Confession, I have "always done it that way for 20+ years". This is a pop up that I am forcing the user to fill in information. Your proposal is interesting. I will study that more in depth. I have a main window that stays open throughout the app similar to a desktop. I will see how that would fit. Thanks for your input! You made me think out of the box here :-)
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Rafael Copquin <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder why you use modal forms at all. Why not use a background form > with your buttons, make it top level and all the forms fired when you > click the buttons just in-top-level but modeless. > > > Rafael Copquin > > > El 03/08/2010 13:03, Alan Bain escribió: >> Thanks for your response! >> >> Yes the timer thing is tricky. I will try your strategy of checking >> the timer status because that seems to be what is happening but I have >> yet to successfully get the timer turned in a sure positive way. It >> seems to do it intermittently. Very slippery thing, that timer! >> >> As for the top level, I was unaware of that particular tidbit. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Tracy Pearson<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Alan Bain wrote on 2010-08-03: >>> >>>> Went back and checked for sure, yes it is top level. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Allen<[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is your modal "in top level". >>>>> Al >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> >>> Alan, >>> >>> As Top-Level forms will not be modal. >>> VFP 9 help file: >>> "As Top-Level Form. The form is a top-level form in which child forms can be >>> placed. Note that a top-level form is always modeless, regardless of the >>> WindowType property setting." >>> >>> In Top-Level forms will stay modal. >>> >>> If your form is set as 1, In Top-Level then some code is returning back to >>> the main form. >>> >>> One thing I noticed about timers. If the code you are currently running >>> disables the timer, the timer might still fire one time a line or two after >>> it is disabled. I have started putting a check for THIS.ENABLED in the Timer >>> method the event calls. >>> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Tracy Pearson >>> PowerChurch Software >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
