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RE: [Win32Lib] Best way to get data from input controls

• Posted by "Andrew Hall" <cheetah_heels at myrealbox.com> Nov 22, 2003
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Dan,

Good point - it's definitely easier to code.  For this reason, I would guess
that this is the method most people use.

Win32Lib users: Is this how everyone normally gets input data?

Andrew Hall

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Moyer [mailto:DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net] 
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 11:27 PM
To: EUforum at topica.com
Subject: Re: [Win32Lib] Best way to get data from input controls



Andrew,

I'm no expert, but I would think your second method, (get all option info on
press OK),  is probably preferable, since you're not going to *use* the info
until the OK button is pressed, and it probably won't take but a 1/10 second
or less to get all the data, and you will only have to write one event
handler.

Dan Moyer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "A. Hall" <cheetah_heels at myrealbox.com>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 10:56 PM
Subject: [Win32Lib] Best way to get data from input controls


>
>
> 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
>
>
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