"Philip Sheard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> > frmP = FrmInitForm (AboutForm);
> >
> > FrmSetActiveForm(frmP);
> >
> > CtlSetValue((ControlType *)GetObjectPtr(AboutTestCheckbox),0);
> >
> > FrmDoDialog (frmP); // Display the About Box.
> >
> > Int16 iTemp = CtlGetValue((ControlType
> > *)GetObjectPtr(AboutTestCheckbox));
> >
> > // This is the line that doesn't work.
>
> of course not. AboutTestCheckbox was displayed modally. it is no longer
the
> current form. in fact it is not anything - it is history. so even if you
had
> saved the return value from the first call to GetObjectPtr, it would not
> help you now.
>
> you have a problem of design. the only value you get back from a modal
> dialog is the ID of the button that was pushed.
Wrong -- the form for FrmDoDialog exists from the time its FrmInit'd until
the time it is FrmDelete'd. Its only active and displayed inside the
FrmDoDialog() call, but it exists and its controls can be manipulated both
before and after its displayed.
--
Ben Combee
Veriprise Wireless <http://www.veriprise.com>
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