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[Win32Lib] Best way to get data from input controls

• Posted by A. Hall <cheetah_heels at myrealbox.com> Nov 22, 2003
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Hi,

  Suppose I have a window with several checkboxes, radio buttons, and 
text fields.  There is an OK button that uses the options specified by 
these controls to perform a task (as in any Windows app).  A Euphoria 
variable is set up for each control to hold its value in case the value 
happens to be used more than once while the task is performed.  What is 
the most efficient way to get data from these controls when the OK 
button is pressed?  From my perspective, there are two possibilities:

1. On every Change event, assign the new value of the control to that 
control's variable.  When the OK button is pressed, all the values are 
already stored and immediately available for execution of the task.

2. Don't do anything until the OK button is pressed.  When it is 
pressed, successively get each control's value and store it in that 
control's variable.  Then proceed with the execution of the task.

  Between these two options, which is the most efficient?  Which is used 
more often?  Is there another method?  (Is this such a beginner's 
question that the answer should be obvious?)

Andrew Hall