It may take awhile for you to catch on to the wiley Dr. R. If you re-read the email, you might discover there will be a short waiting period for that particular feature to be available...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave McCann" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 6:50 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Roll-Up Menu : Awesome, I will give that a try. Never could find the syntax for ROLLUP : or ROLLDOWN in my latest R:Docs. : : On 4/8/2013 9:39 PM, A. Razzak Memon wrote: : > At 05:29 PM 4/5/2013, Dave McCann wrote: : > : >> Anybody using Roll-Up button on forms and if so, I'm trying to find : >> how to : >> put the form back to a normal state through code? I have an MDI form : >> with : >> roll-up enabled, if that form is called (and already open) I SET : >> FOCUS but : >> cannot locate any way to put it back to normal. Tried the WINDOW_STATE : >> Property which does not work. : > : > : > WINDOW_STATE has nothing to do with the RollDown or RollUp feature of the : > the form. : > : > Use the PROPERTY RBASE_FORM ROLLDOWN 'TRUE' to achieve such : > functionality. : > : > Here's how: : > : > 01. Start R:BASE eXtreme 9.5 (32/64), Build: 9.5.2.20430 or higher ... : > http://www.rupdates.com : > : > 02. CONNect the database and open the desired form in Form Designer : > : > 03. While in Form Designer, update the routine/EEP that will "RollDown" : > or "RollUp" the form with the [x] Roll-Up Button enabled, using the : > following PROPERTY commands: : > : > -- Example 01 : > -- To Dynamically Roll Down the current form : > PROPERTY RBASE_FORM ROLLDOWN 'TRUE' : > RETURN : > : > -- Example 02 : > -- To Dynamically Roll Up the current form : > PROPERTY RBASE_FORM ROLLUP 'TRUE' : > RETURN : > : > -- Example 03 : > -- To Dynamically Roll Down the MDI form : > PROPERTY 'MDI_FormName|RBASE_FORM' SET_FOCUS 'TRUE' : > PROPERTY 'MDI_FormName|RBASE_FORM' ROLLDOWN 'TRUE' : > RETURN : > : > -- Example 04 : > -- To Dynamically Roll Up the MDI form : > PROPERTY 'MDI_FormName|RBASE_FORM' SET_FOCUS 'TRUE' : > PROPERTY 'MDI_FormName|RBASE_FORM' ROLLUP 'TRUE' : > RETURN : > : > That's all there is to it! : > : > For complete details refer to R:Docs 9.5, Build: 9.5.2.20430 or higher : > : > For a sample application to illustrate the use of RollDown/RollUp : > PROPERTY for MDI Forms, refer to "Using RollDown/RollUp In MDI Forms", : > sample included with 2013 R:BASE eXtreme 9.5 SAT Sample Applications. : > : > Have fun! : > : > Very Best R:egards, : > : > Razzak. : > : > www.rbase.com : > www.facebook.com/rbase : > : : -- : Dave McCann : Classic Micro Systems : :
