Re: ON KEY usage in your apps

2018-09-18 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt


> Except for that Microsoft's version has selected parameter evaluation and 
> mine has all parameters evaluated -- not something programmers can control in 
> the VFP language -- our icase()s work the same.

Technically speaking, you would be able to achieve this by rewriting the FXP 
file which must not be encrypted. There's a token for SkipOnTrue and 
SkipOnFalse that VFP inserts into expressions that are not fully evaluated, 
such as AND or OR. Whether this is really worth the effort is an entirely 
different question, though.

-- 
Christof
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Re: ON KEY usage in your apps

2018-09-18 Thread Gene Wirchenko

At 20:37 2018-09-18, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:

On 2018-09-18 21:18, Gene Wirchenko wrote:

 I use
  on key label "ctrl+0" *
so .null. can not be entered into controls.


Clever


 Thank you, but ...

 I do not think of the above as particularly clever; it is 
simply something that I worked out to avoid nulls.  I happened to 
think that way; you did not.  With something else, it may go the 
other way.  Because we can communicate our 
discoveries/solutions/what-have-yous, we each end up with more as a result.


 This is a big reason why I like forums and lists.

 On another point, I had an icase() function about five years 
before Microsoft added it to VFP.  Except for that Microsoft's 
version has selected parameter evaluation and mine has all parameters 
evaluated -- not something programmers can control in the VFP 
language -- our icase()s work the same.


 I wonder if Microsoft came up with the idea themselves -- not 
that difficult; it seemed obvious to me -- or glommed onto my idea 
(which I had posted publicly).  Either way is fine with me, just as I 
do not mind anyone using the above bit of code.


Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko


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Re: ON KEY usage in your apps

2018-09-18 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions

On 2018-09-18 19:29, Frank Cazabon wrote:

Not sure I'm understanding. Do you want to allow editing in the grid
or do you want a popup form to edit the records from the grid?


I've always used a separate form for single record add/edit.  Then took 
that object and validated it in the business object (my controls were 
always thisform.oRecord.cLastName, etc.), then passed that to my data 
object to add/edit/delete in the backend (MySQL) database via my SPT 
code.





I have allowed editing in grids with no problems for many years using
visual max frame.


For some reason (probably years before I switched to non-binding VFP 
cursors instead of local views or direct tables in my earliest VFP 
days), I favored avoiding data entry in grids.  Some here may have 
helped me form that position too.





I would never use an on key label for anything in an application. I
would use buttons with hot keys or if that is not possible use the
form's key press.


I liked the Help manual idea for it!

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Re: ON KEY usage in your apps

2018-09-18 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions

On 2018-09-18 21:18, Gene Wirchenko wrote:

 I use
  on key label "ctrl+0" *
so .null. can not be entered into controls.




Clever

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Re: ON KEY usage in your apps

2018-09-18 Thread Gene Wirchenko

At 14:03 2018-09-18, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:

VFP9SP2 on Win7/8/10 pcs

I really never fully took advantage of this gem in VFP.  In my apps, 
I haven't allowed editing in grids in probably 14 years.  Some of my 
users seem to want that though so I'm thinking of allowing such ability now.
I was thinking of using ON KEY to pop up a lookup form to add data 
records to the grids (instead of that native whatever way of doing 
an APPEND blank in the native VFP grid).


In the past, I've really just used ON KEY to pop up the help file on demand.

In what other ways have you used ON KEY in your designs?


 I use
  on key label "ctrl+0" *
so .null. can not be entered into controls.

 I also enjoy the minor joke of
  *
being executable in this control.  Note that it does not mean the same as
  on key label "ctrl+0"

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko


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Re: ON KEY usage in your apps

2018-09-18 Thread Frank Cazabon
Not sure I'm understanding. Do you want to allow editing in the grid or do you 
want a popup form to edit the records from the grid?

I have allowed editing in grids with no problems for many years using visual 
max frame.

I would never use an on key label for anything in an application. I would use 
buttons with hot keys or if that is not possible use the form's key press.

On 18 September 2018 17:03:18 GMT-04:00, 
mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
>VFP9SP2 on Win7/8/10 pcs
>
>I really never fully took advantage of this gem in VFP.  In my apps, I 
>haven't allowed editing in grids in probably 14 years.  Some of my
>users 
>seem to want that though so I'm thinking of allowing such ability now. 
>
>I was thinking of using ON KEY to pop up a lookup form to add data 
>records to the grids (instead of that native whatever way of doing an 
>APPEND blank in the native VFP grid).
>
>In the past, I've really just used ON KEY to pop up the help file on 
>demand.
>
>In what other ways have you used ON KEY in your designs?
>
>tia,
>--Mike
>
[excessive quoting removed by server]

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Re: ON KEY usage in your apps

2018-09-18 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions

On 2018-09-18 17:03, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:

VFP9SP2 on Win7/8/10 pcs

I really never fully took advantage of this gem in VFP.  In my apps, I
haven't allowed editing in grids in probably 14 years.  Some of my
users seem to want that though so I'm thinking of allowing such
ability now.  I was thinking of using ON KEY to pop up a lookup form
to add data records to the grids (instead of that native whatever way
of doing an APPEND blank in the native VFP grid).

In the past, I've really just used ON KEY to pop up the help file on 
demand.


In what other ways have you used ON KEY in your designs?



It's worth noting too that I use disconnected cursors (like Charlie 
Coleman's approach from the late 1990s!).  Backend is MySQL and I 
basically just use the current app handle (or re-establish if not 
connected) and perform the add/edit/delete.  So it's not like I have to 
worry about updateable views or anything like that.  My own framework is 
all SPT calls.


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ON KEY usage in your apps

2018-09-18 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions

VFP9SP2 on Win7/8/10 pcs

I really never fully took advantage of this gem in VFP.  In my apps, I 
haven't allowed editing in grids in probably 14 years.  Some of my users 
seem to want that though so I'm thinking of allowing such ability now.  
I was thinking of using ON KEY to pop up a lookup form to add data 
records to the grids (instead of that native whatever way of doing an 
APPEND blank in the native VFP grid).


In the past, I've really just used ON KEY to pop up the help file on 
demand.


In what other ways have you used ON KEY in your designs?

tia,
--Mike

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