Ding! Ding! Ding! Karen wins!
The idea is to have a Main Menu and then cascade subsequent forms down
and right as each one is opened.
Your prize, such as it is, is the code:
The Main Menu is an external form that is disconnected from the db. When
an object is clicked a CFA runs that connects the db and gets the
current location of the MainMenu:
GETPROPERTY RBASE_FORM LEFT 'gFormLeft'
GETPROPERTY RBASE_FORM TOP 'gFormTop'
When a form is opened, this code runs in the OAS EEP that bumps the top
and left coordinates down and right and then positions the form; the
form has alphablend set to zero:
SET VAR +
gFormLeft = (CTXT((NINT(.gFormLeft)) + 20)), +
gFormTop = (CTXT((NINT(.gFormTop)) + 20))
PROPERTY RBASE_FORM LEFT .gFormLeft
PROPERTY RBASE_FORM TOP .gFormTop
PROPERTY RBASE_FORM ALPHABLENDVALUE 255
An On Close EEP in each form decrements the position:
SET VAR +
gFormLeft = (CTXT((NINT(.gFormLeft)) - 20)), +
gFormTop = (CTXT((NINT(.gFormTop)) - 20))
Thanks Karen!
Doug
p.s. I use 'g' variables instead 'v' so I know they are global and not
to be cleared in a form.
On 2/7/2020 11:54 AM, 'Karen Tellef' via RBASE-L wrote:
Hey I know this one!!!! I've actually never done this, but knew I had
it somewhere in my notes.
To make a form invisible, check Alpha-Blend and set the value to 0.
On form after start eep, do whatever, then PROPERTY RBASE_FORM
ALPHABLENDVALUE 255
Karen
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Hamilton <[email protected]>
To: R:Base List <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, Feb 7, 2020 11:45 am
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Hide form while repositioning
When a form is first opened, how do I hide it until it is in a desired
location?
Forms normally open in the center of the screen. I have an On After
Start EEP that uses PROPERTY RBASE_FORM LEFT 'nnn' and PROPERTY
RBASE_FORM TOP 'nnn' to locate the form elsewhere. The form briefly
appears in the center of the screen and then locates to the assigned
position.
What I want to do is have the equivalent of Hide-On-Startup for the
form, position it and then issue a PROPERTY RBASE_FORM VISIBLE 'TRUE'.
I tried PROPERTY RBASE_FORM VISIBLE 'FALSE' as the first line in the
On-After-Start EEP but it was too late - the form was already visible.
PROPERTY RBASE_FORM VISIBLE 'FALSE' didn't work in the On Before Start
EEP cuz you can't hide something that isn't there yet :)
I played around with Gravitation on New Form Behavior but couldn't get
what I wanted.
BTW, the PROPERTY LEFT and TOP are in a RUN SELECT that is called in the
form's On After Start EEP; I run that in all my forms to set Captions,
some hints and generic form stuff.
Ideas?
TIA,
Doug
RB X.5E 20114
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