You can include the dotted message variable in the command string. Set var vPause TEXT = 'Pause 3 using .vMsfString CAPTION .vCaptionString ICON WINDOWS OPTION GAUGE_VISIBLE ON etc, etc'
Dennis McGrath [email protected] [email protected] On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Mike Byerley <[email protected]> wrote: > That would work as long as the actual message in the popup was the same > each > time. But really, the short few lines to make up a popup doesn't scale > very > well compared the the lenght of the RUN SELECT command. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis McGrath" <[email protected]> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 3:43 PM > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: procedures in table > > > Forget my previous message. > > Instead, create a variable that contains your complete command, i.e. > vPopupWhatever > > > Then you say > &vPopupWhatever > to display the popup. > > > > Dennis McGrath > Software Developer > QMI Security Solutions > 1661 Glenlake Ave > Itasca IL 60143 > 630-980-8461 > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim > Belisle > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 2:33 PM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: procedures in table > > Mike, > > I thought that is what I was doing. I am only trying to replace the code > in forms where the POP UP box is exactly the same for, in this case, a > pause message that I want to say the exact same thing wherever I use it. > The rest of the code in the form stays the same. > > I just wanted to know if within an IF THEN statement I cannot use this > method to bring up the pause box. If I can, what should I do > differently. > > James Belisle > > Making Information Systems People Friendly Since 1990 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike > Byerley > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 2:23 PM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: procedures in table > > Jim, > This isn't an answer to your problem, but replacing form code with code > run > from a table on a wholesale level is not an improvement, but that is up > to > you. > > Places where it is opportune to do so is where the "exact" same code > block > is used across many forms or in places where you cannot place much code, > > like table level and row level eeps. > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Belisle" <[email protected]> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 3:04 PM > Subject: [RBASE-L] - procedures in table > > > I am trying to replace code in my forms with code placed in a table. > > I have been partially successful. > > If I run this line of code OUTSIDE of an IF THEN statement, all works > well. > > > > RUN SELECT Code_File FROM CMDTable WHERE Code_Number = 210 > > This is the code in Code_File above: > > -- Pause 3 with Gauge. JPB > > PAUSE 3 USING 'Calculating ... Please Stand By ...' + > > CAPTION .vgaugemsg + > > ICON WINDOWS OPTION GAUGE_VISIBLE ON + > > |GAUGE_COLOR RED + > > |GAUGE_INTERVAL 10 + > > |MESSAGE_FONT_NAME VERDANA + > > |MESSAGE_FONT_SIZE 10 + > > |MESSAGE_FONT_COLOR WHITE + > > |THEMENAME Steel Blue > > RETURN > > > > If I run the same code within an IF THEN statement, it does not work. > > > > ANY IDEAS? We use 7.6. > > > > James Belisle > > > > Making Information Systems People Friendly Since 1990 > > >
