Zoom to Record Error Message Change

[trackmanpete]

Is there any way to change the error message "You can only Zoom...." to somethng like, "Click on a row to open detailed form."? I can't imagine someone understanding Zoom and focus who isn't familiar with Alpha, let alone know what "embedded" means. This seems to be an internal error message.

Thanks

Pete

[trackmanpete]

Am I just asking a dumb question? I tried error handling with no success. I still don't know how to fix this. Any help would be appreciated. I promise, I will get better.

Thanks,
Pete

[Tom Cone Jr]

Pete, as a general rule the error messages generated by Alpha are not user configurable. However, you can often create custom versions of the supplied functionality. In your custom scripts you can define your own messages. In this case for example perhaps you'd be happier with a button you create that runs the Zoom-to-record action script. Once this is saved you could convert the action script to xbasic and tweak the user messages, I would suppose (easy for me to say, since I've never done it!).

-- tom

[trackmanpete]

Tom:
Thanks for replying. I do have my own button and then did a Zoom to Record Expression through the genie. Since I am still in my rookie campaign, I tried to follow the rules for doing an error handling (I figured out just what you said, that the error message is for me and not for the end user). My lack of ability to understand x-basic is the drawback to writing proper code to customize my own message. I will continue looking to see where I can learn this. My one frustration with the documentation is that the examples are not yet clear to me. I have gone through this before in another product using different code language, so I know it will just take some time and lots of trial and error.

Thanks again. It's really nice that you are willing to spend a lot of your time answering questions for so many posters.

Pete

[Bob Arbuthnot]

Hi Pete,

As an 'easy' fix, why don't you just make your zoom button larger, align it across the top of your embedded browse and on the button put something like: "HiLite row and then press here to zoom to record detail." If the user presses the button without highlighting a row it will be obvious to them what the Alpha error message means.

My limited experience is that some of the Alpha error messages can be found in the xbasic script and therefore modified easily, while others are at a 'deeper' level.

Good Luck!

Bob Arbuthnot

[trackmanpete]

Here is what I tried in following directions to catching errors.

on error goto error_handler
end
'put Xbasic code here
'Zoom to dialog form 'AthleticInfo'.
[B]dim Shared varP_ZoomForm as P
varP_ZoomForm = topparent.zoom_to_record("AthleticInfo","dialog")[/B]

error_handler:

    err = error_code_get()

    msg = error_text_get(err)

    ui_msg_box("Error", "You must first highlight an athlete before selecting this button.")

end

The bold is the x-basic code for Zoom to Record. End result is that nothing happens, including not going to Zoom record when a row is highlighted.

[Tom Cone Jr]

Pete, I was imagining a script that began by verifying that the browse object had focus, displaying a custom ui_msg_box() to the user if it did not...

-- tom

[trackmanpete]

Tom:
I understand your point. As expressed earlier, my xbasic skills are zero.

I have a browse and to Zoom to Record, I must first click on a row. I will now try and learn how to verify that the focus is or is not on a row.
Your suggestion is cleaner and easier than handling an error message (I would prefer to stay away from that). So, your point is well taken. Thank you again.

Wish me luck....:)

Pete

[Tom Cone Jr]

<object>.active_prev() example

Pete,

Here's an example to get you going. Unzip the attachment to an empty folder. The button on Form1 will test whether the browse object had focus immediately prior to the button push.

-- tom

[trackmanpete]

Tom:
Your solution is very simple and direct. I really appreciate the private lesson!
Thanks, again.

Pete