Re: Make an open stack modal by script

[Richard Gaskin via use-livecode]

Ah, yes - the *property* is read-only; I had mistakenly read that as 
being about the stack itself somehow being read-only.


Yes, the relationship between mode, style, and the mode commands 
(toplevel, palette, modal, modeless) are wonderfully flexible.


Mode lets us know what state the window is in at any given time.

Style lets us set a mode as a default when we use open or go.

The mode commands let us override that style to open a stack of any 
style in any mode as needed.


In devolution's DeskView window I use these to allow easy toggling of 
modes by double-clicking the window representation within it:


If that stack's style is toplevel it bring it to the front as toplevel.

If the style is anything else it uses the toplevel command so I can work 
on it.


If its mode is already toplevel but its style is not, it reopens the 
stack in its style.


--
 Richard Gaskin
 Fourth World Systems


Bob Sneidar wrote:

> The Property called mode is read only. The mode is set using the style
> keyword as was pointed out. That works a peach! I had been jumping
> through hoops to prevent users from accidentally switching a customer
> or site while editing a device record belonging to one of those two.
> Now I just set the style to "Modal" while editing and return it to
> "TopLevel" when not.
>
> Bob S
>
>
>> On Mar 28, 2018, at 10:00 , Richard Gaskin wrote:
>>
>> Bob Sneidar wrote:
>>
>> > Unfortunately, and to my great chagrin, the mode of a window
>> > is read only.
>>
>> What does that mean?  What exactly do you see?
>>
>> I can't think of any mode that prevents text entry, so maybe you've
>> encountered a bug, or some other script is preventing editing.
>>
>> --
>> Richard Gaskin

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Re: Make an open stack modal by script

[Bob Sneidar via use-livecode]

The Property called mode is read only. The mode is set using the style keyword 
as was pointed out. That works a peach! I had been jumping through hoops to 
prevent users from accidentally switching a customer or site while editing a 
device record belonging to one of those two. Now I just set the style to 
"Modal" while editing and return it to "TopLevel" when not. 

Bob S


> On Mar 28, 2018, at 10:00 , Richard Gaskin via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Bob Sneidar wrote:
> 
> > Unfortunately, and to my great chagrin, the mode of a window is read
> > only.
> 
> What does that mean?  What exactly do you see?
> 
> I can't think of any mode that prevents text entry, so maybe you've 
> encountered a bug, or some other script is preventing editing.
> 
> -- 
> Richard Gaskin


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Re: Make an open stack modal by script

[Richard Gaskin via use-livecode]

Bob Sneidar wrote:

> Unfortunately, and to my great chagrin, the mode of a window is read
> only.

What does that mean?  What exactly do you see?

I can't think of any mode that prevents text entry, so maybe you've 
encountered a bug, or some other script is preventing editing.


--
 Richard Gaskin
 Fourth World Systems
 Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
 
 ambassa...@fourthworld.comhttp://www.FourthWorld.com

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Re: Make an open stack modal by script

[Bob Sneidar via use-livecode]

Brilliant! This will make things much smoother. I was hiding all other 
substacks while editing, but the disappearance of the other windows was 
disconcerting. 

Bob S

> On Mar 28, 2018, at 08:50 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> set the style of stack XXX to modal
> 
> set the tail end of the style entry in the Dictionary for details


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Re: Make an open stack modal by script

[Paul Dupuis via use-livecode]

set the style of stack XXX to modal

set the tail end of the style entry in the Dictionary for details

On 3/28/2018 11:35 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
> Hi all. 
>
> I broached this subject before but in the reverse direction. I have an app 
> that allows multiple windows (I call forms) open at the same time. For 
> instance I can have the customer form, the sites form and the devices form 
> open simultaneously. Changing the customer loads the sites for the new 
> customer and selects the first site, which loads the devices at that site and 
> loads the first device. 
>
> Clearly if I am editing a device, I want to prevent the user from switching 
> the customer or site, pulling the rug out from under the device edit session. 
> A *GREAT* way to do this might be to make the edit window modal when the user 
> enters the edit mode, preventing him from interacting with the other windows 
> until the form data is saved. Unfortunately, and to my great chagrin, the 
> mode of a window is read only. 
>
> Am I going to have to use send in time to close and reopen the window 
> modally, and reverse it when the data is saved? 
>
> Bob S
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Make an open stack modal by script

[Bob Sneidar via use-livecode]

Hi all. 

I broached this subject before but in the reverse direction. I have an app that 
allows multiple windows (I call forms) open at the same time. For instance I 
can have the customer form, the sites form and the devices form open 
simultaneously. Changing the customer loads the sites for the new customer and 
selects the first site, which loads the devices at that site and loads the 
first device. 

Clearly if I am editing a device, I want to prevent the user from switching the 
customer or site, pulling the rug out from under the device edit session. A 
*GREAT* way to do this might be to make the edit window modal when the user 
enters the edit mode, preventing him from interacting with the other windows 
until the form data is saved. Unfortunately, and to my great chagrin, the mode 
of a window is read only. 

Am I going to have to use send in time to close and reopen the window modally, 
and reverse it when the data is saved? 

Bob S
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