Doh!!! as homer would say.
am too close to the code to see it.
many thanks, now onto other issues :).
On Wednesday 10 June 2009 09:26:14 pm jonty wrote:
> Hi Dave
>
> Just a small help for you
>
> your code contains if x=y.......end
>
> this will set the variable x to being y before testing it!
>
> you need to use the comparison operator == (2 equals)
> as in: if x == y .... end
>
> dave wrote:
> > I have a shoes program (below this message) where what i want to do is
> > to allow the user to enter data into 1 of 2 edit_lines.
> >
> >
> > From the user pressing enter i then check which edit_line has
> > something in it
> > and setup parameters for a SQL statement that 's in a class called
> > dbase that's inside a module called sqlite3_calls.
> >
> >
> > this tho is of no importance yet as i cannot capture the enter key!
> >
> >
> > Note I'm only wanting to get 1 of the two edit_lines working then get the
> > other done once i working based on the solution for the 1st one.
> >
> >
> > Currently what happens is that the program runs but when I alt+/ to
> > see the debug window after my shoes screen appears i see a comment
> > saying pressed enter! when in fact i haven't press a dam thing except .
> >
> >
> > did a search on keypress and edit_line and keypress but nothing i saw
> > really gave me any hints.
> >
> >
> > Dave.
> >
> >
> > code as it stands is below.....
> >
> >
> > require "sqlite3_calls.rb"
> >
> >
> > Shoes.app do
> > # extend Dbase #for the purposes isolation I've commented out this line
> >
> > stack :top =>5, :height => 90 do
> > title "Find Customer Info", :align => 'center'
> > end
> >
> >
> > flow :top => 100, height => 70 do
> > para strong "Customer nos"
> > @custno = edit_line :width => 50 :focus
> >
> >
> > para strong 'customer name'
> > @custname = edit_line :width => 270
> > end
> > if keypress = :enter or keypress = "\n"
> > debug 'pressed enter !'
> > if @custno != nil
> > para 'cust number has a value !'
> > # rows = rec_to_find('customers', 'cust_nos', @custno) # please ignore
> > else
> > if @custname != nil
> > para 'cust name has a value !'
> >
> > end
> >
> > end
> > end
> >
> >
> > flow :top => 550 do
> > para strong 'data return shown here!'
> > end
> >
> >
> > end
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