Alastair,
Many, many apologies... I'd forgotten you were using images when
I posted that. But Javier's variation should work since you'ld be
relying on a parameter rather than Form_Field_Name.
Ben Petersen
On 13 Jan 2003, at 13:15, Alastair Burr wrote:
> 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
> >
>
