Sigh... Forgot I knew that. Thanks Dennis.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis McGrath" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 7:17 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: procedures in table : 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 : > : > : > :
