> > field = FldGetObjectPtr(...);
>
> Calling FldHandleEvent yourself seems ugly to me. How do you know which,
> if any, field is active, and hence should receive the event? (I think you
> elided the interesting part in that elipsis! :-)) You might get away with
>
> if (FrmGetFocus () != noFocus &&
> FrmGetObjectType (FrmGetFocus ()) == frmFieldObj)
> FldHandleEvent (...);
this is tedious, yes..
> but it seems like a lot of trouble. I would think it's easier to let
> your usual SysHandleEvent/.../FrmDispatchEvent event loop take care of
> it and remember to do extra processing for keyDownEvents, with a custom
> event as Aaron suggested, or hopefully something like the following
> would get the timing right:
>
> EvtGetEvent (&e, ...);
> bool need_to_poll = (e->eType == keyDownEvent);
> SysHandleEvent ... || MenuHandleEvent ... ||
> my_handle_event ... || FrmDispatchEvent ...;
> if (need_to_poll) {
> if (FldDirty (myfield1)) ...;
> if (FldDirty (myfield2)) ...;
> ...
> }
eww... chew processor time :)) hehe..
posting your custom event is actually the most effective way.. it
is clean, and does not do any unecessary polling.. the event you
add is next on the queue.. just let it take its path..
cheers
// az
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