[RBASE-L] - Re: Saving data with the ESC key, is it possible in Rbase 7.6?

[Michael J. Sinclair]

I am embarassed to day that I did not think of that....I believe it must have been disabled during the conversion process. If it were enabled, I think I would be satisfied...the user gets reminded to save the changes. Where do I find that property??

Mike

-------------- Original message from "MikeB" <mbyer...@byerley.net>: --------------


> I usually put a Pause 2 using '' in there for testing just to see if it is
> firing. I take it you have disabled the default behavior of requiring the
> user to answer yes/no to the save data dialog that pops up. Wouldn't
> enabling that behavior solve the problem?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael J. Sinclair"
> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List"
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 2:28 PM
> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Saving data with the ESC key, is it possible in
> Rbase 7.6?
>
>
> > Nope, that did not work for me...
> > Here is my code....
> >
> > SET V vlastkey = (LASTKEY(0))
> > IF vlastkey = '[ESC]' THEN
> > SKIP 0
> > ENDIF
> > RETURN
> >
> > When I trace it, it looks like the ESC key interupts the code before the
> > ON EXIT EEP ever gets a chance to run.
> > Mike
> > -------------- Original message from "MikeB"
> > : --------------
> >
> >
> >> Apples and Oranges. We didn't have a Memo control in 6.5.
> >>
> >> The behaviors of the 7.0 and up controls are windows controls and you
> >> have
> >> to work with that in mind. Did you try trapping for the '[ESC]' in the
> >> onEXIT eep using LastKey and see if SKIP 0 would solve it?
> >>
> >> Sometimes just trying the brute force method gets an answer quicker than
> >> waiting for a reply from the list. I didn't try it, but that is what I
> >> would do.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Michael J. Sinclair"
> >> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List"
> >> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 2:02 PM
> >> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Saving data with the ESC key, is it possible in
> >> Rbase
> >> 7.6?
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > I have a Variable Memo field in a form. If I change the data and hit
> >> > the
> >> > tab key, the changes are saved. But..my users are used to using Ver
> >> > 6.5,
> >> > where hitting the ESC key would save the changes. In Version 7.6,
> >> > hitting
> >> > the ESC key "cancels/undoes" the changes. Is it possible, to make the
> >> > press of an ESC key save changes?
> >> >
> >> > I tried to remap the ESC key to [TAB][ESC], but that does not seem to
> >> > work.
> >> > If not, is it possible to make the ESC key just not do anything?
> >> >
> >> > Mike
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have a Variable Memo field in a form. If I change the data and hit the
> >> tab
> >> key, the changes are saved. But..my users are used to using Ver 6.5,
> >> where
> >> hitting the ESC key would save the changes. In Version 7.6, hitting the
> >> ESC
> >> key "cancels/undoes" the changes. Is it possible, to make the press of an
> >> ESC key save changes?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I tried to remap the ESC key to [TAB][ESC], but that does not seem to
> >> work.
> >>
> >> If not, is it possible to make the ESC key just not do anything?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Nope, that did not work for me...
> Here is my code....
>
> SET V vlastkey = (LASTKEY(0))
> IF vlastkey = '[ESC]' THEN
> SKIP 0
> ENDIF
> RETURN
>
> When I trace it, it looks like the ESC key interupts the code before the ON
> EXIT EEP ever gets a chance to run.
> Mike
> -------------- Original message from "MikeB"
> : --------------
>
>
> > Apples and Oranges. We didn't have a Memo control in 6.5.
> >
> > The behaviors of the 7.0 and up controls are windows controls and you
> have
> > to work with that in mind. Did you try trapping for the '[ESC]' in the
> > onEXIT eep using LastKey and see if SKIP 0 would solve it?
> >
> > Sometimes just trying the brute force method gets an answer quicker than
> > waiting for a reply from the list. I didn't try it, but that is what I
> > would do.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael J. Sinclair"
> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List"
> > Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 2:02 PM
> > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Saving data with the ESC key, is it possible in
> Rbase
> > 7.6?
> >
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have a Variable Memo field in a form. If I change the data and hit
> the
> > > tab key, the changes are saved. But..my users are used to using Ver
> 6.5,
> > > where hitting the ESC key would save the changes. In Version 7.6,
> hitting
> > > the ESC key "cancels/undoes" the changes. Is it possible, to make the
> > > press of an ESC key save changes?
> > >
> > > I tried to remap the ESC key to [TAB][ESC], but that does not seem to
> > > work.
> > > If not, is it possible to make the ESC key just not do anything?
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have a Variable Memo field in a form. If I change the data and hit the
> tab
> > key, the changes are saved. But..my users are used to using Ver 6.5,
> where
> > hitting the ESC key would save the changes. In Version 7.6, hitting the
> ESC
> > key "cancels/undoes" the changes. Is it possible, to make the press of
> an
> > ESC key save changes?
> >
> >
> >
> > I tried to remap the ESC key to [TAB][ESC], but that does not seem to
> work.
> >
> > If not, is it possible to make the ESC key just not do anything?
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
>
>