Xdialog boxes

[NBGH]

I have two situations working with Xdialog boxes and their variables that I could use help with.

First situation;

I�ve created a dialog box with a �list box� of years to select by user, Ex. 2003,2004, etc. this produces a �newy� variable. I then created a function using �dir_create_recurse� that will create the next year�s subfolder for new data. I would like to combine these two functions into one on push button operation. The next year would be selected and that year would have its own folder created. How would I use the �newy� variable in the location path of �dir_create_recurse�?

Second Situation:

I have many records to enter at a give time where one of the fields is a date entry. I would like to have the user preselect the date thru a dialog box and have it entered automatically.
Ex. I have a dialog box where the user can enter a date, producing a variable �datetr�. I would like this selected date to be inserted into a date field �trandate� in an embedded browser.
Thanks for your help�.
Don Gunther

[CALocklin]

RE: Xdialog boxes

Don,

You're generally better off putting different questions in separate topics. This makes them easier to follow and to answer. (I, and I'm sure others, have been known to look at a message with many questions and decide "I just don't have time to decipher it all right now so somebody else will have to answer it.")

Assuming "Newy" is a character variable and the folder is to be named with the value in "newy", the structure would be something like this:
dir_create_recurse("parent_path>+chr(92)+var->newy)

Assuming the parent_path is the path of your data on the local drive:
dir_create_recurse(A5.get_path()+chr(92)+var->newy)

Note: If you are networked and want the folder on the network, you will first have to define the network path by checking A5.get_master_path() also.

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Question 2:

It sounds like you are saying, "I want to have a default date value that always uses the last date entered." If that's correct, here's how I did it just a couple days ago....

- set up a global variable in the Autoexec script to hold the date. ("gdate" for the purpose of this description.)
- set the starting default value in the Autoexec -or- leave it undefined in which case the default for the first entry will be blank.
- define the field's default value to be the value of the global variable. (I think I also defined the global variable in the table just to be sure it would always exist even if the autoexec didn't run but I'm not sure. It's also possible that I tried it and it overwrote the value from the autoexec. Test it to be sure.)
- In the OnWrote event of the field, put a short script to reset the value of "gdate" to the value in the field:
DIM GLOBAL gdate as d
gdate = "tablename>->"mydatefield>

Of course, tablename and mydatefield would be replaced by the appropriate names from your database.

If you wanted to keep "yesterday's" value as the default, you would have to save the value in a table, text file, or registry variable at some point and read it in from the autoexec the next time you started. If it were reasonable to store it just before the application closed, I would do it that way just to avoid the overhead of opening and closing a file numerous times.

[CALocklin]

RE: Xdialog boxes

I just re-read your question about the date. If you want the user to preselect the date, I would still set up the global variable and just let the user redefine it in your dialog box.

Then, using the OnWrote (NOT CanWrite) event would allow them to change it "on the fly" if that is desirable. If it's not desirable, just leave out that step.

[NBGH]

RE: Xdialog boxes

Cal,
I see your point about packing a couple of questions in one posting. Thanks for the tip.
Question #1's Answer seems straight forward. As for #2, "I�ll have to play around with this and see what happens. Thanks for the quick response..
Don