I've created a form with a text button and a clickable image.
The text button returns the text to CVAL('Form_Field_Name')) but the image
doesn't.
So I changed the image button to text and let it accept the default text -
the filename without the extension - and tried that. It worked.
I then changed the same text button that was an image back to its image and
R:Base hung when I tried to save the form which takes us neatly back to
square one.
Head and brick walls come to mind <g>
Regards,
Alastair.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alastair Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "ListServer, R:Base" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: CriteriaForMyUnstablenessWithR:Base6.5++Build 1.862
> Ben,
>
> Thanks for your suggestions.
>
> Way back when I first created the form I tried something along the lines
of:
>
> SET V zFldNm = (CVAL('form_field_name'))
>
> but could never get a value in the variable.
> I've just (quickly) tried it again and I still can't get any value - it
> stays null.
>
> R:Syntax says:
>
> FORM_FIELD_NAME returns the name of the current field (column or variable
> only) in a form.
>
> so I think I assumed way back that buttons didn't work with this sort of
> code. If I could get a value then your AlsEep.eep example would work fine
> (and be a better method in my view).
>
> Later today I'll create a new test form and see if I can get CVAL to work
on
> a button rather than a quick copy of my real form.
>
> Thanks again,
> Regards,
> Alastair.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 11:39 PM
> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Fw: [RBASE-L] - Fw: [RBASE-L] - Re:
> CriteriaForMyUnstablenessWithR:Base6.5++Build 1.862
>
>
> > > Any thoughts on what systems? Is there something common?
> >
> > I haven't been able to run down the similarities. The clients are
> > remote and incapable of describing their equipment. Tech support
> > ranges from excellent to hostile.
> >
> > > I'll try some other commands in place of the pause but
> > > I tend to have blank lines in my code to simplify the layout
> > > so I doubt they'll make any difference (but I'll still try!).
> >
> > fwiw my code has lots of white space also.
> >
> > > I tried originally to run the eep as ascii but I get the error that it
> > > is not a run command.
> >
> > The field that specifies the eep should only contain the file name.
> > The file itself should look like this:
> >
> > > SET VAR vSelName = 'GENERAL'
> > > EXITFORM
> > > RETURN
> >
> > No $Command; No Block Name
> >
> > > There's almost a dozen of these in the eep and
> > > nothing more (bar some comments at the end
> > > after the last return)
> >
> > Do I understand... a dozen buttons that execute different command
> > blocks? I have no idea if this is better... _maybe_ easier to
> > maintain (Same eep for all 12 buttons):
> >
> > --AlsEep.eep
> > -------------------
> >
> > SET V zFldNm = (CVAL('form_field_name'))
> >
> > Switch (.zFldNm)
> >
> > Case 'General'
> > SET VAR vSelName = 'GENERAL'
> > Break
> >
> > Case
> >
> > Break
> > ....
> > EndSw
> >
> > ExitForm
> > Return
> > ------------------------
> >
> > Of course if vSelName is always the text on the button you can
> > forget the switch block and:
> >
> > SET V vSelName = (CVAL('form_field_name'))
> > ExitForm
> > Return
> >
> > Ben Petersen
>
