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Thank you Claudine and Razzak. Claudine, I tried the property command you suggested, and it kept the background in front of the selection form, making it inaccessible. I'll try a few other things with that one; it is probably part of my solution!
Razzak, I haven't been to the 2008 SAT yet (thinking about Pittsburgh), so couldn't log in to see the example you cited. I use an external form as both a background graphic AND as my application (I am using the On Before Start and On After Start EEP's for the appropriate code). This all works great, with an occasional problem of an opening program "interfering" with my RBase application by opening its window in front of my background graphic (the .rff) or by sometimes stopping the loading of my RBase form (sometimes the .rff background graphic and sometimes the regular RBase form acting as a selection screen), leaving my RBase application in a "hung" condition without loading the complete form. At that point, I must use the Task Manager to end the RBase process.
If there are any additional words of wisdom you might have, they would be greatly appreciated!
All the Best!
Ted
Ted Lienhard CNE NCT
Golden Valley Consulting >>> A. Razzak Memon<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7/31/2008 9:33 AM >>> At 12:05 PM 7/31/2008, Ted Lienhard wrote: >I am using an external form for a background,and have been for >some months now. I have noticed that as I open and close my >various forms, some other applications' screens (Word, etc.) >appear between my background form (.rff) and other RBase forms. >This gets to be confusing for users. Any ideas on how to >eliminate this? I am using Rbase 7.6.4.30728, but this issue >has been there for some time. Ted, Actually, this is not an issue. It all depends on what exactly you are trying to do and how the underlying database driven forms are launched and displayed on the top of External Forms. You may need to explore the form properties of all underlying forms. For a better understanding and the correct method of displaying database driven forms, take a look at the entire application and all related External Form Files as well as underlying DBs included with 2008 SAT Sample Application. 2008 SAT Sample Applications: http://www.rupdates.com/sat2008 The entire application includes the following external forms that manage over 60 applications and more ... 7.6: . RBG76_SAT.rff . IntroducingRBG76.rff . AllAboutDBGrid.rff 8.0 . RBG8_SAT.rff . IntroducingRBG8.rff . AllAboutDBGrid.rff Very Best R:egards, Razzak. |
