I posted a workaround shortly after my initial post. And yes, I really have to have an answer to the question posed by the 'wait'ing form before my program can continue.
Henry Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Iverson > Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 9:05 PM > To: Programming forum > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] wd 'wait' ineffectual in j6.01c > > I will take a look at this. There is a conflict between focus > events and > wait. There may be a J wd coding workaround or it may require > changes at > the system level. I agree that this needs to be fixed, but point out > that wait should be used only when absolutely necessary. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Henry Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Programming forum'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 9:33 PM > Subject: [Jprogramming] wd 'wait' ineffectual in j6.01c > > > >I put up a form and issue wd 'wait', but J doesn't wait for > > an event on the form. Instead, it comes out of the wait with > > an event on another form. > > > > > > I display a form called 'scoreboard', and then I overlay it with > > a dialog that prompts for starting information, like so: > > > > wd NEWGAME > > wd 'set matchlist *',matchnames > > wd 'pshow' > > wd 'wait' > > res =: wd 'q' > > wd 'pclose' > > > > (the NEWGAME form is very simple and is given below) > > > > but the 'wait' is triggered immediately, and the variable 'res' > > is seen to be > > > > +------------+---------------------------+ > > |syshandler |scoreboard_handler | > > +------------+---------------------------+ > > |sysevent |scoreboard_pict00_focuslost| > > +------------+---------------------------+ > > |sysdefault |scoreboard_default | > > +------------+---------------------------+ > > |sysparent |scoreboard | > > +------------+---------------------------+ > > |syschild |pict00 | > > +------------+---------------------------+ > > |systype |focuslost | > > +------------+---------------------------+ > > |syslocale |base | > > +------------+---------------------------+ > > |syshwndp |220531754 | > > +------------+---------------------------+ > > |syshwndc |12717636 | > > +------------+---------------------------+ > > |sysfocus | | > > +------------+---------------------------+ > > |syslastfocus|pict00 | > > +------------+---------------------------+ > > > > so you can see what happened: the wait was satisfied by an event > > on the scoreboard form, to wit the focuslost event. It's very > > repeatable and makes the wd 'wait' unusable. > > > > Henry Rich > > > > > > > > NEWGAME=: 0 : 0 > > pc newgame nomax nomin nosize;pn "Select Match, or CANCEL > to Create a > > Template"; > > xywh 11 7 183 16;cc matchlist listbox; > > xywh 79 28 34 11;cc ok button;cn "OK"; > > pas 6 6;pcenter; > > rem form end; > > ) > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
