Mike - This addresses a question I received from another developer in just that last day or so - my initial response to him was to use one of the buttons that included the tab stop - but he didn't like the look of those as well. So from a consistency standpoint it's a little confusing and somewhat limiting.
On the other hand, I like the idea of having buttons available that DO NOT have a tab stop... On the third hand, I'd like an Exit EEP on the variable field to execute whenever the user clicked on any kind of button or other object on the form - and that's not happening now if the user clicks on an object that does not include a tab stop. I guess I'd like to have three hands ... Sami ------------------------------------------ Sami Aaron Software Management Specialists 19312 W 63rd Terr Shawnee KS 66218 913-915-1971 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.softwaremgmt.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of MikeB > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 1:43 PM > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Speed/Enhanced Speed Buttons vs Pushbutton > > > The question is whether the following behavior is expected or acceptable. > > Put a variable edit or memo on a form. > > Place two buttons on the form. 1 of each type of (enhanced or > standard) Speed > button and a Pushbutton. > > In the OnClick eep of each button put the following code > > Pause 2 using .vTheVariableAssignedToTheEditControl > return > > What happens is the standard pushbutton will display the value of > whatever you > type in the Edit Control, but the Speed button will have null > assigned to the > variable (unless you click the pushbutton one first which takes > Focus) and the > pause will be empty. > > Because the (Enhanced or Standard) Speed button can't receive > Focus (It doesn't > take a TabStop), the focus never leaves the Edit Box and the underlying > Variable does not get updated to the Text Value displayed. > > So, Is this the behavior that is expected? > I don't know. > > Desirable? No. My judgment is stilted because I fussed with it > for a couple of > hours before I figured it was the Speed Button that was keeping > the variable > assigned to the control from being updated :-( > > Can I Live with it? > Yes, but would still like it if the Enhanced buttons would work like the > Pushbutton. > > An acceptable workaround would be if the underlying TEXTVALUE of > the Variable > Edit/Variable Memo/Variable RichEdit(when used in variable mode, > not filemode) > would be accessible regardless of focus, meaning anytime you > called GetProperty > <componentID> TEXTVALUE 'vVarToReceiveTheValue' , whatever was > displayed in the > Variable Edit control would be updated to the underlying > TEXTVALUE and Variable > assigned to the Control(if ANY)... > > This is far from a Show Stopper as I can deal with it using the > Pushbutton, but > I would like to see (a few) Comments.. > > Mike > >
