover:

    DIM SHARED diaDetailsC_result as N
    DIM SHARED diaDetailsC_OK_Button as L
    diaDetailsC_OK_Button = .F.
    title_var = "Printed Details"
    message_text_var = a5_eval_expression("=iif(printed,dtoc(prindate)+\" \"+trim(printime)+\" by \"+trim(prinrep),\"\")",local_variables())
    diaDetailsC_result=ui_msg_box(title_var,message_text_var)

    This has the effect of showing a message box with the title "Printed Details" and the three variables date, time, and rep in the body of the message box. It also has the "OK" button and the red X close button.

    I would like to eliminate the "OK" button and the red X close button and just show the information while hovering over the check box. Once the mouse pointer is taken away from the check box, I would like the message to disappear.

    There are probably various ways to do this. One is to leave it the way it is but have something in the OnFlyoverleave that will remove the message box from view. I'm just trying to avoid the user having to click on OK or the red X to close the box.

    My goal is to have several status indicators like the Printed state, and have it available for the user to hover over any status check box and see the details, behaving the same way that bubble help works (though I don't see bubble help being viable for this situation due to variables and calculations being needed in the message).

    Any thoughts on this? Thanks.

    Jeff
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    #2
    Re: OnFlyover vs. Bubble Help

    You can use a Help Entry and define Buble Help.
    I am using this in an application to show content of a calculation.
    Jo Hulsen
    Dommel Valley Solutions
    The Netherlands

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      #3
      Re: OnFlyover vs. Bubble Help

      Originally posted by DVSOL005 View Post
      You can use a Help Entry and define Buble Help.
      I am using this in an application to show content of a calculation.
      Are you putting the calculation contents within the area that says "Bubble Help Text"?

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        #4
        Re: OnFlyover vs. Bubble Help

        Yes, next is an example.

        example.PNG
        Jo Hulsen
        Dommel Valley Solutions
        The Netherlands

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          #5
          Re: OnFlyover vs. Bubble Help

          Originally posted by Jeff Fried View Post
          I don't see any way to create bubble help for a field that brings variables or calculations into the message. So I'm looking at OnFlyover to do the following:

          On my form, I have a status area that shows "Printed" with a check box following. If it is checked, it means a certain report was printed. When the report is printed, it captures date, time, and rep who printed it.

          I don't want to take screen real estate with the date, time, and rep. Rather, I would like to have the mouse hovering to show the date, time, and rep.

          As I have it set right now, it has the following code in the OnFlyover:

          DIM SHARED diaDetailsC_result as N
          DIM SHARED diaDetailsC_OK_Button as L
          diaDetailsC_OK_Button = .F.
          title_var = "Printed Details"
          message_text_var = a5_eval_expression("=iif(printed,dtoc(prindate)+\" \"+trim(printime)+\" by \"+trim(prinrep),\"\")",local_variables())
          diaDetailsC_result=ui_msg_box(title_var,message_text_var)

          This has the effect of showing a message box with the title "Printed Details" and the three variables date, time, and rep in the body of the message box. It also has the "OK" button and the red X close button.

          I would like to eliminate the "OK" button and the red X close button and just show the information while hovering over the check box. Once the mouse pointer is taken away from the check box, I would like the message to disappear.

          There are probably various ways to do this. One is to leave it the way it is but have something in the OnFlyoverleave that will remove the message box from view. I'm just trying to avoid the user having to click on OK or the red X to close the box.

          My goal is to have several status indicators like the Printed state, and have it available for the user to hover over any status check box and see the details, behaving the same way that bubble help works (though I don't see bubble help being viable for this situation due to variables and calculations being needed in the message).

          Any thoughts on this? Thanks.

          Jeff
          I answered my own question. All you do is put "ui_modeless_dlg_close(<name of dialog>)" in OnFlyoverleave and it closes what you have open.

          Jeff

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            #6
            Re: OnFlyover vs. Bubble Help

            Originally posted by DVSOL005 View Post
            Yes, next is an example.

            [ATTACH=CONFIG]37368[/ATTACH]
            This appears to be for web apps. Did I mistakenly post this in the web app section? I meant it to be for desktop only.

            Jeff

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              #7
              Re: OnFlyover vs. Bubble Help

              Jeff,
              That example is for the desktop.
              Jo Hulsen
              Dommel Valley Solutions
              The Netherlands

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                #8
                Re: OnFlyover vs. Bubble Help

                Originally posted by DVSOL005 View Post
                Jeff,
                That example is for the desktop.
                I see the problem. What you describe is exactly right in A5V10. I'm doing this for an earlier version of Alpha that does not have the HTML and simple formatting options. That's why I had no way to do this with bubble help.

                Thanks for helping. I will just do the ui_modeless_dlg approach.

                Jeff

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