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Opening a canvas/windows [message #141458]

Mon, 10 October 2005 06:26

orahugo
Messages: 32
Registered: October 2005
Location: England

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Hello,

I've got a canvas in which a user can edit general information about a customer. The client needs to double click on the field and a box should appear where they can edit the information. They then close this box and the field gets updated.

I've set up another window/canvas that I would like to appear as the box when the field is double clicked. I understand that you'd set a doubleclick trigger on the field to be edited, and that this needs to open up the box/canvas/window. What code would you write to open this?

I'm then going to put a "when opened" command on the new box so that current information is put into it, then they can edit it and pass the information back out, to the original field. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Many thanks.

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Re: Opening a canvas/windows [message #141557 is a reply to message #141458]

Mon, 10 October 2005 21:51

djmartin
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Registered: March 2005
Location: Surges Bay TAS Australia

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Put a When-Mouse-Doubleclick on the main field. If you intend using this 'new' window for handling more than one field you need to store the current mouse item. Copy the existing data to the new field and do a go_item to the new item on the new canvas/window. Let the user insert/update their data and then press an 'OK' button which copies the new data to the old field and then does a go_item to that field. The code would look like this:

--When-Mouse-Doubleclick
:ctrl.edit_field := :tbl.item3;
go_item('ctrl.edit');

--When-Button-Pressed for Okay button
:tbl.item3 := :ctrl.edit_field;
go_item('tbl.item3');

--When-Button-Pressed for Cancel button
go_item('tbl.item3');

David

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Re: Opening a canvas/windows [message #141569 is a reply to message #141458]

Tue, 11 October 2005 00:34

ashishmate
Messages: 90
Registered: February 2005
Location: Mumbai

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if you just want to insert or update the field then you can use edit text item this will give you a notepad where user can insert or update text in your text item.

you just need to add one line in your when-mouse-doubleclik trigger i.e

edit_textitem;

correct me if i am wrong
ASHish...

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Re: Opening a canvas/windows [message #141609 is a reply to message #141557]

Tue, 11 October 2005 04:22

orahugo
Messages: 32
Registered: October 2005
Location: England

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I ended up doing something similar to djmartin where I passed information out of canvas.field into another canvas.field, and then opened the new editing window. You edit the information in the window, then hit the close button and the information gets passed back, which is all fine.

When I then close down the form the prompt comes up to save before exiting. I do, but then it seems to open my editing window back up and I can't get out without closing it down without saving.

Any ideas?

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