Re: Closing a window with another application in focus

2019-02-06 Thread Bernd Fröhlich via 4D_Tech
Jeffrey Kain: > On macOS - some of the windows in my application will close if I click on the > close box while another application has the focus, but others don't. > > Does anyone know what the secret is for this? They all close fine if 4D is > the frontmost application - even if other 4D

Re: v17 built client on windows a few issues

2019-02-06 Thread John DeSoi via 4D_Tech
> On Feb 6, 2019, at 11:15 AM, Chuck Miller via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: > > I am using v17.2 64 bit client. On a variety of windows machines, entering a > enter from extended keyboard is causing volume desktop has stopped working > and of course 4D just quits. Anyone else

Re: How to display read-only input form

2019-02-06 Thread Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech
DIALOG is quite capable of handling input / output forms, as long as you have activated the "make fields enterable in dialog" compatibility setting (since v2004). there is no need to use F. SET INPUT or F. SET OUTPUT. a list type subform or selection based listbox have their own input form

Re: How to display read-only input form

2019-02-06 Thread Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech
Jim, If the table is in read only mode you can use any form you want and the user can't edit the data. I'd just put the table in read only and use DIALOG with the input form. On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 1:32 PM Jim Crate via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > Is there a convenient way to mimic

Re: How to display read-only input form

2019-02-06 Thread Keith Culotta via 4D_Tech
I have simulated that effect with code like this: If (Read only state([Docs])) & (Form event=On After Edit) vContent:=[Docs]Content End if Where vContent is editable (no entry filter). Keith - CDI > On Feb 6, 2019, at 3:31 PM, Jim Crate via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: >

Re: How to display read-only input form

2019-02-06 Thread Chuck Miller via 4D_Tech
Sure on load use command Object set enterable(*;”@“;false)// This will set all fields and variables to non enterable You will have to use Object set enabled for Check Boxes, Radio button etc. These can not be done as above as it will set all to disabled You could also do a start transaction

Re: How to display read-only input form

2019-02-06 Thread Keith Culotta via 4D_Tech
Can you call Modify Record with code either lock and reload the record(s), or disable entry for all objects? Keith - CDI > On Feb 6, 2019, at 3:31 PM, Jim Crate via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: > > From a listbox view, I’d like to open the input form for a record but not > allow

Re: How to display read-only input form

2019-02-06 Thread Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech
the only solution I found was: variables. Built the form with variables. - variable are enterable. User can tab through the variables, copy text, and even change the data - but the if they change the data it reverts to the original value(s) with this idea in mind, object methods, or form

How to display read-only input form

2019-02-06 Thread Jim Crate via 4D_Tech
From a listbox view, I’d like to open the input form for a record but not allow the user to change any info. I tried using DISPLAY RECORD instead of MODIFY RECORD, but it just displays the form and immediately closes. If I set the table to read only before loading the record, MODIFY RECORD just

v17 built client on windows a few issues

2019-02-06 Thread Chuck Miller via 4D_Tech
Hi All, I am using v17.2 64 bit client. On a variety of windows machines, entering a enter from extended keyboard is causing volume desktop has stopped working and of course 4D just quits. Anyone else having these issues. Also ins Reading quick report documentation the normal menus are not

RE: 4D Selection from SQL Query

2019-02-06 Thread Randy Engle via 4D_Tech
Miyako Many thanks again! Works like a charm! Took a couple of passes to see the "Double Underline" in the virtual field: __ROW_ID I'm going to take a W.A.G. that this is what QUERY BY SQL command is doing behind the scenes. Not sure how I'm going to use this, but I think it might come in

Re: QPix License Install Issues...

2019-02-06 Thread Tom Benedict via 4D_Tech
Thanks for the response Bob. I received a response from Christos at EscapeTech and evidently the QPix license is sensitive to the structure name which may have been changed. The client is working to re-install the license keys now. Tom Benedict > On Feb 5, 2019, at 23:13, Robert McKeever via