Many thanks for that insight Mark, now that there is an explanation to why
my old code works I will be able to sleep tonight :)
Staffan
On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Mark Miesfeld <miesf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Staffan Tylen <staffan.ty...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> Isn't this the situation where you must turn autoDetection off
>>>
>>> ::method initAutoDetection
>>> self~noAutoDetection
>>>
>>>
>> I have some code where setText is working and that doesn't deal with
>> autoDetection, the only difference I can see is that setText is invoked
>> after initDialog has terminated.
>>
>
> Well, that is a huge difference. ;-) setText *always* works. It works
> when you use it in initDialog(). It is just that after you have set it,
> the ooDialog framework sets it back to "".
>
> Here is the internal flow in the framework when you invoke the execute
> method:
>
> execute()
> framework configures some basic stuff
> framework gets the OS to create the underlying dialog
> framework does some other work needed to get the dialog running
> framework invokes initDialog() in your Rexx dialog
> initDialog() executes and you do whatever
> initDialog() ends ...
> control returns to the framework
> framework checks some other stuff
> framework sets all the controls to values unless auto detection is off
> framework returns control to execute()
> execute() regains control and runs until the underlying dialog is closed
>
> So, in your dialog where ever you invoked setText() it was *after* control
> returned to execute().
>
> Meaning it was after the framework sets all the controls to values.
>
> If you set the controls in initDialog(), or any other method invoked from
> initDialog(), the framework will change the values of many of those
> controls after you return from initDialog().
>
> --
> Mark Miesfeld
>
>
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