Question about aestehtics

[drgarytraub]

When user exits my app, a script is run via the OnExit event. However, the X on the upper right menu bar exits without running this script. I have gotten around this by designing my desktop startup icon with choices checked that tell alpha to not allow max, min on main menu, and to not show this main system menu. This effectively eliminates the min, max, and X buttons on the top right which is what I want. So now all works well in that the user can only exit the app by clicking on my exit buttons, and then I can run whatever scripts I want.

However, I have run into a problem. When user runs a print preview, these top right buttons appear on the preview screen. When user exits the preview screen, these buttons are now put back on to the main top menu, which I do not want?

Is this a bug? Or is there something I am doing wrong?

Or, alternatievely, is there another way to accomplish waht I want to do, i.e., prevent user from exiting without app running my exit script?

Gary Traub

[Selwyn Rabins]

RE: Question about aestehtics

why now use the on_application_exit() function to register the code that you want to run when a5 is exited.

for example:

code = "script_play(\"myscript\")"
on_application_exit(code)


now, having done that, when the user quits a5, the script "myscript" is run.

[drgarytraub]

RE: Question about aestehtics

Thanks Selwyn:

Yes, that would be even better. Where do I put that code?

[drgarytraub]

RE: Question about aestehtics

Selwyn:

I tried putting that code into my autoexec script. It does not do anything. Can you be a little more specific as to what I need to do? Thanks.

Gary

[Selwyn Rabins]

RE: Question about aestehtics

this definitely works.

i test this. i created a script called "register"
the script had this.


code =

[drgarytraub]

RE: Question about aestehtics

Selwyn:

I do not at all doubt that your script works. I just don't understand it. Would you please walk me step by step through the process.

My exit script is called ExitAMA.

So please tell me exactly what I need to type and where I need to put it. Please .................

Gary

[Selwyn Rabins]

RE: Question about aestehtics

i don't understand your question.


try this.

go to the interactive window.

type

script_play("exitAMA")

you script should play.

now do this:

code = "script_play(\"exitAMA\")"
?code

you will see that code is a string that now contains some xbasic code:
script_play("exitAMA")

now do this:

evaluate_template(code)

you will see that your script plays again. that's becasue a5 has executed the xbasic that was contained in the variable "code".

now do this:

on_application_exit(code)



now close a5 down.
does your script play back? it should because the on_application_exit() function registers code to play back.

does that help?

[drgarytraub]

RE: Question about aestehtics

I did everything you said, step by step. But still, the last step, exiting a5, does not bring up my script. I must be missing something.

[Selwyn Rabins]

RE: Question about aestehtics

see attached example

[drgarytraub]

RE: Question about aestehtics

Selwyn:

Thanks for all your help. I will study this example tomorrow and let you know the outcome (I can't seem to download successfully on my home computer tonight - I'll try in the office tomorrow).

Thanks again ...

Gary

[drgarytraub]

RE: Question about aestehtics

Selwyn:

I am still having problems with this. If I create a script called ExitAMA that only has ui_msg_box("success","")
and then have another script called "aaa" that has the following:

code = "script_play(\"ExitAMA\")"
on_application_exit(code)
a5.close()

Then it behaves as you describe, i.e., when script "aaa" is run, the message "success" appears and then when click ok, a5 closes.

However, it does not work with my REAL ExitAMA script which is as follows:

ui_beep()
dim f as p
f=form.load("Exit_AMA","dialog")
f.window_position("Center","center")
f.show()
f.close()

Please advise.

Gary Traub

[Selwyn Rabins]

RE: Question about aestehtics

the code that is registered in the on_application_exit() script runs after the database has been closed. so you can't have this code open a form, because the form is not there --- the database has been closed already.

[drgarytraub]

RE: Question about aestehtics

Thanks Selwyn for the quick reply. That does bring me back to my original question though. How can I Prevent user from clikcing the top left X and thus exiting the app, therefore bypassing my own exit script. I have tried to address this by setting the desktop icon to not show menu and that eliminates the min, max, and X buttons. But again, that works fine until a print preview is run. At that point, the min, max, and X buttons return, and worse, clicking the X does not even exit a5, it just exits the app and leaves the user staring at the a5 menu.

What is your suggestion at this point?

Thanks

Gary

[drgarytraub]

RE: Question about aestehtics

bump

[Tom Cone Jr]

RE: Question about aestehtics

Gary,

In my own work I prefer to show the main menu form for the application, but suppress the 'X' by putting

cancel()

in the form's

CanExit event

I leave the Main Menu form open throughout a session. Only way to return to the Windows desktop is by pushing my little close app button on the Main Menu form.

Don't know if this will help, but thought I'd mention it.

-- tom