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Re: button problem and others

• Posted by George Walters <gwalters at sc.rr.com> Jul 29, 2003
• 464 views

Derek,

    Neat... to give focus to a particular control was exactly what I
needed....thanks.

george
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Parnell" <ddparnell at bigpond.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: RE: button problem and others


>
>
> George Walters wrote:
> >
> >
> > I was having problems (memory trap, see above note) and a dead button.
> > Here's come code snipit
> >
> > procedure init(integer self, integer idType, sequence args)
> >  setFocus (idCust)
> > end procedure
> >  setHandler(Screen, w32HKeyPress, routine_id("keyPressProcessB"))
> >  setHandler(Screen, w32HKeyDown, routine_id("keyPressProcessA"))
> >  setHandler(buttonId, w32HClick, routine_id("pickCust"))
> >  setHandler(Screen, w32HActivate, routine_id("init"))
> >
> >  WinMain(mainWindow,Normal)
> >
> > I was using w32HGotFocus instead of w32HActivate and having these
> > problems.
> > changing to w32HActivate made the problems go away... can anyone
> > explain? I
> > thought that either should work, although Activate would be the better
> > choice.
>
> Sorry for a slow response. I'm attending a conference intersatte and
> just managed to grab a few moments now.
>
> If what you were trying to do was to give focus to a specific control
> when the window is first opened, the simpler way to do it is ...
>
>   WinMain({mainWindow, idCust}, Normal)
>
> No need for a w32HActivate trap or init() routine. I think this is
> documented.
>
>
> Also, the Activate event ONLY applies to Window controls and is fired
> off after the Window is opened. It does not work for the Screen control.
>
> --
> Derek
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