Bob,
Sorry for not saying it in the first post, it is at compile time. It is
a list of a few different time frames (1h, 4h, 12h, 1day ect...) and the
user will select the one they want, and then i will set an alarm to have the
app run an update using the given time frame. The time frames are set, they
cant make their own. The list is known at compile time. Does this make it
easier to deal with the popup trigger?
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Scott Erickson
Software Development Team, FB-4, Inc.
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"Robert Moynihan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Scott Erickson wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>> Im trying to make a Popup trigger. I have 9 options (time frames) I
>> want to place in the list. How do I set the popup trigger object to have
>> these 9 values?
>>
>>
> You don't say if you want to do this dynamically or not. By that I mean
> that you can create a list at compile time, with a certain known number of
> items, and item text all predefined. In GCC you would typically do this
> in your RCP file. I don't know the details for CW or PODS, but it must be
> similar.
>
> If you don't know beforehand how many items will be in the list, or the
> text that you want to use will be variable, then a list draw function
> might be your best bet. Here is an example of the basics.
> //this tells the OS what how to render the list; how many items and what
> function to use to draw the list elements
> void mySetupList(void){
> FormPtr form = FrmGetActiveForm();
> ListType *lstP;
>
> lstP=GetObjectPointer(ListId);
> LstSetListChoices(listP, NULL, itemCount);
> LstSetDrawFunction(listP, listDrawItem);
> }
>
> //utility function
> void *GetObjectPointer(Int16 objID)
> {
> FormType *frmP=FrmGetActiveForm();
>
> return(FrmGetObjectPtr(frmP,FrmGetObjectIndex(frmP,objID)));
> }
>
> //this is where you find the list item text and draw it onscreen
> void listDrawItem (Int16 itemNum, RectangleType *r, Char **unusedP)
> {
> char *st;
>
> //use itemNum to find the info to display. Perhaps there is a list
> called "TargetList" containing the strings you want to use
> st=TargetList[itemNum];
> //you may want to validate that the displayed length of st will fit
> within the bounds of the list, in which case you will only display a
> certain number of chars.
> WinDrawChars(st, StrLen(st), r->topLeft.x, r->topLeft.y);
> }
>
> You also have to handle the drawing of the popup trigger yourself. If you
> are using a string array then you can feed the control a pointer to the
> correct list element, of if you are just doing custom stuff then you could
> define a string buffer and feed that pointer to the trigger control. In
> either case, you need to return TRUE after any popSelectEvent on that
> trigger, or the trigger will try to repaint itself and crash.
>
> Bob.
>
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