Thanks to all for your input, great ideas. I ultimately solved my problem by turning messages and error messages off in the before start. Then in the after start, I test for the error conditions, Turn messages and error messages back on. If an error was found, I then alert the user with a pause 1, and closewindow.
Very smooth and simple. This has to do with and SATTACHED table that are referenced by one of the controls. No trappable error happens if the remote db is not available, so this was an acceptable workaround. I could do the alphablend trick if I needed the form to be hidden until the error checking completed. Thanks again, Dennis -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MikeB Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 8:44 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: forms question set the form AlphaBlend to 0 and test for whatever condition in the OnAfterStart EEP as CloseWindow will work there. The users will be oblivious to the Form until you change the AlphaBlend to 255. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis McGrath" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 9:24 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - forms question RBWIN 7.6 Closewindow does not work in the form On Before Start EEP. This, of course, is not surprising. But, is there another way to abort the form in this eep? Thanks, Dennis McGrath --- RBASE-L ================================================ TO POST A MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS: Send a plain text email to [email protected] (Don't use any of these words as your Subject: INTRO, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, SEARCH, REMOVE, SUSPEND, RESUME, DIGEST, RESEND, HELP) ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: INTRO ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: UNSUBSCRIBE ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: SEARCH-n (where n is the number of days). In the message body, place any text to search for. ================================================
