Cool idea Albert! I can't wait to see it! David Blocker
----- Original Message ----- From: "Albert Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:41 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: screen restore > As an amplification of this technique in RBWin, I had to recreate a display on the bottom of a scrolled region, which was easily done in DOS using WRITE / SET RESTORE OFF. Of course, in RBWin, this does not work. > > The solution was to use a one row table with the data in it which was updated by the EEP on entry to the row, including the linking column value. I then added this table to the form. Works like a charm. It is on one of the MDI forms I will be demonstrating at the conference. > > > Lawrence Lustig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I am attempting to write a variable to the screen > >> from an eep. I use > >> the screen restore off before exiting the eep. The > >> variable appears on > >> the R> screen but not on my form. Does anyone have > >> a way around this? > > > >You don't mention whether you are working in RBDos or > >RBWin, so you should be aware that this technique of > >writing a variable with WRITE only works in RBDos. > > > >To get the same effect in RBWin you need to declare a > >variable intially set to NULL, place it on your form > >and then, in the EEP, assign a value to the variable. > >Then call RECALC VARIABLES and when your EEP returns > >to the form, the variable value will display where you > >placed the variable on the form. (This same technique > >will also work in RBDos, and therefore is more > >"forward looking" even if you are currently working > >only in DOS). > >-- > >Larry > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > >http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > > > > > -- > Albert Berry > Full Time Consultant to > PSD Solutions > 350 West Hubbard, Suite 210 > Chicago, IL 60610 > 312-828-9253 Ext. 32 > > > __________________________________________________________________ > The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ > >
