Programming with dBASE - message box like functionality

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message box like functionality

Howard Mintzer

2005-07-27, 9:23 am

I need a control that acts like a message box to fire if a condition is
not met in a form's ongotfocus event. Unfortunately the standard message
box being in reality another form, fires the onlostfocus event and then
the ongotfocus event of the original form when the message box opens and
closed. That produces a problem for me even if i try to null out the
ongotfocus event...it still executes.

What it tried it just to have a textbox with an overlying ok button
become visible on my form. Problem is, the user can click anywhere else
on the form and basically ignore my message. How can I confine the
cursor to the pushbutton on my 'message box' so he has to read it and
proceed?

Probably something easy that I just can't see

Thanks
Howie

*Lysander*

2005-07-27, 9:23 am

In article <G$#qxvqkFHA.1796@news-server>, hmintzer@optonline.net=20
says...
> That produces a problem for me even if i try to null out the=20
> ongotfocus event...it still executes.

Hmmmh...
I was only today modelling such info-box into one of my libraries, using=20
nothing but the usual msgbox() and it works fine for me.
What are you doing different, besides using a more modern dBase-version?

Form.OnGotFocus =3D class::FormOnGotFocu
s

Function FormOnGotFocus

Local Info

Form.OnGotFocus =3D{;}
=20
Info =3D MsgBox("I am the form and now I got the focus")

Form.OnGotFocus =3D class::FormOnGotFocu
s

Return

=20

--=20
ciao,
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Ken Mayer [dBVIPS]

2005-07-27, 11:23 am

Howard Mintzer wrote:
> I need a control that acts like a message box to fire if a condition is
> not met in a form's ongotfocus event. Unfortunately the standard message
> box being in reality another form, fires the onlostfocus event and then
> the ongotfocus event of the original form when the message box opens and
> closed. That produces a problem for me even if i try to null out the
> ongotfocus event...it still executes.

Have you tried: form.activeControl.setFocus()

??

Ken

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